NCCU Alumni Chapter Joins PersonalBUY.com
Continuous Fundraising Program

Durham, North Carolina
September 25, 2000:

PersonalBuy.com is proud to announce that the Durham Chapter of the North Carolina Central University National Alumni Association will be its first Alumni member of the PersonalBUY.com Affiliate program, a powerful and continuous fundraising initiative.

PersonalBUY.com, the first Website of its kind dedicated to promoting personal buying preferences of the African-American consumer, offers officially licensed merchandise for Historically Black Colleges and Universities {HBCUs}.

PersonalBuy.com has created an unique partnering strategy offering revenue sharing for affiliate Websites, fund-raising campaigns for alumni and other organizations.

In concert with that announcement, the Durham Chapter has enlisted the support of the Office of Institutional Advancement and EagleLand.

1. Support NCCU by purchasing goods and showing your EAGLE PRIDE!!! 7.5% of every purchase is directed to the NCCU Office of Institutional Advancement.

You can purchase unique commemorative items {T-shirts, floor & wall mats, artwork and more} for yourself, family or friends and have those delivered to their door!

2. Provide the abilty to Join the NCCU Alumni Association on-line;

3. Provide the ability to Join the NCCU Sound Machine Booster Club and support our NCCU Bands;

4. Provide the ability to give donations OnLine, to NCCU;

5. Provide ease of use and convenient payment via Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express.

Just think of it, support NCCU with your purchases and the Alumni Association with your membership.   It is easy to do. Just go to: www.personalbuy.com and launch the web site.  

Go to the HBCU list and select NCCU to begin your shopping adventure and send your support to Dear OLE NCCU!!

PersonalBuy.com offers a platform for other suppliers to promote their products and services as well. PersonalBuy.com handles custom catalog page design and management, order fulfillment, processing, shipping, marketing and all the things that can be challenging for suppliers large to small.

As a member affiliate, the NCCU Durham Chapter receives a 5% commission on all referral sales from the PersonalBUY.com site. These referrals are done online via email or from any of the Durham Chapter Websites.

In addition, the Durham Chapter will offer some unique commemorative items {T-shirts, floor & wall mats, videotapes} of its own to accelerate the fundraising effort. The profits from those sales will go entirely to the Durham Chapter.

The Durham Chapter immediately recognized the power and potential of the Internet to provide a convenience and secure way to offer cherished Eagle merchandise to Eagle fans all around the globe. "We're extremely excited about this partnership with PersonalBUY.com" stated Richard Smith, Durham Chapter President. "It helps us leverage a powerful medium to advance our fundraising efforts. With the PersonalBUY.com program, we reach a larger audience, eliminate many of the headaches of fundraising and do it in an on going manner, 24/7 and 365 days a year. We look forward to expanding our online offerings and working with a partner that offers the skills and vision that complement ours".

"We're excited to partner with the Durham Chapter of the NCCU Alumni Association to offer merchandise of the highest quality from leading suppliers in the country," said Earl Mathis, Founder and President of PersonalBuy.com. The Durham Chapter has demonstrated their leadership by joining this powerful fund-raising program. We look forward to building a long-lasting relationship with the Durham Chapter and other HBCU chapters across the country".

PersonalBuy.com is a subsidiary of The Mathis Group, an e-commerce consulting and ventures firm, based in Morrisville, North Carolina.

The Mathis Group has leveraged its 20 years of expertise in the information technology, marketing and merchandising arena. The Mathis Group, founded in 1998, is an innovative firm, which offers Strategic Marketing and Information Technology consulting for corporations seeking to position themselves for global competition. PersonalBuy.com is the first of a number of e-business ventures to be launched by The Mathis Group.

PersonalBuy.com offers a platform for other suppliers to promote their products and services as well. PersonalBuy.com handles custom catalog page design and management, order fulfillment, processing, shipping, marketing and all the things that can be challenging for suppliers large to small.