Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Launches Sittercity.com's Corporate Program
December 1, 2005FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Chicago, Ill.) - Sittercity.com launched its first corporate program with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta today, a hospital with more than 4000 employees. Sittercity was thrilled to debut its corporate program with Children's, which is well known for having some of the most-progressive HR benefits for employees in America.
"We're so excited to open Sittercity.com to companies," stated CEO Genevieve Thiers in a press statement. "We invented online child care back in 2001, and to see it take off to the point where whole companies are purchasing it -- that's exciting."
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta will continue its program with a SpeedSitting event for Children's employees, where they will be able to meet more than 50 local Atlanta sitters in a speed-date format.
About Sittercity.com
Sittercity.com is the Web's leading parent-babysitter online matchmaking site and the inventor of online child care, dedicated to making the process of finding a caregiver fast, easy, safe and fun. With access to hundreds of thousands of sitters nationwide, parents can find a wealth of qualified caregivers in their area by using Sittercity's four-step screening process, which includes references, parent-to-parent feedback, personal interviews and background checks. Registration for sitters is free, and parents pay $7.99 per month for an annual membership, which gives them the unlimited ability to post jobs, and search, contact and hire sitters in their areas. A true pioneer in its field, Sittercity.com has been featured by hundreds of media outlets and has been recognized by several prestigious awards, including a Webby Worthy Award in 2005 and the Women's Business Development Center Rising Star Award in 2005. For more information, visit the company website at www.sittercity.com.