Mastercard Gets in the Giving Spirit with Support for Stand Up To Cancer
November 28 2016 - 10:45AM
Business Wire
Mastercard cardholders can help fight cancer
this holiday season
With the holiday season beginning, there is no better time to
support and encourage the act of giving. Knowing how passionate
people are about causes—especially the fight against
cancer—Mastercard is partnering on two different opportunities for
its cardholders to help raise life-saving funds for Stand Up To
Cancer’s innovative cancer research.
See a Movie, Make a Difference
When the family has had enough of holiday shopping, take some
time out for a movie and help make a difference at the same time.
Beginning November 25, 2016, when moviegoers use their U.S.
Mastercard in Masterpass to purchase movie tickets on Fandango or
in the Fandango app through December 31, 2016, Mastercard will
donate $10 for each transaction to Stand Up To Cancer, up to a
total of $500,000.
Masterpass is a digital payment service from Mastercard that
enables consumers to look no further than their own trusted bank to
make fast, simple and secure digital payments – across devices and
channels – anywhere they want to shop: online, in-app, and in-store
using contactless technology. Masterpass helps you skip the movie
lines and make the process of buying a ticket on Fandango easier
than ever, and leverages the most advanced methods of payment
security available today. For more information on Masterpass,
visit www.masterpass.com.
Give Even More this Giving Tuesday
Mastercard encourages cardholders to take a moment after the
rush of Black Friday and Cyber Monday to celebrate Giving Tuesday,
the international day of giving, by making a donation to Stand Up
To Cancer. Starting November 29, 2016, Mastercard will donate $2
for every $1 our cardholders donate using a U.S. Mastercard through
SU2C.org through December 31, 2016, up to a maximum of
$200,000.
“This holiday season, we’re encouraging our cardholders to
donate to an organization we’ve been proud to collaborate with over
the past seven years—Stand Up To Cancer,” said Maripi Jalandoni,
executive vice president, U.S. marketing, Mastercard. “It is a
Priceless Cause we know many people hold close to their hearts, and
together, we can do more good and raise more critical dollars to
support life-saving cancer research.”
“We are so grateful to Mastercard for their ceaseless commitment
to Stand Up To Cancer. It is because of the incredible support we
receive from Mastercard and their consumers that Stand Up To Cancer
is able to carry out the accelerated cancer research programs that
are helping to save more lives,” said Stand Up To Cancer co-founder
Rusty Robertson. “During this year’s season of giving, everyone can
help, through the simple acts of seeing a movie with loved ones, or
making a donation.”
The donations driven by Mastercard and its generous cardholders
have helped provide support for translational cancer research
conducted in the Stand Up To Cancer model. For more information
about the company’s support for SU2C, visit
http://www.standup2cancer.org/supporters/visionaries.
About Mastercard
Mastercard (NYSE: MA), www.mastercard.com, is a
technology company in the global payments industry. We operate the
world’s fastest payments processing network, connecting consumers,
financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses in
more than 210 countries and territories. Mastercard products and
solutions make everyday commerce activities – such as shopping,
traveling, running a business and managing finances – easier, more
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About the Stand Up To Cancer Initiative
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) raises funds to accelerate the pace of
research to get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives
now. SU2C, a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation
(EIF), a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, was established in the
United States in 2008 by film and media leaders who utilize the
industry’s resources to engage the public in supporting a new,
collaborative model of cancer research, and to increase awareness
about cancer prevention as well as progress being made in the fight
against the disease. As SU2C’s scientific partner, the American
Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and a Scientific Advisory
Committee led by Nobel Laureate Phillip A. Sharp, PhD, conduct
rigorous, competitive review processes to identify the best
research proposals to recommend for funding, oversee grants
administration, and provide expert review of research progress.
Current members of the SU2C Council of Founders and Advisors
(CFA) include Katie Couric, Sherry Lansing, Lisa Paulsen, Rusty
Robertson, Sue Schwartz, Pamela Oas Williams, Ellen Ziffren, and
Kathleen Lobb. Noreen Fraser and the late Laura Ziskin are also
co-founders. Sung Poblete, Ph.D., R.N., has served as SU2C’s
president since 2011.
For more information about Stand Up To Cancer,
visit: www.standup2cancer.org.
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