IP5280 Communications Announces Third Annual ‘Climbing for Kids’ to Raise Funds for the Children’s Hospital

IP5280 Communications Announces Third Annual ‘Climbing for Kids’ to Raise Funds for the Children’s Hospital

Additional Sponsors Help IP5280 Reach New Summit of Fundraising

ENGLEWOOD, CO–(EMWNews – July 17, 2008) – IP5280 Communications, Colorado’s business

VoIP specialists, announced today it has signed multiple corporate sponsors

for the company’s “3rd Annual Climbing for Kids,” a fundraiser in which

proceeds benefit The Children’s Hospital Foundation of Colorado to purchase

books, art supplies and toys to help treat children with mental health

issues. IP5280 executives will lead a climb to the top of 14,060-foot Mt.

Bierstadt on Thursday, Aug. 7. IP5280 has already raised more than $10,000

in pledged donations and is currently accepting additional sponsors and

donations.

The following sponsors have donated to “Climbing for Kids” at the

Ascent-Level:

--  UMB Financial Corporation - UMB is a multi-bank holding company

    headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., offering complete banking, asset

    management, health spending solutions and related financial services to

    both individual and business customers nationwide.

    

--  Denver Magazine - As Denver's new luxury lifestyle publication, Denver

    Magazine features articles on Denver cuisine, fashion, sports and much

    more.

    

--  Copper Conferencing - Copper Conferencing is a leading provider of

    group communications through webinars and audio conferencing services.

    

--  Edgewater Networks, Inc. - Edgewater is a company that develops

    products that ensure the secure and reliable delivery of IP-based voice and

    video for service providers and enterprises.

    

--  New Global Telecom - NGT is the largest provider of wholesale hosted

    and trunk-based VoIP solutions in the United States.

    

--  Polycom - Polycom delivers end-to-end, rich media collaborative

    applications for voice, video, data and the Web and is a leading provider

    of HD Voice technology.

    

--  Rocky Mountain Medical Group - RMMG is a Denver-area company that

    provides occupational health care.

    

--  StratStaff - StratStaff is a Denver-based company specializing in

    recruiting sales personnel for businesses nationwide.

    

--  Helm Surgical Systems - Helm Surgical Systems is a direct distributor

    for Arthrex orthopedic products in the states of Colorado and Wyoming.

    

Peak Planning Group and Metro-E Networks of Englewood, Colo., have also

joined as Climbing-Level Sponsors.

“IP5280’s ‘Climbing for Kids’ event is an outstanding way to promote

community participation and demonstrates how small to medium-sized

businesses can make a difference in the Colorado community,” said John

Scarborough, Co-Founder and Managing Partner for IP5280. “More than 30

employees from IP5280 along with dozens of friends and customers will put

foot to path to climb Mt. Bierstadt. For many, this will be their first

fourteener. Our partnership with our sponsors is an alignment of Colorado

companies with similar philosophies of providing exemplary services.”

“We’re proud to support The Children’s Hospital of Colorado as well as the

team at IP5280,” said John Mastro, Vice President of UMB Bank Colorado.

“‘Climbing For Kids’ is a fun event for a great cause.”

A Summit-Level sponsorship of $5,000 is still available, which offers

website exposure and special placement of the company’s logo on custom-made

“Climbing for Kids” shirts. Individuals can also join the hike as a

Climbing-Level Sponsor for $50 and receive an invitation to post-hike

festivities.

Michael Ledwitz, Publisher and CEO of Denver Magazine, explains, “As

Denver’s premier lifestyle magazine, we love supporting ‘Climbing For Kids’

because it matches our mission of representing stories and photos about

Colorado’s good life, from fashion to food to the places to see that

surround Denver. We’re excited to bring our entire staff for a day up one

of Colorado’s highest peaks. ”

For more information or to sponsor the climb, phone 303-800-0016 or visit

www.IP5280.com.

To watch the fun and action of last year’s climb, visit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id7uozE7F-Y.

About IP5280

IP5280 is Colorado’s VoIP Company, a Denver-based, next generation global

IP communications provider specializing in VoIP and converged IP voice and

data services, with hundreds of business customers in the Rocky Mountain

region and across the world. IP5280 provides businesses the most advanced

IP solutions to meet a variety of voice, data and IP networking needs.

IP5280 has been named a finalist in the “2008 Best Companies to Work for in

Colorado.”

Visit http://www.IP5280.com (303) 800-0000 Press contact: Marc Lumpkin Altitude PR for IP5280 303-378-2366