New Orleans Neighborhoods Partnership Network

April 16th 2009

MP Needs 5 Minutes of Your Time: One of 10 Finalists for a Power in Numbers Grant

One of Magnolia Project’s biggest projects is an annual three-week service trip for Cal students in New Orleans. This summer we are taking 50 Cal students, who will contribute over 5,000 hours of community service all across the New Orleans area.

We are one of the Top 10 finalists for a Power in Numbers grant, sponsored by DoSomething.org and Mountain Dew Voltage. Now it’s up to the public to vote on who gets one of five $10,000 grants to continue our project. Five of the ten finalists win. That is a 50% chance! You are all aware of how difficult it is to fundraise. We CANNOT do this without YOU.

We are asking you to “vote” for The Magnolia Project and make the three-week trip happen yet another year. Register at http://www.energizeyourcommunity.com. You can make it your homepage for the voting period, which is APRIL 15th (noon) -29th. You can vote once a day!

ALSO, please let everyone you know who would want to help MP. Tell your friends, family, roommates, classmates, and all your networks. Make it your Facebook status and invite people to the event on Facebook.

Thank you very much!