Quepasa Joins Forces With ReachOut.com to Prevent Teen Suicide
March 26 2012 - 9:00AM
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Quepasa Corporation (NYSE Amex: QPSA), the public market leader for
social discovery and owner of North-American platform myYearbook
and Latin-American platform Quepasa, has announced a myYearbook
partnership with Inspire USA Foundation's ReachOut.com, a nonprofit
organization that designs and delivers innovative technology-based
services that promote mental health and prevent suicide among young
adults and teens. The ReachOut fan page on myYearbook is live now,
with a goal of reaching more than a million fans in the next year.
ReachOut.com helps teens and young adults improve their
understanding of mental health issues, develop resilience, build
coping-skills and increase help-seeking behavior. It provides
evidenced-based information and supports, real life stories and the
ability to connect and contribute in a safe and supported
community.
"Young adults have a lot on their plate these days," says
Catherine Cook, Vice President of Strategy for Quepasa Corporation.
"From balancing schoolwork with home life and relationships, we
want our members to know that if they're struggling, they're not
alone," added Cook, who is co-founder of myYearbook and also a
member of the Reach Out Youth Council.
ReachOut is a valuable resource where members can go for
support, information and to interact with other members who face
similar struggles. Using myYearbook's Ask Me application, members
are able to anonymously ask questions on a range of mental health
issues each week.
Additionally, ReachOut will be added to myYearbook Causes,
allowing members to also donate their virtual currency, Lunch
Money. As with all myYearbook Causes, the company writes a check
for real US dollars at the end of every month based on the giving
activity of myYearbook members.
About Quepasa Corporation
Quepasa Corporation (NYSE Amex: QPSA) is the public market
leader for social discovery and owner of Latin-American platform
Quepasa and North-American platform myYearbook. The company makes
meeting new people fun through social games and apps, monetized
through both advertising and virtual currency. In addition to
Quepasa and myYearbook, the Company operates Quepasa Games, a
cross-platform social game development studio. Quepasa has strong
reach throughout the world, with a concentration across North and
South America. Quepasa is headquartered in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
For more information about the Company, go to www.quepasacorp.com,
or join for free at www.Quepasa.com, myYearbook.com, or via the
myYearbook app on iPhone, iPad, and Android.
About Inspire USA Foundation
Working directly with teens and young adults, Inspire USA
designs and delivers innovative technology-based services that
promote mental health and prevent suicide. ReachOut.com is the Inspire USA Foundation's primary
online platform and avenue of outreach. Inspire USA takes a
strengths-based approach to its work with a focus on the prevention
of mental health difficulties and the active promotion of mental
health and wellbeing including those factors that have been shown
to build resilience in young people. Inspire USA is part of an
international network, which includes Australia (where Inspire
began) and Ireland.
Statistic Source: National Institute of Mental
Health
Contact: Robin Shallow EVP Communications & Public Relations
Quepasa Corporation (215) 862-1162 x230 robin@myyearbook.com Media
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699-3646 tammy@atomicpr.com Investor Contact: E. Brian Harvey Vice
President of Capital Markets and Investor Relations Quepasa
Corporation (310) 801-1719 brian.harvey@quepasacorp.com Follow us
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