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There are currently two exciting opportunities to show your support for FIRST, but we need your help and the help of all your friends, family and other members of the extended FIRST family/community to make these potential contributions a reality!

1. Get Out the Vote for FIRST!

FIRST could receive $200,000 from American Express through Members Project. We are thrilled to announce that FIRST has been chosen from among 50 non-profits who applied and is participating in Members Project, the pioneering corporate social responsibility effort from American Express and TakePart. Every three months, participants will vote to help decide the recipient of a $200,000 donation.

What’s more, this effort goes beyond corporate giving. (Although we like that part a lot!) American Express has partnered with TakePart.com, the content-driven social action network of Participant Media, the social change-oriented media company.

After voting for FIRST, TakePart.com’s social advocacy platform will allow you to connect with other like-minded participants online and find additional STEM-related opportunities, among other issues, in your community. It’s corporate responsibility 2.0 in action.

Of course, if FIRST were to garner enough votes to win the $200,000 grant, it would help tremendously.

So thank you American Express and TakePart.com!

VOTE NOW

Once on the Homepage - go to the VOTE section. (Make sure you go to the Education category and find FIRST - you will need to do a simple one-time sign on to allow you to vote each week)

Please vote early and often! You can cast a vote for FIRST - once a week until August 22, 2010!

This round of voting began Monday, May 31, 2010 and ends at 11:59pm Pacific on Sunday, August 22, 2010. Winners for this round of voting will be announced on/around Monday, August 30, 2010.
FIRST is included in the Education category of organizations.
Please consider sending this email and/or the link along to the various FIRST communities you know or use Tweet, LinkedIn, Facebook etc. to help FIRST garner the most number of votes needed by August.




2. $9,000 ways to celebrate innovation with Pitney Bowes -- Update June 9 -- The votes are in. The winner is....FIRST!!!!! See the voting results.

To mark Pitney Bowes' 90th birthday this year, the company is donating $9,000 to one of three charities that foster innovation through education.

Please help FIRST win this grant and leverage this opportunity to raise awareness about our good works. Help spread the message to your friends and colleagues via e-mail, Twitter, Facebook and other social networking tools that you use.

The votes are in! Which organization gets the $9,000 donation from Pitney Bowes? The winner is....FIRST!!!!! See the voting results.

Thank you for your support of FIRST.