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The TRUE HERO™ organization will award money for community service project expenses to qualified high school, colleges and community organizations. The awards will be granted to those student community service projects receiving the most eligible votes from the general public during the current school year (July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010). In order to be eligible to win, the student community service project must involve at least three volunteers younger than 23 years old. See contest rules for more details.
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At a minimum, for community service projects posted during the school year beginning in July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, the True Hero™ organization will award 20 grants, totaling $35,000, divided into the following categories:
SPECIAL COMPETITION
Top Five "Haiti Assistance" Projects
(colleges and high schools in same competition)
Five $2,000 awards
ANNNUAL COMPETITION
The Special Competition for Haiti Assistance will be for student projects that benefit Haiti, including fundraising projects. These projects should be posted under the category "Haiti Assistance". See Contest Rules for more details.
Additional awards for more schools may become available for the Annual Competition beginning July 1, 2009, if sufficient donations and corporate sponsorships are received by True Hero, Inc. prior to June 1, 2010. See the Donate page and Sponsor page for more details.
It is FREE for your school or qualified community organization to submit your community service projects for award consideration. Post a community service project and enter the requested information, including your school/organization, contact information, project description, location, category, etc. You will be given a member ID and password that will enable you to enter up to five community service projects for that member for each school year. You will also be able to update and edit your project information as the school year progresses, including posting photos, testimonials and links to YouTube video of your project, if available.
Help us select the winning community service projects. View active community service projects, their descriptions, locations, categories and sponsoring schools/organizations and drill down for more information, including photos, testimonials, contact information, and video links, if any. Then VOTE for your favorite community service project(s) by selecting the designated "VOTE for ME" button next to the community service project. We will ask your e-mail address and will then e-mail you to confirm your vote. Only one vote from each e-mail address for a community service project will be counted. See contest rules for more voting information.
* Blue Mountain has just launched a True Hero e-greeting card that is now available. It is FREE to recognize your favorite true hero volunteers by sending them the True Hero card from Blue Mountain. We appreciate the work and creativity of one of our primary corporate sponsors, American Greetings Corporation.
* Join the official True Hero "Cause" on Facebook and spread the word to all of your "friends".
* True Hero, Inc has received approval from the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt public charity under section 501(c)(3). Your tax deductible donations are used to fund more cash awards to schools, enabling them to sponsor more student service projects. THANKS for supporting the TRUE HERO Mission.
Truehero.org is the fastest growing showcase for community service projects on the internet. Since going live in early 2009, over 23,000 people have voted for one of the 58 student community service projects posted on the website, and over10,000 have viewed a service project video linked to YouTube™.
SPECIAL COMPETITION FOR HAITI ASSISTANCE
Due to the immense needs following the earthquake of January 12, 2010, True Hero will be awarding $10,000 to schools in a Special Competition in the category of "Haiti Assistance" for the school year ending June 30, 2010. This is in addition to 15 awards totaling $25,000 for student service projects this year. See details at left under "What You Can Win".
SCOPE OF TRUE HERO PROJECTS
True Hero community service projects are reaching the far corners of the globe… Marquette students are connecting inner-city kids in Milwaukee to their peers in South Africa over the internet…Cornell students are providing solar powered laptops to a school in Kenya…Saint Anselm College students are raising money for a school in Afghanistan...Philadelphia vocational high school students are working construction in Biloxi…These students are making a real difference in the lives of the people they serve. The scope, ambition and diversity of the projects posted to date has been remarkable. Press VIEW on the Navigation bar to see detailed descriptions of each project.
Our goal is to raise money and awareness for these heroic efforts in a fun way by using social networking, cash awards and popular voting.
Share your community service ideas, project experiences, and volunteer opportunities for kids on our truehero blog at trueheroorg@blogspot.com
So Post your Project Today and Get the Vote Out.
Join the official True Hero "Cause" on Facebook and spread the word to all of your "friends".
Coming soon...True Hero Troops. Supporting and celebrating the men and women, who bravely serve our country, by providing links to military benefits and education information (for now, see Resources).
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