Second Annual BE BIG In Your Community Contest
Happy February, everyone! Julia 'STACKS Guest Blogger' here to tell you about the second annual BE BIG In Your Community Contest—and YOUR chance to submit your BIG Idea to win a $25,000 community grant to make that idea come to life!
Last year 16,000 of you were inspired to BE BIG and entered your BIG Ideas for a chance to win. (Take a look at last year's winners here.) Our Grand Prize winner was 12-year-old Madelon Kerns, who entered her BIG Idea for a boundless playground for her special needs friends who aren't able to use regular playgrounds. Madelon says the boundless playgrounds ". . .allow ALL children to learn and play together."
The runner-up winners include kids like Mattie and Lydia, who work for the Mayor's Youth Council to help less fortunate kids feel like they are part of the community and get them involved in activities. And another runner-up, Skyler, is creating “Kids Care Packs” to give to kids in homeless shelters and children's hospitals. The Kids Care Packs are full of fun things for kids to do, including coloring books, activity sheets, markers, and more!
We know that you have some BIG Ideas of your own to make the world a better place, so click here to enter the 2010 BE BIG In Your Community Contest! We want to know how you and your friends are Being BIG!
Good Luck!
—Julia, Scholastic Media
This seems very interesting. I may have to check it out.
Comment #1 | Posted by: iread2u2 on February 01, 2010 at 05:11 PM
thats so goood!
Comment #2 | Posted by: cant deside on February 01, 2010 at 05:51 PM
goosebumps is the best
Comment #3 | Posted by: lovepreet on February 01, 2010 at 06:01 PM
Cool! It sounds cool, but I don't have any ideas. :(
Comment #4 | Posted by: 103mintchocolatechip on February 01, 2010 at 08:35 PM
Cool! I have to show this to my school's S.O.S - serving/saving our school - club! We'd love to do something like this.
Comment #5 | Posted by: Miranda on February 01, 2010 at 09:50 PM
Hi! It's us! We'd like to explain just an idea for something to help.
Comment #6 | Posted by: Marytonga/Mae_D on February 02, 2010 at 12:41 PM
hi i made a difference in my school to help haiti by starting a shoe drive and running and organizing it with my friends and in total we collected 600 pairs of shoes does that count?
Comment #7 | Posted by: kushal p on February 03, 2010 at 07:15 PM
not that good but ok what ever you say but probally better than i could do
Comment #8 | Posted by: caitlin on February 03, 2010 at 09:22 PM
Maybe I can try to win as a birthday present...
Comment #9 | Posted by: Twoeighteen on February 04, 2010 at 09:12 PM
This would be cool foe my school.
Comment #10 | Posted by: EMD on February 05, 2010 at 10:17 AM
that is good but I thank that you should some mory things to the teeter totter.
Comment #11 | Posted by: tnom on February 05, 2010 at 11:05 AM
i make just want every wone to go green.
Comment #12 | Posted by: haley on February 05, 2010 at 08:54 PM
sounds cool
Comment #13 | Posted by: rosepie7 on February 06, 2010 at 10:42 AM
wow he looks bored out of his mind i mean he looks like he is medatating who doesx that near rocky mountains
Comment #14 | Posted by: strawberry sweetheart on February 10, 2010 at 03:47 PM