Round Rock, TEXAS, December 17, 2012 /3BL Media/ - Stony Point High School in Round Rock, Texas set out to improve school attendance and ended up transforming the entire school community, boosting student engagement, posting huge attendance gains and winning a national championship in the Get Schooled 2012 Fall Attendance Challenge. Stony Point High School, part of a regional Get Schooled Challenge in Central Texas, posted a 5.06% boost in attendance. E3 Alliance, together with Emmis Austin Radio and Incite organized the regional effort with 31 Central Texas schools participating.
Missoula senior to trek 157 miles and climb 14,505 feet to raise money for a nonprofit organization dedicated to getting youth outside
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MISSOULA, Mont., Dec. 11, 2012 /3BL Media/– Hellgate High Senior Adam Peterman, 17, of Missoula, Mont. will attempt to bike, hike and scramble from the lowest point in the contiguous United States to the highest in an effort to inspire more youth to get outside. As part of his senior project, Peterman will travel from Badwater in Death Valley, Calif., to the 14,505-foot summit of Mount Whitney beginning December 20 and attempt to reach California’s highest peak in less than 48 hours entirely under his own steam.
Students from around the world awarded cash and in-kind funding to support development of technology solutions to solve global problems.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Dec. 4, 2012 /3BL Media/— At the Social Innovation Summit today, Microsoft Corp. announced the winners of the second annual Microsoft Imagine Cup Grants program, a three-year, $3 million competitive grant program that provides students with funding and support to help transform their projects into social enterprises or nonprofits that will address a specific social issue.
Grant reflects Accenture’s corporate citizenship focus, Skills to Succeed
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NEW YORK, December 4, 2012 /3BL Media/ - Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and the Accenture Foundations today announced that they have awarded KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program), a national network of charter schools, a grant of US$3.3 million to help young people in underserved communities transition from secondary education to higher education and employment. This grant brings Accenture’s direct support of KIPP to US$3.7 million since 2009.
In my previous blog post about nonprofits and economic downturns, one recommendation for volunteer engagement was to look outside of the typical generations to which your nonprofit appeals.
Students, apply now for $5,000 scholarships and matching $5,000 grants to hunger charity of choice
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GAITHERSBURG, Md., November 15, 2012 /3BL Media/ – The application period for Sodexo Foundation's national Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Scholarship program is still open; the company is actively seeking student applications for $5,000 scholarships until the December 5, 2012 deadline.
Log on to Twitter on Nov. 15 at 3 pm and search for the hashtag #YourVoiceCounts
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Guest blogger Susan Sullivan announces a Twitter Chat on November 15 at 3:00 pm ET on the Verizon Foundation's "Your Voice Counts" campaign to help break the silence around domestic violence by equipping bystanders — especially men — with tools to begin speaking up. You can diiscuss how and when your can use your voice to end domestic violence, ask questions about prevention and get information.
Just log on to Twitter (www.twitter.com) and search for the hashtag #YourVoiceCounts to follow the conversation. Add the hashtag to your own tweets to participate in the discussion.
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Guest blogger Susan Sullivan announces a Twitter Chat on November 15 at 3:00 pm ET on the Verizon Foundation's "Your Voice Counts" campaign to help break the silence around domestic violence by equipping bystanders — especially men — with tools to begin speaking up. You can diiscuss how and when your can use your voice to end domestic violence, ask questions about prevention and get information.
Just log on to Twitter (www.twitter.com) and search for the hashtag #YourVoiceCounts to follow the conversation. Add the hashtag to your own tweets to participate in the discussion.
Intel Foundation Awards $100,000 for Entrepreneurial Research
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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS:
Team Greenway Grameen Infra of India won the 2012 Intel Global Challenge at UC Berkeley, receiving $50,000 from the Intel Foundation.
Greenway Grameen Infra invented an efficient, biomass-based stove that increases fuel efficiency.
Other top-placing teams were Nanoly Bioscience of the United States, which developed a protective shield that eliminates the need for vaccine refrigeration; Sustainable Agriculture Solutions of Colombia, which created sustainable farming solutions such as enhanced efficiency fertilizer; and Avetics of Singapore, which invented an autonomous mini-plane that takes high-resolution photographs for aerial maps.
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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS:
Team Greenway Grameen Infra of India won the 2012 Intel Global Challenge at UC Berkeley, receiving $50,000 from the Intel Foundation.
Greenway Grameen Infra invented an efficient, biomass-based stove that increases fuel efficiency.
Other top-placing teams were Nanoly Bioscience of the United States, which developed a protective shield that eliminates the need for vaccine refrigeration; Sustainable Agriculture Solutions of Colombia, which created sustainable farming solutions such as enhanced efficiency fertilizer; and Avetics of Singapore, which invented an autonomous mini-plane that takes high-resolution photographs for aerial maps.
From helping improve the lives of children in a low-income neighborhood to supporting a family car show to benefit local youth to encouraging those with disabilities to play soccer, PG&E employees are making a difference in their communities.
And, on Thursday (Oct. 25), these exemplary employees were honored by the utility with Frederick W. Mielke Jr. Awards at an afternoon reception at PG&E’s San Francisco headquarters.
1,500 local kids participate in youth fitness program
Former Lakers great AC Green, WNBA legend Ruthie Bolton and Sparky, the LA Sparks mascot, join ESPN’s Bonnie Bernstein and celebrity chef Antonia Lofaso to celebrate runners
