Deadline: 4/12/2008
2008 Pier 1 Imports/UNICEF Greeting Card Contest
U.S. children are being asked to submit creative drawings for the 2008 Pier 1 Imports/UNICEF Greeting Card Contest to benefit children worldwide. One winner will be chosen from thousands of entries and their winning artwork will be reproduced as an official UNICEF holiday greeting card, sold exclusively at Pier 1 Imports stores across the country during the 2008 holiday season. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale of this as well as all UNICEF cards sold at Pier 1 go to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. Children ages 14 and under are eligible to enter the contest, which will begin on March 1, 2008, the start of National Art Month.
Deadline: Open
Nike Corporate Giving
Nike provides funding to programs that support youth and physical activity, and the positive effects of the two when they are truly in sync. Eligible programs should increase and promote physical activity in some way (indoor, outdoors or both). Nike seeks to: Get kids more physically active; Get kids involved in the teamwork of sport; and Have real, positive and measurable impact. Eligible applicants are tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations in the US as defined under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a unit of government if the contribution is solely for charitable or public purposes. Applicants outside the United States must be charitable in purpose and identified as nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) or the equivalent of a tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Corporate giving to communities is focused on places where Nike has a significant employee or business presence.