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How to get involved
Make A Difference Day is a unique program that inspires
and rewards volunteers. Everyone who helps others on October 25, 2008 and sends in an entry form is eligible for an award and a cash donation to a charitable cause.
In addition, every award recipient will appear in USA WEEKEND Magazine and on makeadifferenceday.com.
1. Ask what's needed and get ideas.
2. Tell others and round-up help.
3. Do it on the fourth Saturday in Oct.
4. Send your entry form.
5. Put awards and honors to work.
Ask what your community
needs.
Look around your community. Are people hungry, homeless or ill? Are parks or schools dirty or neglected? No matter where
you live, there's a need nearby. And on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008,
the next Make A Difference Day, millions of Americans are expected
to roll up their sleeves to help others. You can act alone or enlist
your friends, family and co-workers. Thousands of people across
the community can band together. Maybe we can help you to help others.
Explore this Web site for project ideas and free team-building guides or call the
Make A Difference Day Hot Line, 1-800-416-3824, for information.
 PROJECT IDEAS, INCLUDING IDEA GENERATOR
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS & TIMELINES
Tell others what you're doing and enlist help.
Register your plans in the Make A
Difference DAYtaBANK, a national listing of local projects that will be
viewed by interested volunteers, other people looking for good project
ideas and news media looking for good stories to tell. It will only take a few minutes to register your plans
in the DAYtaBANK hosted by Mindshares.org.
USE
THE DAYtaBANK
Do it!
Carry out your plans to help others on Make A Difference Day, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008.
PROJECT TOOLS, INCLUDING PLANNING GUIDES
ORDER MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY MERCHANDISE
Tell us what you
did.
Judges including Paul Newman will select 10 projects for the national Make A Difference Day Awards. To be considered, fill out the official entry form AFTER you do your Make A Difference Day project.
PRINT
OUT AN ENTRY FORM
Put $10,000 from Paul
Newman to good use.
The awards include $10,000 donations to 10 projects from Newman's Own. Previous honorees who continue to excel will receive donations from the Gannett Foundation. Awards will be announced in a special report in USA WEEKEND in April 2009.
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