Pepsi Refresh Project: Help SN Coalition Members Win Funding
Subscribe to the Blog RSS FeedThe Pepsi Refresh Project is an audacious experiment in marketing, social media and doing good. The doing good part, of course, is the part we care about most, and it involves Pepsi giving away $1.3 million a month to organizations and individuals who submit ideas to change the world. Citizens vote on the ideas for a month, and the top vote-getters win grants of $5,000, $25,000, $50,000 and $250,000 (here's lots more detail on how it all works). And here's the cool promo vid Pepsi has put out to get the world's attention (Pepsi's YouTube channel is here):
Naturally, ServiceNation coalition members have lots of great ideas for changing the world for the better, and a number of them are in the hunt for funding this month. And we'd love it if you would help them out by voting for their ideas (you can vote for up to 10 ideas each and every day).
Here are the Pepsi Refresh bids from ServiceNation we have heard about so far, broken down by dollar category (we'll bring you any others we miss, as we learn of them):
$25,000
MyImpact: Extend MyImpact,org's Volunteer Social Media Pilot Program Nationwide (VOTE HERE)
Goals
- Engage More Americans in Citizen Service
- Demonstrate the Effectiveness of Service & Volunteer Programs
- Advance Service as a National Solution
$50,000
1) ServeNext: Train Community Organizers To Promote AmeriCorps In 10 Cities (VOTE HERE):
Goals
- Engage 25K people about the value of AmeriCorps and citizen service
- Encourage more people to serve
- Help people realize the impact of their collective voices
- Educate dozens of key leaders in 10 cities about AmeriCorps' impact
2) Atlas Corps: Double The Size And Impact Of Atlas Corp In The U.S. (VOTE HERE):
Goals
- Empower U.S. nonprofits with skilled professionals from overseas
- Address critical social issues by developing nonprofit leaders
- Double the number of Atlas Corps Fellows in the U.S.
- Expand Atlas Corps to new cities, such as New York and Seattle
3) HandsOn Bay Area: Bring Volunteers To Gardens, Soup Kitchens, And Homeless Shelters (VOTE HERE):
Goals
- To train 10 new Project Leaders
- To mobilize 10,000 volunteers, who will...
- Perform 50,000 hours of service at local nonprofits, schools and parks
4) LA CAUSA YouthBuild: Send East Los Angeles Dropouts To A Green Residency Program At UCLA (VOTE HERE):
Goals
- To have 10 youth participate in a green residency program at UCLA
- To provide a comprehensive green training program for 10 youth
- Each of the 10 youths will complete 675 community service hours
- To have 10 youth earn their High School diploma
- To co-enroll these 10 youths in community college
$250,000
1) LIFT: Pull Thousands Of Families Out Of Poverty By Training LIFT Volunteers (VOTE HERE):
Goals
- To demonstrate the efficacy of a new model of poverty alleviation
- To increase public awareness of LIFT's services and domestic poverty
- To engage hundreds of volunteers to carry out program of service
- To pull thousands of low-income individuals out of poverty in the US
2) Habitat For Humanity Detroit: Help Habitat Rehab 5 Houses On Detroit's Hard-Hit East Side (VOTE HERE)
3) Teach For America: Provide Excellent Teachers For All Children (VOTE HERE)
Goals
- Maximize the impact of 7,300 existing teachers on student achievement
- Recruit and train 4,500 new teachers to work in low-income communities
- Expand our reach to three new urban or rural low-income communities
4) YMCA of the USA: Build Community Gardens In Low Income Areas Lacking Access To Produce (VOTE HERE)
Goals
- Host events to provide nutrition education and build community
- Bring fresh vegetables into low-income, under-resourced communities
- Engage community in hands-on service learning volunteer project
- Create Fresh Garden Sustainability Plan in participating communities
5) Campfire USA Patuxent Area Council: To help Kids And Families Have Safe Places To Play And Learn (VOTE HERE):
Goals
- to get kids into the out of doors and get them physically fit
- to provide opportunities for famiiies to spend fun time together
- to provide out of school time activities for youth in our community
