VRI Press Release

February 5, 2009

"Valued Relationships Inc. acquires Neighbor Helpline"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Valued Relationships Inc. (VRI) has acquired Neighbor Helpline, a leading provider of medical alarm systems and monitoring in Texas. This move enables VRI to grow its service offering in Texas while giving Neighbor Helpline clients access to VRI's numerous products and solutions as well as VRI's CSAA 5-Diamond Certified Monitoring Center. The Texas-based company employs 7 people and 27 service technicians all of whom will join VRI's team of 80 employees and more than 100 service technicians.

Chris Hendriksen, President of VRI commented that "Neighbor Helpline has an excellent reputation for high quality service and a team that is committed to protecting their customers. It is a perfect fit with VRI. We are excited to continue service their customers in Texas."

Neighbor Helpline was founded in 2003 by Britt and Donna Harthcock to provide personal emergency response systems to Texas Residents. The company is based in Round Rock, Texas, has approximately 2500 customers and provides service in all 11 regions of Texas.

Donna Harthcock of Neighbor Helpline believes that "The partnership with VRI will allow us to offer more services to our customers, including medication adherence monitoring and emergency response systems for digital phone and VOIP service."

VRI is a healthcare services company with nearly 20 years of experience and is one of the largest providers of medical alert monitoring in the country. Located in Dayton, Ohio, VRI's services enable seniors and those with disabilities to maintain their independence and avoid long term care facilities and hospitalization. The company's service portfolio includes Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS), electronic medication reminder devices, telehealth and vitals monitoring, fall detection, medication management and mobile medical alert solutions. The company currently serves approximately 40,000 clients in all 50 states. For more information, or to see the range of VRI's products, please visit www.monitoringcare.com.

 

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