avVenta Cycles for Survival

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Feb 10, 2012, 10:07 ET

NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- During the first two weekends in February, over 10,000 cyclists from across the country teamed up with friends, family and coworkers in New York City, Chicago, Long Island, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, DC and at satellite events worldwide to participate in Cycle for Survival. Cycle for Survival is a national, indoor relay-style team cycling event that has raised more than $14 million in support of lifesaving research on rare cancers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and in the past five years has funded 25 clinical trials and research studies.

Among the 10,000 cyclists was TEAM avVenta, which was led by Tami Holzman, avVenta Worldwide's Executive Vice President of Global Business Development. TEAM avVenta participated in the Los Angeles event on February 4th at the Equinox Westwood. "We are honored that avVenta was able to support Cycle for Survival. It was an amazing, high-energy and inspirational day," said Holzman, after completing her four-hour shift. avVenta was invited to this charity event through Michael Lazerow, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Buddy Media. Lazerow thanked avVenta for "coming out to support such a great cause and for being a great industry partner."

Helping those in need is very much a part of avVenta's culture and the company participated in various fundraising events in the United States and in Costa Rica, where avVenta's digital production center is located. In 2011 avVenta employee's rallied together to support the following organizations:

Ministerio Amor en las Calles - dedicated to providing children shelter, education, summer camps and celebrations during the holiday season.
Telethon 2011 - dedicated to helping the National Children's Hospital
San Rafael Community, Heredia - dedicated to helping the underprivileged and disabled.

For more information about Cycle for Survival and this weekend's event, please visit their website. (http://mskcc.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=cfs_home)

About avVenta Worldwide - Founded in 2005, avVenta Worldwide is a privately held, global digital agency headquartered in New York City with offices in Charleston, Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas, Portland, Jacksonville and Los Angeles with a production "center of excellence" and avVenta University in San Jose, Costa Rica and opening in 2012 in Asia. The company specializes in Digital Production and Digital Interactive Services and Solutions for marketing operations and digital/interactive marketing strategies and has delivered for over 130 of the world's leading consumer brands. For more information, please visit www.avventa.com.