can you please help blind teens?

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Post 1 by jamesk (This site is so "educational") on Sunday, 22-Aug-2010 2:29:09

Hi,
I would really appreciat everyone's help with this. It only takes a second or two and will make a huge difference in the lives of blind teens. Thanks in advance.

We are competing for a $250,000 grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project, and we need your votes. The cash will help fund the
2011 NFB Youth Slam, which is a week-long summer program that will help 150 blind students explore academic and career possibilities in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. Traditionally, blind students are told that they are not able to excel in these fields because of their disability; thus, this program challenges those assumptions, and helps blind students discover their own potential. You have two easy and free ways of helping. You can text 101913 to Pepsi
(73774) or you can visit http://www.refresheverything.com/nfbyouthslam
to cast your vote online. Please vote once a day, and get your friends and family to vote too! To receive funding, we need to be one of the top two projects with the most votes by August 31, and you can help us get there!

Thanks in advance for your help, the Pepsi Refresh Project is not going to know what hit them when we all get moving on this!

Let me know if you have any questions, or if you know other ways that we can reach out to people that can help us get votes.
Thanks again.
James K

Post 2 by Grace (I've now got the ggold prolific poster award! wahoo! well done to me!) on Sunday, 22-Aug-2010 11:54:58

Hi James

Just signed in and Voted!

sounds awesome

Post 3 by jamesk (This site is so "educational") on Sunday, 22-Aug-2010 12:33:22

Thanks to grace and all others that have helped me and blind teens by voting in our Pepsi challenge.
I'd really appreciate it you could spread the word to your friends and acquaintances.
If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail or send me a message anytime.
Have a great Sunday!
James K

Post 4 by AgateRain (Believe it or not, everything on me and about me is real!) on Sunday, 22-Aug-2010 17:14:51

I'll vote in a sec and um...make a add on facebook...

And I'll spread the word on my page...

Post 5 by Grace (I've now got the ggold prolific poster award! wahoo! well done to me!) on Monday, 23-Aug-2010 12:59:08

...just now have voted today

Come on and vote once each day

You are online anyhow so why not join in
on something of value...

Post 6 by jamesk (This site is so "educational") on Monday, 23-Aug-2010 18:34:13

Thanks all for voting and spreading the word. You really are making a difference.
Thanks again!

Post 7 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 24-Aug-2010 14:36:24

This is great!

Post 8 by Grace (I've now got the ggold prolific poster award! wahoo! well done to me!) on Thursday, 26-Aug-2010 11:48:53

Just voted {only takes mini-seconds to do so}

and to bring this Topic forward.

Post 9 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 27-Aug-2010 14:41:48

Finally, a worthy cause.

Post 10 by Grace (I've now got the ggold prolific poster award! wahoo! well done to me!) on Sunday, 29-Aug-2010 22:27:19

Just a couple more voting days
so am bringing this topic back to the forefront.