Victory Junction Joins Social Media Smackdown to Raise Money

RANDLEMAN, NC – March 19, 2009 – Victory Junction will join PayPal, in partnership with Mashable, the world’s largest blog for social networking news, for the first Social Media Smackdown for charity. From March 16 to March 26, the contest will challenge several celebrities and bloggers to raise money for a favorite charity through the PayPal Fundraising Widget.

Kyle Petty, NASCAR driver and co-founder of Victory Junction, has formed a team to raise money for Victory Junction. Victory Junction is a year-round medical facility, co-founded by Kyle and Pattie Petty, to enrich the lives of children with chronic medical conditions or serious illnesses with absolutely no cost passed on to the families. The camp operates solely through the support of generous donors to provide life-changing experiences that are exciting, fun and empowering.

Local Columbia boy, Lucas Nash, sits in one of Kyle Petty’s NASCARs during Hemophilia Week at Victory Junction

“Victory Junction is excited to participate in this charity challenge which will raise awareness and funds for children with chronic medical conditions and serious illnesses,” said NASCAR driver Kyle Petty. “In these economic times, raising money is more important than ever, and we appreciate the fundraising opportunity PayPal has given us to continue to deliver life-changing camping experiences.”

Supporters may donate online at www.charitysmackdown.com , or copy the PayPal Fundraising Widget to a MySpace page or personal blog, and challenge friends and family to support the cause. The winning team’s charity will receive an additional donation from PayPal.

Other participating celebrities:

 Alec Baldwin – Benefitting The Actors Fund

 Hayden Panettiere – Benefitting The Whaleman Foundation

 Brea Grant – Benefitting Girls Rock Camp Austin

 Pete Cashmore – Benefitting Livestrong

 Ernie Johnson – Benefitting Samaritan’s Feet

 Linkin Park – Benefitting Music For Relief

 Elevenmoms – Benefitting Share Our Strength

 Corbin Bleu – Benefitting Stand Up To Cancer

Currently more than 100,000 non-profit organizations use PayPal and the PayPal fundraising widget makes it even easier for charities and people to connect, spread awareness of important causes and raise the money they need to make a difference. For more information about the PayPal Fundraising widget, visit https://www.paypal.com/nonprofits.

About Victory Junction

Victory Junction is a year-round camping environment for children, ages six to 16, with chronic medical conditions or serious illnesses. Founded by Kyle and Pattie Petty in honor of their son Adam, the camp is located in Randleman, N.C. with a second location opening soon in Kansas City, Kan. Victory Junction offers programs for 24 disease groups and maintains strong relationships with 22 partner hospitals. Victory Junction’s mission is to provide life-changing camping experiences that are exciting, fun and empowering, in a safe and medically-sound environment. As a not-for-profit organization, the camp operates solely through the support of generous donors to provide this experience at no charge to children and their families. For more information, visit www.victoryjunction.org.

About PayPal

PayPal is the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. The service allows members to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or promotional financing. With more than 70 million active accounts in 190 markets and 19 currencies around the world, PayPal enables global ecommerce. PayPal is an eBay company and is made up of three leading online payment services: the PayPal global payments platform, the Payflow Gateway, and Bill Me Later. More information about the company can be found at https://www.paypal.com