Last week, Scholastic media announced the “Be Big In Your Community Contest” as part of its ongoing Clifford The Big Red Dog® BE BIG!™ campaign to support civic engagement. The national contest invites kids of all ages, teachers, parents and community leaders to submit a BIG idea that demonstrates Clifford’s Big Ideas (Share, Help Others, Be Kind, Be Responsible, Play Fair, Be a Good Friend, Believe in Yourself, Have Respect, Work Together and Be Truthful) to enter for a chance to win a community grant to be used towards implementing the winning proposals. One (1) grand prize entry will be honored with a $25,000 community grant and ten (10) runner up entries will each be honored with a $2,500 community grant (via HandsOn Network affiliate organizations or designees) from the Be Big Fund. The mission of the Be Big Fund is to recognize and reward others for their BE BIG actions, catalyze change in local communities and provide resources to share BIG ideas.
“Be Big In Your Community Contest” submissions will be accepted on the Clifford BE BIG website or via standard mail today through June 26, 2009 and is open to all legal residents of the U.S. Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges from Scholastic Inc. and HandsOn Network based on the following criteria: feasibility, creativity, sustainability and impact.
This week’s video takes a look at how young students and families in Armenia are learning to provide sustainable sources of income—with the help of livesock from Heifer International. The gift of a cow or goat can move a family from financial dependence to self-sufficiency. Hope you enjoy the clip…
Well….It’s been a while since we’ve posted a video from The Little Village Home Preschool Last week, we officially kicked off our homeschool year with both Abi and Anna. So far, it’s been really fun…and the girls are excited about learning new things and exploring the world. One of the questions that I often [...]
This week’s video comes to us from Save the Children. It takes a look at how drawing, painting, scribbling and sculpting can help little children’s hearts to heal. We hope that you enjoy the video
Join us this Tuesday night, August 3rd from 9:30-10:30pm ET for a ‘back to school’ twitter chat! We’ll be talking about the steps that parents can take this year…to send their kids to school with a healthy lunchbox. We will be joined by the following panel of experts in the fields of child health, nutrition, [...]
This week, we’re shining a spotlight on the World Vision Micro program. Learn how you can help to empower poor families… and encourage them along the road to self-sufficiency.
This week’s video comes to us from Save the Children. Each and every day, community health workers travel to the most remote parts of the world in an effort to provide live-saving health services to women and children in need. “Of the children under the age of 5 who die each year, almost 2/3 could be saved with the [...]
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