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An Online 'Challenge' Will Award $500,000 to Charities Based on Popular Votes
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THE CASE FOUNDATION HAS TEAMED UP WITH "PARADE" MAGAZINE, NETWORK FOR GOOD, AND GLOBAL GIVING, TO LAUNCH THE "AMERICA'S GIVING CHALLENGE"--AT "PARADE"-DOT-COM-SLASH-"GIVING-CHALLENGE". RUNNING THROUGH JANUARY 31ST, THE "CHALLENGE" WILL AWARD A TOTAL OF 500-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE CHARITIES INSPIRING THE MOST PEOPLE TO FUNDRAISE FOR, OR DONATE TO, A CAUSE OR CHARITY THAT THEY CARE ABOUT. PARTICIPANTS CAN EITHER "CHAMPION A CAUSE" OR "GIVE TO A CAUSE": USING ONLINE CHARITY BADGES, "CHAMPIONS" WILL REACH OUT TO ANYONE IN THEIR ONLINE OR OFFLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS, SEEKING DONATIONS TO THEIR CAUSE; THE EIGHT INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTRACT THE MOST DONORS TO GIVE, THROUGH THEIR CHARITY BADGE, WILL EACH GET 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THEIR CHARITY. THE 100 NON-PROFITS ATTRACTING THE MOST ONLINE DONATIONS MADE THROUGH THE "CHALLENGE" WILL EACH GET ONE-THOUSAND DOLLARS. AGAIN, THE "AMERICA'S GIVING CHALLENGE" RUNS THROUGH JANUARY 31ST--AND IS AT "PARADE"-DOT-COM-SLASH-"GIVING-CHALLENGE".
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