Contests
Your SADD chapter is working hard to make a difference. Wouldn’t it be great to earn some money at the same time? There are always contests available that your chapter can enter and have a chance to win prizes that include thousands of dollars! See below for the possibilities, and remember – your chance of winning is usually a lot better than you think!
Drive2Life PSA Contest – Deadline February 29, 2012
Create a storyboard or script for a PSA about distracted driving, and you have a chance to win the grand prize – a $1,000 scholarship and a trip to New York to watch your spot be professionally produced, and then distributed nationwide! For more information, click here.
The Great American NO BULL Video Challenge – Deadline March 14, 2012
Create a 2-5 minute video on the topic of cyberbullying, then rally people to vote for your video online! 15 finalists will be selected and will attend the NO BULL Teen Video Awards in San Francisco, where the winner will be announced. For more information, visit www.nobullchallenge.org.
Project Yellow Light PSA Contest – Deadline March 31, 2012
Create a 60-second video encouraging teens not to text and drive and you could win a $2,000 scholarship and have your ad turned into a PSA by the Ad Council and distributed to 1,600 television stations across the country! For more information, visit projectyellowlight.com.
YOUTH-Turn It Around Awards – Deadline April 17, 2012
Middle schools, high schools, and colleges are eligible to enter the YOUTH-Turn It Around Awards, which recognize groups that turn adversity – such as a traffic crash in the student population at a school – and use it to create positive action to prevent future tragedies. Register your team, use the YOUTH-Turn toolkit to plan and implement a safety project, and create a PowerPoint presentation to show what you’ve done, and you could win $2,000! To learn more, click here.
MADD Power of You(th) Video Contest – Deadline April 27, 2012
Create a video of up to 60 seconds addressing underage drinking, and you could win an iPad and a trip to MADD’s Teen Influencer Summit! Click here for more information.
Grants
SADD is offering nine $500 college scholarships. For more information, click here.
Besides contests, there are always grants available for your chapter to apply for to help fund your efforts. Usually, these grants require you to hold activities around a particular topic. Here are a couple of good places to research possible grants for your chapter:
YSA – Youth Changing the World
Make sure you enter “SADD” in the “Partner Code” field of the application!
