SofTrek Receives Recognition for Support of Tsunami Fundraising Efforts

PledgeMaker On-Line Fundraising Software aids in helping Catholic Relief Services raise 146 million dollars to support tsunami victims.

Amherst, NY (PRWEB) May 10, 2005 -- Amherst, N.Y., based SofTrek Corporation received an Outstanding Achievement award for supporting Catholic Relief Services (CRS) fundraising efforts during the recent tsunami crisis. CRS utilized SofTreks PledgeMaker On-Line fundraising software to manage over $146 million raised for tsunami survivors.

We greatly appreciate the inspiring effort from the PledgeMaker team," said Mark Melia, Director of Annual Giving and Support for CRS while presenting the award. Their efforts and the dollars we raised will go a long way in helping support the many CRS initiatives underway on behalf of tsunami survivors."

During the weeks directly after the tsunami, CRS fundraising activities quickly began raising dollars for the relief effort. In support of these activities, the CRS and PledgeMaker On-Line team loaded over 325,000 transactions to raise over $146 million. The processing power of both PledgeMaker and the PledgeMaker team helped ensure that the whole process went without a hitch," added Melia.

CRS has utilized PledgeMaker Online as its core system for four years. The use of the software is critical to their operation and the ability to maintain their mission. CRS decided early on they needed high availability, without impact on the other operations within CRS. The CRS database consists of about one million records, and. must support 50 or more concurrent CRS users.

About SofTrek
SofTrek Corporation, creators of PledgeMaker fundraising software and appitatSM services, was founded in 1987. Headquartered at their state-of-the-art datacenter in Amherst, New York, they have built a reputation as Oracle application experts with secure reliable hosting of their Application Service Provider (ASP) and dominance of the online fundraising software market.

SofTrek currently has 350 clients of which the company hosts 60 at its facility in Amherst. The appitat service has already contracted with a large mail production and printing firm located in Lincoln, Nebraska, to provide an environment for their Oracle applications. SofTrek originally started managing and hosting systems seven years ago by providing that service for their award winning software, PledgeMaker.
PledgeMaker is a software package specifically for non-profits and is at use at many of the largest organizations in North America. Visit www.pledgemaker.com for more information about SofTreks PledgeMaker software. For more information, visit: www.softrek.com or call 1-800-442-9211.

About CRS
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. The agency provides assistance to people in 99 countries and territories on the basis of need, not race, creed or nationality.

Media Contact:
Robert Bellitto
SofTrek Corporation
Office (800) 442-9211 Ext. 108
Cell Phone (716) 570-3829

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