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This year, member are voting for President, Treasurer, and Regional Vice Presidents for Regions 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. Information surrounding the nominees can be found on the elections page.

Foster Care to Success (for the past 30 years known as Orphan Foundation of America) is the nation’s oldest and largest organization with the sole purpose of helping young people transition from foster care to successful adulthood through education.  Thousands of youth from every state have attended school and graduated with support from Foster Care to Success, and are now contributing members of their communities. 

Each year we fund approximately 100 new students through the Casey Family Scholars and Foster Care to Success scholarship programs.  Applicants must have been in care for the 12 months prior to their 18^th birthday and scholarships are awarded based on a combination of merit and need.  The online application is open between January 1 and March 31 annually.  For more information including complete eligibility requirements and to submit an application, visit www.fc2success.org. 

I'm reaching out to you on behalf of DoSomething.org, the one of the nation’s largest organization devoted to the funding of young social entrepreneurs. Our largest grant program, The Do Something Awards, might be a good fit for exceptional youth leaders raising awareness to fostercare. 

The Do Something Awards (formerly the BR!CK Awards) identifies exceptional young social entrepreneurs, activists, and community leaders who have a significant social impact. The Do Something Award nominees and winners are the pivotal "do-ers" in their fields and causes. For this year's awards five finalists will be selected and rewarded with a $10,000 community grant, participation in the third Do Something Awards TV show on VH1, media coverage, and continued support from DoSomething.org. Of those five nominees, one will be selected to win the Grand Prize, a $100,000 grant, which will be announced during the broadcast.

I would appreciate your help in one of two ways: I hope you'll help me share this opportunity with the members of your organization (you can use the paragraph above to share with your communities). Additionally, you can recommend people for the award by filling out a simple nomination form at www.dosomething.org/awards. Quantity of applications is not a concern.  Rather, we want to identify the "best-in-class" activists, leaders, and social entrepreneurs age 25 and under.  Applicants must be citizens or residents of the U.S. or Canada and must apply by March 1st, 2012, although applying earlier is strongly encouraged.

Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any questions or thoughts. I look forward to hearing from you.

Amanda

dsawards@dosomething.org

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Do Something Awards Team

http://www.dosomething.org/awards

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Do Something Awards Team
http://www.dosomething.org/awards

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