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Contests, The Non-Profit Community
Monday, June 13th, 2011

Toyota today announced the first 25 winners of the Toyota 100 Cars for Good program, which awards 100 vehicles over the course of 100 days to 100 deserving non-profits. Winners of the Toyota 100 Cars for Good program are determined based on voting from the public. Each day, five organizations are profiled on Toyota’s Facebook [...]
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Contests, Entertainment
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

Steve Harvey is looking for 100 high school students to participate in a once-in-a-lifetime experience that will open their minds, change their lives and help them shine their brightest. This year Essence magazine joins forces with Steve Harvey to make Disney’s Dreamers Academy the biggest, brightest and most mind-blowing event yet! The selected attendees will [...]
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Contests, Entertainment
Monday, May 24th, 2010

Millions of bloggers, non-profit organizations and companies have taken to Twitter to reach and expand their audiences. Starting this Friday, the CotillionOnline.com will be featuring one Twitter user each Friday. To participate you must follow @CotillionOnline. If you would like to be considered a Follow Friday Feature (FFF) just send us an email at FollowFriday@thecotilliononline.com with you twitter address. We look forward [...]
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Contests, Entertainment
Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Sketch, write, and humor your way to the top for a chance to win a one-month stint in the Washington Post Style section. Send them six original, unpublished single- or multi-panel cartoons. A panel of judges will narrow the field to 10 and the voting audience will choose who moves on to become America’s Next [...]
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Contests, Entertainment
Monday, May 17th, 2010

Oprah and reality TV super producer Mark Burnett (SurvivorTM & The ApprenticeTM) are joining forces in search of the next big TV star. Do you have a big talent, a big personality, a big sense of humor, and a big dream for yourself? If so, this could be your big break- the chance of a lifetime to [...]
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Contests, Entertainment
Friday, April 30th, 2010

Think you got what it takes to become finacially fit? Enter the Black Enterprise Financial Fitness Contest!
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Contests, Entertainment
Friday, April 30th, 2010

The White House and the Department of Education announced today the top three finalists of the first annual Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge. The Commencement Challenge was launched to give public high schools around the country a chance to show President Obama what they are made of, and how they are challenging [...]
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Contests, Entertainment
Monday, April 12th, 2010

The Leadership Awards Program is the embodiment of citizen-led philanthropy. A committee of 43 volunteers from across the region selected 10 nonprofits that embody this year’s theme: Between the Cracks & at the Intersections. The 10 Leadership Awardees will each get a $10,000 award in recognition of their innovative work. Now, it’s your turn to [...]
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Contests, Entertainment
Monday, April 12th, 2010

To enter, fully complete and submit the online entry form available on the entry page located at http://www.washingtonpost.com/real-art-dc. Submissions will be accepted beginning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on 4/2/10 and must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. EDT on 9/30/10 (“Entry Period”). Each entrant must follow the presented instructions and provide [...]
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Contests, Entertainment
Thursday, April 8th, 2010

America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities have given so much to so many. Now, The Home Depot wants to show its gratitude by giving something back. Now, vote your favorite school to receive an improvement grant from The Home Depot. Then buy a special edition Gift Card that help support the program, with $150,000 in grants [...]