youchange™ forms Partnership with Keep Arizona Beautiful ("KAZB")

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- YouChange Holdings Corp ("youchange™") (OTCBB: YCNG), a leading Community for electronics collection, e-waste tracking, and re-Commerce, today announced a series of collection events to be held over the next fifteen months in partnership with Keep Arizona Beautiful ("KAZB").  

In an effort to make recycling easy and rewarding, youchange™, with support from KAZB, will host a collection event each month at the youchange™ office located in Scottsdale, AZ.

"Our youchange offices will be open from 8:30 am to 4 pm Tuesday through Thursday to collect unwanted consumer electronics," said Morgan Walker, youchange™ Community Outreach Director. "Not only will we reward people with cash and/or reward points that can be used in the youchange™ online Shop Green Store, we will also enter each person that brings in an item into a contest to win a new iPhone as an additional incentive for people to clean out their closets and bring us their electronic waste."

The first event is Tuesday, September 27th through Thursday, September 29th at 2708 North 68th Street Suite 4, Scottsdale, Arizona 85257.  The events will continue October 25th through the 27th and the week of November 15th for America Recycles Day. Please visit the youchange.com website for a list of all of the upcoming events.

"KAZB is so pleased to partner with youchange™ to provide an outlet for responsible electronic collection as well as provide educational opportunities to Arizona residents. With electronic waste growing at such a rapid rate, it is a privilege to create programs like this month after month.  Partnership formation is key for KAZB to deliver valuable educational programs and collection resources to reduce landfill waste and instill responsible disposal practices," explained Jennifer Gale, KAZB Executive Director.

Residents can visit the youchange.com website, join and check the value of their electronics using our easy 3 step gadget calculator or simply drop off their electronics and join later to earn cash and/or reward points.

"It starts with you…and ends in change."

About Keep Arizona Beautiful

Keep Arizona Beautiful is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. Our focus areas include; community greening, beautification projects, litter prevention, waste minimization, and recycling education. Keep Arizona Beautiful strives to preserve and enhance the environmental quality and beautification of Arizona. We accomplish this mission with state-wide affiliate partnerships, community-wide educational efforts, individual and corporate driven volunteerism and philanthropy.

About YouChange Holdings Corp

YouChange Holdings Corp is an early stage development and acquisition company focused on the collection, purchase, refurbishment, and resale of used consumer electronics to both consumers and business markets. The youchange™ platform includes paying cash and reward points to businesses and consumers for their used electronics; refurbishing and recycling those products; and the sale and re-Commerce of these products, as well as licensing of proprietary data through its back-end enterprise management software as a service platform. Some of these products include laptops, computers, cell phones, smart phones, PDAs, mp3 players, calculators, external drives, game consoles, digital cameras, streaming media devices, tablet e-readers, batteries and camera lenses.

Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements that are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties include: the ability of the Company to raise capital, the ability to complete systems within currently estimated time frames and budgets; the ability to compete effectively in a rapidly evolving and price-competitive marketplace; changes in the nature of telecommunications regulation in the United States and other countries; changes in business strategy; the successful integration of newly acquired businesses; the impact of technological change; and other risks referenced from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact:
YouChange Holdings Corp
Jeffrey Rassas, CEO
1-866-712-9273
[email protected]

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