America's largest day of doing good, Make A Difference Day, is the fourth Saturday in October.
Read about projects large and small across the nation On Make A Difference Day, Oct. 25, the nation's largest single day of volunteerism, more than 3 million people turned out to perform thousands of charitable acts for others.
Across the nation Randy Owen, lead singer of Alabama, helps volunteer Tyler Dotts with projects at Eakin Elementary School in Nashville.
To continue the good begun this day, Make A Difference Day volunteers are eligible to receive $100,000 in charitable awards donated by Newman's Own. Please send in your Entry Form to tell us about your good deeds!
A free volunteer vacation will be awarded to the winner of a photo contest sponsored by Travelocity. Awards will be announced in April 2009. For details and to enter, visit Travelocity to submit your Make A Difference Day photo.
The NASCAR Foundation: Our teammate The NASCAR Foundation Volunteer Network is the official teammate for USA WEEKEND's Make A Difference Day 2008. Read inspirational words from NASCAR's hottest drivers. NASCAR's Kasey Kahne and musician Dierks Bentleyaid the effort to help millions. Inside they describe how they met, good works and fans.
AvalonBay associates and residents, click here to register your Oct. 25 plans.
We at USA WEEKEND Magazine are saddened by the death of Paul Newman, an extraordinary philanthropist and a valued partner in Make A Difference Day since its early years. We will miss him. Newman's annual donation of $100,000 to charities of Make A Difference Day volunteers continues through his food label, Newman's Own.
Network with moms: Swap Make A Difference Day ideas and chat with other moms at MomsLikeMe.com. Local moms can connect with group chats, photos and consultations from USA WEEKEND staffers about Make A Difference Day.
YouTube yourself:Videotape your day's activities and share them at the HandsOn Network Action YouTube Channel.
PeaceJam: See how Desmond Tutu and other Nobel Peace Laureates are encouraging young people to change the world.
ServiceNation: is
mobilizing its coalition of 120 organizations to encourage Americans to sign
the "Declaration of Service."
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
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.
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
We at USA WEEKEND Magazine are saddened by the death of Paul Newman, an extraordinary philanthropist and a valued partner in Make A Difference Day since its early years. We will miss him. Newman's annual donation of $100,000 to charities of Make A Difference Day volunteers continues through his food label, 
