U.S. Army Birthday, Flag Day Celebrated in New Ashworth College Facebook Photography Sweepstakes

Military Personnel, Military Spouses, Veterans vote for chance to win $500 Exchange Gift Card

NORCROSS, Ga., June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ashworth College, a leader in online education, rolled out its third Battle of the Best Sweepstakes today, this time in celebration of the 236th U.S. Army birthday and Flag Day.

Promoting its new Ashworth College Military Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/ashworthcollegemilitary) dedicated to military personnel, military spouses, veterans, and military supporters,  Ashworth College (http://www.ashworthcollege.edu) and sister school, the New York Institute of Photography (http://www.nyip.com) are jointly sponsoring the sweepstakes.

NYIP has provided submissions by amateur photographers which feature American flags and or U.S. Army uniforms. Those visiting the school's military Facebook page will have the opportunity to vote on their favorite image. Anyone with direct military ties will have the opportunity to win a $500 Exchange Gift Card.

"The response to the contests has been fantastic," said Rodney Butler, U.S. Army First Sergeant, Retired and Ashworth College Military Education Coordinator. "Seeing all these photos honoring the men and women who serve our country makes me proud to be involved in such a worthwhile project."

To be eligible for the random drawing of a $500 Exchange gift card, participants must be U.S. active duty, veteran or a military dependant who is 18 years of age or older. They must become a fan of Ashworth's Facebook Military page, vote for their favorite military photo and enter the sweepstakes.

The winner of the May Sweepstakes and winner of a $500 Exchange gift card was David Fellows, U.S. Navy, Retired, Ocean Springs MS.

Ashworth College is a Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges Consortium (SOC) member school, accepts ACE credits and is approved for a range of other military benefits including Post 9/11 GI Bill, Montgomery GI Bill, GoArmyEd, and MyCAA.

Ashworth has been recognized as a military friendly school by both G.I. Jobs and Military Advanced Education magazines, supports a campus chapter of the Student Veteran's Association and is a sponsor of Military Spouse magazine's 2011 Military Spouse of the Year Award.

About Ashworth College
As a leader in online education, Ashworth College has built a tradition of excellence spanning 25 years, offering students worldwide more than 115 online college degrees, online career certificates, online career training and high school online diplomas that are affordable and fit the busy schedules of working adults. Ashworth offers military education online as well as specialized programs for corporate partners and homeschoolers.

Headquartered in Norcross, GA, Ashworth is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). The Accrediting Commission of the DETC is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency. James Madison High School is further accredited regionally by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI). SACS CASI is an accreditation division of AdvancED. For more information, visit http://www.ashworthcollege.edu.

About the New York Institute of Photography
The New York Institute of Photography is the world's largest and oldest photography school. Founded in 1910, NYIP has been successfully graduating photographers all over the world for 100 years. Its affordable home-study courses allow students anywhere to learn the photography skills that they need from New York City's professional photographers. For more information, visit http://www.nyip.com.

About Wildfire Interactive, Inc.
Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Wildfire Interactive, Inc. is a privately-held technology company specialized in developing simple tools that enable organizations to engage the hundreds of millions of users of social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Its patent-pending technology allows corporations, small businesses, marketing agencies, bloggers and non-profits to easily create their own attractive, branded interactive campaigns (e.g. sweepstakes, contests, give-aways, incentive-based surveys etc) and to simultaneously publish them in multiple social networks and on their website. Intuitive, streamlined and affordable, our software is simple enough for even the least tech-savvy business manager to use, and flexible enough to suit the needs of the most creative marketer or advertising agency.

SOURCE Ashworth College