Pentagon Memorial Fund Chooses Convio to Help Raise $30 Million for Washington, D.C., Memorial Honoring Sept. 11 Victims; Convio's Online Tools Enable Organization to Generate Support Nationwide for Pentagon Memorial Park.

(From AScribe)

AUSTIN, Texas -- The Pentagon Memorial Fund - established to create a memorial commemorating the many lives lost in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon - has selected Convio to accelerate its three-year, $30 million fundraising campaign for construction and permanent maintenance of a memorial park adjacent to the Pentagon.

The Fund officially kicked off its fundraising campaign today in a news conference on Capitol Hill including U.S. Sen. George Allen of Virginia, U.S. Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, and Gen. Hugh Shelton, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a member of the Pentagon Memorial Fund executive committee. As part of today's event, the Pentagon Memorial Fund announced launch of its new, Convio-powered Web site - www.PentagonMemorial.net.

The Pentagon Memorial Fund is a nonprofit organization created by the families of those who were killed on September 11, …