America's largest day of doing good, Make A Difference Day, is the fourth Saturday in October.
What is Make A Difference Day? Make A Difference Day is the largest national day of helping others -- a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors. Everyone can participate.
The NASCAR Foundation: Our new teammate The NASCAR Foundation Volunteer Network is the official teammate for USA WEEKEND's Make A Difference Day 2008. Through October, you'll read inspirational words from NASCAR's hottest drivers. Stay tuned for messages about Make A Difference Day on air, at the racetrack and nascar.com/foundation. > Driver Elliott Sadler on his charity work to fight autism.Use the DAYtabank to register your projects so you can ask for additional volunteers and gain publicity.AvalonBay associates and residents, click here to register your Oct. 25 plans.
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Each Make A Difference Day, millions of busy Americans put their lives on hold to help others. Help us celebrate all the great deeds done that day as we present our recent inspiring $10,000 National Award recipients.
Win a volunteer vacation. Enter your photo of the Day.
Travelocity is sponsoring a "Picture a Better
World" contest for USA WEEKEND's Make A Difference Day.
Send in one photo of your Oct. 25 action while you're helping your community on Make A Difference Day. If it's selected as best, you'll win a volunteer vacation to the destination of your choice through Travelocity's Travel for Good program (restrictions apply).
Some of the choices include working in a Russian orphanage, providing AIDS and HIV education to women and children in Tanzania and helping to save cheetahs from extinction in Namibia.
Tips for newspaper sponsors and reporters. Logos for your use.
Make A Difference Day, the largest national day of helping others, is sponsored by USA WEEKEND Magazine and its 600 carrier newspapers. Make A Difference Day is held in partnership with Hands On Network and is supported by the Newman's Own, which will provides $10,000 donations to charities selected by of each of 10 national honorees. The 18th Make A Difference Day is Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008.
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Make A Difference Day Hot Line: 1-800-416-3824
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