West Market Competing for $250,000 Pepsi Grant
West Market Early Childhood and Education Center is competing with other worthy causes nationwide for a $250,000 grant from the “Pepsi Refresh Project,” a grant program currently underway.
During the month of April, supporters can vote for West Market online at: www.refresheverything.com/bigchangeforyoungchildren. You can vote once a day through the end of the competition on April 30th.
Important to note: Within the District, you should sign in to the website by clicking the small “Join Refresh Everything” link at the bottom left of the computer screen.
There are other ways to sign in offered on the site, but these are blocked by the District’s web filter. On your home computer, you may sign in by any of the ways offered on the site.
The West Market proposal, called “Big Change for Young Children,” would provide support for the center in a time of economic recession and deep state budget cuts. The money would be used for such things as technology and hands-on material used to teach young children and for the salaries of early childhood educators.
This year the Pepsi Refresh Project, sponsored by PepsiCo Beverages Americas, will give away more than $20 million to worthy causes. Each month, Pepsi will award up to $1.3 million in grants to the ideas with the most votes. Pepsi will accept up to 1,000 new ideas every month and the public decides who wins.
To support the project, Pepsi is partnering with three organizations dedicated to making a positive difference in the world: GOOD, a leading platform for thought and action revolving around pushing the world forward; Global Giving, an online marketplace that connects people who have community and world-changing ideas with people who can support them; and Do Something, the largest non-profit teen charity.
No comments:
Post a Comment