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to honor those lost on 9/11
and their families

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- News -

Making this School Year Greener
Just go green, everyone is doing it. But the real story is how larger organizations, companies, and schools are going to make the big difference in saving energy and resources.
Starting a Do Something Club is an easy way to get people to rally behind getting something done at your school or in the local community.
There are no set up costs, no long forms, no dues (we actually give clubs money through grants...)
Online application: www.dosomething.org/clubs
Enter your club in the Environmental Sustainability Competition (NY & Boston)

Team Volunteering
Are you on a team at your school? Whether its club, jv or varsity team, it has the power to motivate and inspire the school with a victory. So why not get your team to volunteer and make some change off the field.

Pennies for Points: get lots of people to pledge money for every point scored, pick a great cause to support
Sports Day for kids: host an activity day for younger kids in the area to play with the team
Be a coach for a kids program or gym class
Sign a Team Sobriety Pact

Get more ideas: www.dosomething.org/volunteer/team_volunteering

- Grants & Clubs -

A club that rocks...

Irvington Do Something Club,CA
Project:School is Cool
The Irvington High School DS Club is launching a new project that targets freshmen who are at risk of dropping out. Studies have shown that the first 3 weeks of high school is a crucial time to target at-risk students. The club plans to make a video, hold career days and assemblies to help address issues that effect a student’s motivation and desire to stay in school. Recently the club had a membership drive and now has 120 members!

Start a club

The weekly grant winner is...

Laura Mantell , 17, NY
Project: Students Extending Assistance to Students
When Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf region of the U.S. two years ago, Laura volunteered for five weeks and discovered that thousands of young survivors suffered from PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), neglect, and abandonment. Laura realized that few people understood what these kids were going through. She responded by organizing a group of concerned young people and creating SEAS (Students Extending Assistance to Students). SEAS has organized computer and school supply drives, raised $9000, and started a pen pal program to connect 3rd graders in New York and Mississippi.

Get your grant on!

Smart Driving Grant Winners

Last Spring, Keep the Drive and Do Something asked you to create the best projects to promote smart teen driving in your community. We received tons of great ideas but had to sift down to 40 amazing projects led by teens nationwide. Each of these teens received $500 to make their project a reality.

Check out this year’s Do Something Smart Driving Grant Winners brought to you by Keep the Drive: dosomething.org/tipsheet/smart_driving_winners
Read about ways you can Take Action for Smart Teen Driving in your community: dosomething.org/causes/smart_driving
Find out how you can score $500 for your community change project: dosomething.org/grants

- Causes -

Fitness
The list of good things about working out is endless; everyone knows you feel better about yourself after some moving around.
See why it's so important to be fit and then get yourself (and others) in shape!
Watch Peyton Manning's clip about fitness: dosomething.org/tipsheets/clean_up_park

Disaster Response
On August 16th, a powerful earthquake shook Peru killing at least 500 people, more than 800 people are believed to have been injured.
Watch the coverage and do something:

dosomething.org/tipsheet/Peru_Earthquake

- Contests, Grants & More from our Partners -

MyGoodDeed.org supports action on 9/11
MyGoodDeed was launched in 2006 on the fifth anniversary of 9/11, with the support of more than 20 leading 9/11 family and support groups and national non profits. The mission of myGoodDeed.org is to gradually transform 9/11 into a nationally recognized day of volunteerism, charitable service, and good deeds. The myGoodDeed.org initiative calls on Americans and organizations to pledge to perform at least one good deed of their own choosing in observance of 9/11. To register your pledge, visit http://www.myGoodDeed.org

Mobile Jam Fest

MJF is a democratic, user-generated, platform that challenges youth (age 14-25) from around the world to creatively express themselves - however, wherever and whenever possible. You will be competing for tuition prizes and Xbox 360 Entertainment Consoles; and it's all FREE! MJF, the world's largest youth creativity festival, is challenging youth from around the world, through a series of creativity competitions, to create and upload dynamic projects, using any capture device, in the areas of Film, Music, Fashion, Photography, Machinima and the Millennium Development Goals. Visit MJF today and get connected to the world around you.
http://mobilejamfest.com

Help Your Favorite Causes Find Volunteers!

Stop feeling lonely when you volunteer! Tell the folks at your favorite nonprofits that they can recruit volunteers from the DoSomething.org community -- and the wider Web world, too -- by posting their volunteer opportunities at VolunteerMatch. When they create an account and post at VolunteerMatch, the opportunity will not only be viewable by over 1 million registered VolunteerMatch users, it will also automatically show up at DoSomething.org, Change.org, REI.com, Seventeen.com, CMT.com, and even Yahoo.com. That's because VolunteerMatch is the volunteer matching partner for all these sites. Volunteering is more fun when you have company -- and it can be found at www.VolunteerMatch.org.

Go-Live is around the corner: Rethos.com

A new media portal and online community devoted to uniting individuals, non-profit organizations, and socially responsible businesses on solutions to social and environmental issues is about to go-live.

Witness the manifesto, join the beta members, and help grow the rethos!

www.rethos.com