America's largest day of doing good, Make A Difference Day, is the fourth Saturday in October.
We at USA WEEKEND Magazine are saddened by the death of Paul Newman, an extraordinary philanthropist and a valued partner in Make A Difference Day since its early years. We will miss him. Newman's annual donation of $100,000 to charities of Make A Difference Day volunteers continues through his food label, Newman's Own.What is Make A Difference Day? Make A Difference Day is the largest national day of helping others -- a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors. Everyone can participate. USA WEEKEND and Newman's Own salute Make A Difference Day volunteers by awarding $100,000 for charity.
Use the DAYtabank to register your projects so you can ask for additional volunteers and gain helpful publicity. When you register your project, you're eligible to receive breakfast for your volunteers courtesy of Newman's Own.
The NASCAR Foundation: Our teammate NASCAR's Kyle Petty on his Victory Junction camp and how he was inspired by Paul Newman. Driver Elliott Sadler on his charity work to fight autism.
The NASCAR Foundation Volunteer Network is the official teammate for USA WEEKEND's Make A Difference Day 2008. Through October, you'll read inspirational words from NASCAR's hottest drivers. Stay tuned for messages about Make A Difference Day on air, at the racetrack and nascar.com/foundation. AvalonBay associates and residents, click here to register your Oct. 25 plans.
Network with moms: Swap Make A Difference Day ideas and chat with other moms at MomsLikeMe.com. Local moms can connect with group chats, photos and consultations from USA WEEKEND staffers about Make A Difference Day.
YouTube yourself:Videotape your day's activities and share them at the HandsOn Network Action YouTube Channel.
Free breakfast for volunteers Register your project in the DAYtaBank, and you could win breakfast for your volunteers courtesy of Newman's Own.
PeaceJam: See how Desmond Tutu and other Nobel Peace Laureates are encouraging young people to change the world on Make A Difference Day and for the next ten years.
Win a volunteer vacation. Enter your photo of the Day.
Travelocity is sponsoring a "Picture a Better
World" contest for USA WEEKEND's Make A Difference Day.
Send in one photo of your Oct. 25 action while you're helping your community on Make A Difference Day. If it's selected as best, you'll win a volunteer vacation to the destination of your choice through Travelocity's Travel for Good program
Some of the choices include working in a Russian orphanage, providing AIDS and HIV education to women and children in Tanzania and helping to save cheetahs from extinction in Namibia.
Make A Difference Day, the largest national day of helping others, is sponsored by USA WEEKEND Magazine and its 600 carrier newspapers. Make A Difference Day is held in partnership with Hands On Network and is supported by the Newman's Own, which will provides $10,000 donations to charities selected by of each of 10 national honorees. The 18th Make A Difference Day is Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008.
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Make A Difference Day Hot Line: 1-800-416-3824
We at USA WEEKEND Magazine are saddened by the death of Paul Newman, an extraordinary philanthropist and a valued partner in Make A Difference Day since its early years. We will miss him. Newman's annual donation of $100,000 to charities of Make A Difference Day volunteers continues through his food label, 
