Youth Venture Executive Director to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell


ADVISORY, March 26, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) --



 What:
 Gretchen Zucker, Executive Director of Youth Venture, will preside over
 the opening bell.

 Where:
 NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio

 When:
 Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. ET

 Contacts:
 Terry Donovan
 508.435.0045
 Tessad919@aol.com

 NASDAQ MarketSite:
 Robert Madden
 646.441.5045
 Robert.Madden@NASDAQOMX.com

Feed Information:

The opening bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on Galaxy 26 -- uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can also be found on Waterfront fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Robert Madden at (646) 441-5045.

Webcast:

A live Webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.

About Youth Venture:

By inspiring and investing in teams of young people to start their own social ventures, Youth Venture is working to build a powerful network of young changemakers around the world. Youth Venture provides coaching, resources, and seed funding for young people ages 12-20 to create, launch, and lead sustainable community-benefiting ventures. We believe this will catalyze a cultural sea change, transforming a generation of young people into capable leaders of social change -- leading to a world of Everyone a Changemaker. Youth Venture was founded in 1996 by Ashoka. For more information, visit www.GenV.net.