As many of you may recall, I have been an advocate for the handicapped for many years.
I realize we are spread out all over the world, but what I am asking for here can be done from anywhere. There is a newly forming non-profit organization that will help the Autistic in central Pennsylvania. They are asking for help to get them over the top in a contest sponsored by Pepsi which would award them $25,000 USD. All we as a group need to do is take a couple minutes from our day to vote for them.
If the members here agree, TriumphTalk could also be recognized as a group as one of their partners. Again, we only need to vote, but you'd be giving back and possibly TriumphTalk could get some nice PR exposure. Even if we decide not to be an official partner, we could still all help them out anonymously.
Here's the pitch:
I am writing to ask for help with a project I am working on. It is called ADERS (Autism Diagnostic Evaluations Resources & Services). We are a new nonprofit agency starting up in Central PA (serving Union, Northumberland, Montour, Columbia, & Lycoming Counties). As anyone affected by autism in this area knows that we need more and better services in this area: from early diagnosis to family issues, advocacy, and adult services. We hope to start providing these services beginning this fall starting with adult services and early diagnosis.
Here's where we need help: we have entered the Pepsi Refresh Everything Project in hopes of winning a $25,000 grant. In order to get the grant, we need people to vote for our agency every day either online, by text message, facebook, or ideally all 3! We competed in August and did very well... it looks like we are going to finish around 40th place out of over 300 other competitors. That is phenomenal for a small group to do.
In order to read our full proposal and vote, please go to this website: Address the needs of people affected by autism in Central PA. | Pepsi Refresh Everything
While competing in August we learned that past groups have won by forming "alliances" with other groups. We began to form alliances with other autism groups. You get 10 votes per day, only one can go to ADERS. That leaves 9 other votes for other groups. You can pick what groups you want to vote for- please leave a comment in their comment section saying that you're with ADERS. This encourages their members to return a vote for us.
Or, you can see our official partners at this website: vote
Thank you for reading this post and (hopefully) taking the time to vote. Voting will go from September 1 through the end of the month. Feel free to ask me any questions, or if you happen to enter a project in the Pepsi Refresh Project, maybe we can form another alliance? Thanks again, have a great day!
I realize we are spread out all over the world, but what I am asking for here can be done from anywhere. There is a newly forming non-profit organization that will help the Autistic in central Pennsylvania. They are asking for help to get them over the top in a contest sponsored by Pepsi which would award them $25,000 USD. All we as a group need to do is take a couple minutes from our day to vote for them.
If the members here agree, TriumphTalk could also be recognized as a group as one of their partners. Again, we only need to vote, but you'd be giving back and possibly TriumphTalk could get some nice PR exposure. Even if we decide not to be an official partner, we could still all help them out anonymously.
Here's the pitch:
I am writing to ask for help with a project I am working on. It is called ADERS (Autism Diagnostic Evaluations Resources & Services). We are a new nonprofit agency starting up in Central PA (serving Union, Northumberland, Montour, Columbia, & Lycoming Counties). As anyone affected by autism in this area knows that we need more and better services in this area: from early diagnosis to family issues, advocacy, and adult services. We hope to start providing these services beginning this fall starting with adult services and early diagnosis.
Here's where we need help: we have entered the Pepsi Refresh Everything Project in hopes of winning a $25,000 grant. In order to get the grant, we need people to vote for our agency every day either online, by text message, facebook, or ideally all 3! We competed in August and did very well... it looks like we are going to finish around 40th place out of over 300 other competitors. That is phenomenal for a small group to do.
In order to read our full proposal and vote, please go to this website: Address the needs of people affected by autism in Central PA. | Pepsi Refresh Everything
While competing in August we learned that past groups have won by forming "alliances" with other groups. We began to form alliances with other autism groups. You get 10 votes per day, only one can go to ADERS. That leaves 9 other votes for other groups. You can pick what groups you want to vote for- please leave a comment in their comment section saying that you're with ADERS. This encourages their members to return a vote for us.
Or, you can see our official partners at this website: vote
Thank you for reading this post and (hopefully) taking the time to vote. Voting will go from September 1 through the end of the month. Feel free to ask me any questions, or if you happen to enter a project in the Pepsi Refresh Project, maybe we can form another alliance? Thanks again, have a great day!
