Martin Luther King Jr. Day of ServiceMLK Challenge 2010
Over 16,000 students, faculty, staff and community volunteers representing 147 campuses in 28 states, plus the District of Columbia, organized and implemented projects on or around the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, January 19, 2009. Visit this link for 2009 highlights. For MLK Day 2010, January 18, 2010, NC Campus Compact will again mobilize over 16, 000 students throughout the nation. In-Network Grantees NC Campus Compact is granting $40,000 to Campus Compact state offices in Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania and West Virginia who are disseminating smaller mini-grants to mobilize a total of 83 member campuses. For more information on in-network grantees visit this link. Out-of-Network Grantees NC Campus Compact will grant over $30,000 to 36 individual campuses in 15 states plus the District of Columbia. For more information about out-of-network grantees visit this link. North Carolina Grantees NC Campus Compact will grant over $8000 to 28 campuses throughout North Carolina. For more information about North Carolina grantees visit this link.
For the 2010 MLK Day of Service, NC Campus Compact is again hosting a MLK Technology Challenge Contest. We have also added a photo contest. This is open to any campus that is receiving funding directly from NC Campus Compact or through their Campus Compact state office. Winners are selected via a national online voting process. The contest will open on January 19, 2010 and conclude on February 5, 2010. Click here for 2010 contest rules. With 57% of the vote or 6,818 votes cast out of 11,922 nationwide, Bucknell University was the 2009 winner of the MLK Technology Challenge Contest. They beat out 5 outstanding finalists: Appalachian State University, Kansas State University, Miami University, University of South Dakota and Virginia Tech. Click here for more information about the 2009 MLK Technology Challenge Contest including the finalist entries. The MLK Challenge Model Through this grant effort NC Campus Compact is encouraging campuses to explore the MLK Challenge model. This model, created by the ACT (Appalachian and Community Together) Office at Appalachian State University (Boone, NC) in 2000, is a day of service projects... but with a twist. To learn more visit this link. The MLK Triad Collegiate Challenge If you represent a campus in the Triad region of North Carolina, visit this link to learn more about the events planned for this region.
MLK national Day of Service Fact Sheet
Feel free to contact Leslie Garvin, the MLK Challenge Program Manager, with any questions. Leslie A. Garvin, MSW Associate Director, NC Campus Compact 336.278.7278
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