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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Toys for Tots recently reported a 25% drop in holiday donations. In response, Vimo, the Internet's leading healthcare comparison-shopping site, has extended its already-in-progress Toys For Tots Donation Program until the end of January 2007. Vimo will donate one dollar to the U.S. Marine Reserve Toys For Tots Program for every doctor rating posted by consumers to the Vimo website, at http://www.vimo.com/toysfortots/
"Online shoppers can rate their doctor in about 30 seconds, while simultaneously making a difference in the life of a child and supporting this worth cause: the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation," says Chini Krishnan, Founder and CEO of Vimo, Inc. "Please, visit http://www.vimo.com/toysfortots/ and rate your doctor now."
Vimo is the nation's first free integrated comparison-shopping portal for healthcare products and services. The site enables businesses and consumers to research, compare, rate and even purchase health insurance plans and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Visitors can also use Vimo to price hundreds of different surgeries and medical procedures at hospitals across the nation, and run deep background checks on doctors and dentists.
About Vimo
Founded by industry veterans from WebMD and Valicert, Vimo believes consumers deserve more power in the healthcare equation. Vimo makes buying healthcare and insurance easier, cheaper and much more transparent. Vimo's unique search technology enables consumers to shop for healthcare the way they shop for other expensive products -- by researching, comparing prices and hearing feedback from other buyers. Insurance brokers interested in partnering with Vimo can visit http://www.vimo.com/brokercenter . For more information, call Vimo at 650-230-0065 or visit http://www.vimo.com/ .
About Toys for Tots
The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program collects new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distributes those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children across the country. Toys for Tots delivers a message of hope to needy youngsters that can help them to grow into responsible, productive, patriotic citizens and community leaders. Learn more at http://www.toysfortots.org/