Your "click" will support the expansion of our youth programs - and help us win $100,000!
A few months ago the Hyde Square Task Force entered a competition through an organization called RE-ZOOM, where we needed to click every day on their website in hopes of winning a $5,000 regional prize... well, WE WON! Thanks to your clicking, and those of our colleagues and supporters, friends and family.
Starting MONDAY, JULY 9, we have a chance to win an additional $100,000 through a national "clicking" contest. We are competing against 20 other non-profits nationwide - but our broad base of supporters gives us a significant competitive edge.
See http://www.rezoom.com/ABETTERWORLD/ for more details.
$100,000... is pretty close to what it's costing us to move into the Cheverus School, which will give us added capacity to expand and improve our programs. Key features of the new space include a soon-to-be renovated Dance Studio (think of how good our Ritmo en Acción dancers can get when they can actually practice in front of real mirrors!), an expanded computer lab, a youth space for Youth Community Organizers, Health Career Ambassadors and all our youth teams, and 1000 square feet of music studio space through a new collaboration with the Music and Youth Initiative and Berklee College of Music, beginning this fall. Altogether, we can expect to serve at least 100 additional youth through our new and expanded programs in the coming year!
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
* CLICK! Sign up at rezoom.com/ABETTERWORLD and click once a day, starting Monday, July 9 until Friday, August 10.
* TELL YOUR FRIENDS! To be competitive, we are going to need over 15,000 clicks - that's at least 500 clicks a day! Tell your friends and family now so they are ready to click for us every day until the end of the contest.
* ASK YOUR COLLEAGUES! We work with dozens of community professionals every day - please let them know they can help us raise $100,000 through their clicks.
This is also a great time to get the word out to everyone we are connected with about what amazing things our youth are doing, and to emphasize the importance of our move to the Cheverus as a stepping stone in our growth and expansion, which will lead us in a few fast-moving years to the proposed Youth & Family Center. A national contest will bring us national exposure: the more competitive we are, the more we will be able to share our story with potential supporters across the country.
PLEASE TAKE TWO MINUTES AND FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO AT LEAST FIVE FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. We need to get the word out now, to maximize the number of clicks we receive every day between July 9 and August 10. Together we can promote our work and earn the Hyde Square Task Force $100,000 to support our youth and community development programs.
How will $100,000 help Hyde Square Task Force? Click here to find out more (Adobe PDF 82KB).
Download a press release describing the Re-Zoom contest (Adobe PDF 80 KB).
For more information ,please contact Paul at x321 or via email at paul@hydesquare.org.