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 $4,000. 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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This Challenge, taking place between March 1 (12:00:00 EST) and March 31, 2010 (23:59:59 EST), offers participants the opportunity to raise money for the work they do all over the world. The three projects that raise the most money will receive additional financial prizes, provided by the Starbucks Foundation, of $2,000, $1,500, and $500 respectively. In addition, the project with the greatest number of unique donors will be awarded an additional $1,000.

All projects that raise a minimum of $4,000 from at least 50 donors will be invited to remain on GlobalGiving’s site. These projects will be eligible to continue receiving donations from the general public, private and corporate foundations through www.globalgiving.org.

Online donations to projects participating in this Challenge will be accepted through March 31, 2010 until 11:59:59 EST. Checks received by March 30 will be included in the Challenge and will count towards the number of unique donors for each project. Checks received after March 31, 2010 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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YouthActionNet Challenge participants are YouthActionNet Fellows through the International Youth Foundation and Starbucks Foundation grant recipients. Participants have been recognized by both the International Youth Foundation and the Starbucks Foundation for their outstanding work in the fields of social entrepreneurship and international development.

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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 YouthActionNet

YouthActionNet® seeks to develop a new generation of socially-conscious global citizens who create positive change in their communities, their countries, and the world. Through its global and local fellowship programs, dynamic website, grants, and peer-to-peer learning opportunities, YouthActionNet® offers young change makers ideas, resources, and connections to like minds around the world. For further information, visit www.youthactionnet.org.

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This Challenge, taking place between March 1 (12:00 AM EST) and March 31, 2010 (23:59 EST), offers participants the opportunity to raise money for their work all over the world. The three projects that raise the most money will receive additional financial prizes, provided by the Starbucks Foundation, of $2,000, $1,500, and $500 respectively. In addition, the project with the greatest number of unique donors will be awarded an additional $1,000.

All projects that raise a minimum of $4,000 from at least 50 will be invited to remain on GlobalGiving’s site. These projects will be eligible to continue receiving donations from the general public, private and corporate foundations through www.globalgiving.org.

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 $4,000. 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 YouthActionNet Challenge.

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