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Nominate, help local causes win $25K grants

March 3, 2014

NeighborhoodAssistTwo years ago people participating in State Farm’s Neighborhood Assist campaign helped two West Philly non-profits, Neighborhood Bike Works and West Philly Tool Library, win $25,000 grants each for community improvement projects. This year, the youth-led philanthropic program has returned and anyone with a Facebook account can nominate and vote for their favorite local cause. The program’s goal is to improve neighborhoods in three important ways: education, community development and safety.

Here’s how it works:

  • Identify and submit a cause using the Facebook app from March 3 through March 23, 2014.
  • The first 4,000 Neighborhood Assist submissions will be reviewed by the State Farm Youth Advisory Board (YAB).
  • Two hundred finalists will be chosen.
  • The finalists will be announced on Facebook.
  • Public voting to select the winners takes place April 28-May 16.
  • Winners will be announced on May 27 on Facebook.

Forty causes with the highest numbers of votes will be selected to receive the grants. In 2013, over 3.4 million votes were cast and the difference between the 40th and 41st cause was only 62 votes! For more information about the program, click here.

 

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