Your donation matters! Every donation supports the great work these project leaders are doing. And your donation has the potential to have an even greater impact by helping these projects get one step closer to 50 donors and $3,000. Once projects cross this threshold, they are invited to remain on the GlobalGiving site and take advantage of our fundraising tools.

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The Challenge is for participants to generate donations for their projects between Feb 17, 2010 (12:01 EDT) and March 15, 2010 (11:59 pm EDT). The top three fundraising projects (most dollars raised) will also receive supplementary cash bonuses from GlobalGiving of $2,000, $1,000 and $500, respectively.

Updated March 4, 2010: The Challenge has been extended to 11:59 p.m. EDT on March 15, 2010. Please see the Terms for all further conditions and details.

The project with the greatest number of unique donors will be awarded a bonus of $1,000. ANY Project that is able to raise a minimum of $3,000 and at least 50 separate donors will be invited to stay on at GlobalGiving. These projects will be eligible to continue receiving donations from the general public, private and corporate foundations through www.globalgiving.org.

Online donations will be accepted through March 15 2010 until 11:59 EST. Checks received by March 12 will be included in the Challenge and will count towards the number of unique donors for each project. Checks received after March 12 will be applied to the indicated project, but will not count towards the Challenge. Checks should be made payable to the GlobalGiving Foundation and should clearly indicate the project to which the funds should be applied.

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We provide a toolkit with detailed information on how to fundraise for project leaders. Please review for more information and good luck mobilizing supporters

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The participants of this Challenge students at colleges across the country to be a part of the solution to global poverty. Nourish students raise funds to conduct community development projects. Over the summer, students from Nourish Chapters travel abroad to partner with local communities in implementing these solutions.

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About GlobalGiving

GlobalGiving is an online marketplace for philanthropy that helps donors support causes they are passionate about. Through its public website, GlobalGiving connects donors to more than 500 community-based projects addressing themes ranging from education and the environment to health care and human rights, in over 70 countries. Over the past 5 years, more than 800 organizations have raised over $26 million using GlobalGiving.com. Learn more about GlobalGiving.

About Nourish International

Nourish International invites students at colleges across the country to be a part of the solution to global poverty. By running ventures throughout the year, Nourish Chapters earn money to conduct community development projects. Over the summer, students from Nourish Chapters travel abroad to partner with local communities in implementing these solutions.

Learn more about GlobalGiving.

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The Challenge is for participants to generate donations for their projects between Feb 17, 2010 (12:01 EDT) and March 15, 2010 (11:59 pm EDT). The top three fundraising projects (most dollars raised) will also receive supplementary cash bonuses from GlobalGiving of $2,000, $1,000 and $500, respectively. The project with the greatest number of unique donors will be awarded a bonus of $1,000. ANY Project that is able to raise a minimum of $3,000 and at least 50 separate donors will be invited to stay on at GlobalGiving. These projects will be eligible to continue receiving donations from the general public, private and corporate foundations through www.globalgiving.org

Updated March 4, 2010: The Challenge will be extended to March 15, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. EDT for all projects that have raised at least $1,000 from at least 20 donors by 11:59 p.m. EDT March 9, 2010. 11:59 p.m. EDT on March 9, 2010 will be referred to as the end of "Regulation Time", and 11:59 p.m. EDT on Match 15, 2010 will be referred to as the end of "Overtime".

If a project does not raise at least $1,000 from at least 20 donors by 11:59 p.m. EDT on March 9, 2010, that project will be removed from the leaderboard and no longer eligible to participate in the 2010 Nourish International Challenge.

Bonus prizes will be awarded first to any and all eligible projects at the end of "Regulation Time". Projects are only eligible if they have raised at least $3,000 from 50 donors. Any prizes not claimed in "Regulation Time" will be held for distribution to eligible projects at the end of "Overtime". Project still must raise at least $3,000 from at least 50 donors to be eligible for prizes at the end of "Overtime".

One project may win a prize for both top dollars raised, as well as the prize for most number of donors. However, a single project may not win two prizes for most dollars raised. If at least three projects do not raise $3,000 from at least 50 donors by the end of "Regulation Time" or "Overtime", then unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.

Online donations will be accepted through March 15 2010 until 11:59 EST. Checks received by March 12 will be included in the Challenge and will count towards the number of unique donors for each project. Checks received after March 12 will be applied to the indicated project, but will not count towards the Challenge. Checks should be made payable to the GlobalGiving Foundation and should clearly indicate the project to which the funds should be applied. Unfortunately, we are not able to accept cash donations.

Online donations are considered unique if they are made from separate credit cards. The same credit card may be used for multiple online donations; however this will count as one unique donor. However, both of the donations will count towards your donation goal of $3,000. The same rule applies to unique checks. Unique checks refer to checks issued on unique checking accounts.

Transaction fee for donations: GlobalGiving charges a 15% fee, but works to keep the fees you pay as low as possible while providing you great services and resources. The 15% fee helps cover the costs we incur to promote your organization and projects, provide you with fundraising training and tools, and maintain and improve our online technology in order to keep you connecting with new donors. With our new add-on option, we also offer the donor the opportunity to make an additional donation to cover the fee so that you receive the intended amount.

Please note that GlobalGiving maintains the right to make a final decision on all matters concerning the adjudication of unique donors and final results of the Nourish International Project Challenge.

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