$10,000 for Volunteers...Anyone out there fruit harvesting for the hungry and other service projects?

Kohl's Kids Who Care Scholarship Program.
Entry Deadline March 15, 2011

Along with my fruit harvesting for the hungry adventures, I often find exciting CONTESTS and GRANTS for volunteers in our community. Hauling fruit to food pantries is an excellent way to make a difference to those in need. The Lemon Lady can always use the help. Can you or a child you know use $10,000 for college? Kohl's Store Gift Cards? Plus, many other cool prizes?

My little "Lemon Lady Jr." is only four years old. When she turns six, Grandma and Grandpa will submit her nomination for a young community helper.

What are you waiting for?

CLICK HERE for last year's post about this wonderful opportunity to make a difference and score money for college.

CLICK HERE for other posts titled "CONTESTS and GRANTS"

Current Kohl's Cares For Kids contest entry deadline is March 15, 2011.

Happy Harvesting!

AnnaAndAva@gmail.com
Cell: 510.406.1625

Child Care Teacher Awards. 50 Awards at $1,000 each. Nominations Open.

This is a thoughtful way to recognize an exceptional child care teacher. Show your love and nominate your child care teacher for a Child Care Teacher Award. $1,000 of award money can help fund an educational project benefitting your child too! Imagine how happy you can make someone with a small gesture of kindness. Dream of a garden, fresh veggies, or an urban fruit tree harvesting project. Children are ever so eager learners.

CLICK HERE for The Terri Lynne Lokoff/Children’s TYLENOL® National Child Care Teacher Awards™ website.

CLICK HERE for the 2011 Nomination Form. Nominations must be postmarked by December 6, 2010.

Nestle. Very Best In Youth Competition - Nominations Extended until November 8th...

As Parents, Teachers, Community Leaders and Activists, it is up to each one of us, every day to raise our children with goodness and compassion. We must encourage our youth to make the world a better place. I blog often of inspiring ways to recognize youth who are making a positive difference in their own communities. Although, my precious daughter is not yet 4 years old, we are continuing to raise awareness on hunger and other social issues in our world. We hope you become inspired to join the fun!

Today, I bring you a reminder from Nestle. "Nestle helps young people, who want to make a difference, realize their dreams..." CLICK HERE to learn more from Nestle's website. Nominations have been extended until November 8, 2010.

CLICK HERE: For other inspiring ideas about CONTESTS and GRANTS.

You may also subscribe to "the lemon lady" blog via email. Scroll on the lefthand sidebar and enter your email address. More inspiring ways to volunteer, recognize and reward volunteerism in your community coming soon!

If I were a teacher...Inspiring Students to Make a Difference. $25,000 Community Grants.

I'm a Mommy to a caring, sharing almost 4 year-old. The Lemon Lady "Mommy-Daughter" campaign against hunger helps solve a serious hunger and nutrition problem by engaging volunteers near and far - and personally harvesting or delivering over 100+ tons of healthy fruits and vegetables to the poor and hungry. Volunteers are always welcome and always needed. Contact your local food pantry or county food bank. Find out about hunger in your community. Believe me...hunger IS a problem in every community! Let's do something about it.

If I were a teacher, I'd begin this project in the schools. Teach children to share and care. Who better than energetic middle-schoolers to help spread the word? FRUIT GROWS ON TREES and FRUIT CAN FEED THE HUNGRY. It can't walk itself into a food pantry. Community minded individuals are needed to help bring fruit to food banks! It really is a simple message and an easy way to make a difference in your community. Any Town, USA.

Be inspired. Harvest fruit for the hungry. Make a difference today.

CLICK HERE to learn about the Christopher Columbus Awards.

The Christopher Columbus Awards is a national, community-based science and technology program for middle school students. The program challenges the students to work in teams of three to four, with an adult coach, to identify a problem in their community and apply the scientific method to create an innovative solution to that problem.

Eight finalist teams and their coaches will receive an all-expense-paid trip to Walt Disney World® to attend National Championship Week and compete for valuable U.S. Savings Bonds and the $25,000 Columbus Foundation Community Grant, plus a $200 development grant to further refine their idea.

Youth Garden Grants. Dream. Garden. Grow. Share The Harvest...

Youth Garden Grants Sponsored by The Home Depot Garden Club, Presented by The National Gardening Association now accepting grant applications. Due date is 11/1/10.

I encourage children to grow up in the garden. There is so much to learn, so much fun to be experienced. Are you part of a school club, civic group, community center? Plant small. Grow big. SHARE the harvest with those in need. Happy Gardening. Happy Harvesting.

CLICK HERE for Youth Garden Grants Information

CLICK HERE for FREE Seed Catalogs

CLICK HERE for Food Bank Resources - Donate Garden Produce

CLICK HERE for Gardening Resources

Anyone know a classroom who can use $2,500 + $2,500 for their school too?

Could $2,500 make you this excited about your classroom again?

Be inspired. 300 words or less and your classroom may win a $2500.00 makeover + $2500.00 for your school. Take a break from the hustle and bustle...get lost in your thoughts.

Even amidst budget cuts and education woes, we are still a community that must nurture our young - and support our teachers. Please share with your child's teacher and bring a little hope into the classroom. Entry deadline is November 13, 2010. I hope and dream for a better tomorrow.

CLICK HERE for more details about the Great American Financial Resources Classroom Makeover.

CLICK HERE for teachers deserve the best dot com, with other details and awards programs for teachers.

CLICK HERE for CONTESTS and GRANTS of other exciting ways the community can get involved to win money for their school, civic group or service project!

Chevron Fuel Your School. $1 Million Funding For Schools in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties + $25,000 To Ten Classrooms...

The promotion is simple: During the month of September, Chevron is encouraging East Bay drivers to help earn up to $1 million in funds for their neighborhood public schools by simply filling up their gas tank.

Incentives are awesome for teachers and their classrooms!

CLICK HERE for official Chevron website. Learn more about this exciting opportunity to kick off the new school year. Tell your friends. Tell your teachers. Involve your children. Learn and Earn while having fun!

About Fuel Your School:

Timing: From September 1 through September 30, Chevron’s Fuel Your School promotion will donate $1, up to $1 million, to help fund eligible classroom projects every time consumers purchase 8 gallons of fuel or more at participating local Chevron stations.

Process: Through a partnership with DonorsChoose.org, eligible public school teachers and front-line educators from eligible public schools in Alameda and Contra Costa counties are invited to log onto their accounts (or create an account) at DonorsChoose.org and post their project, including science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-related classroom projects, to www.DonorsChoose.org for funding as part of the Fuel Your School promotion. The submission period will begin on August 1, 2010 and is scheduled to end on October 31, 2010.

Classroom Challenge: In addition to this promotion, Chevron will also award ten $25,000 cash grants to schools in Contra Costa and Alameda counties based on DonorsChoose.org submissions via FuelYourSchool.com that emphasize Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) education. Projects submitted to the site between August 1, 2010 and September 30, 2010 with the phrase “Chevron Classroom Challenge” in any one of the four essay areas of the Tell Your Story section will be eligible for consideration.

Free Field Trip Money For Schools. Mt. Diablo High School was a winner last year...

Registration open until September 30, 2010. Target gives away Field Trip grants to schools. Did you know that? Mt. Diablo High School in Concord, California knew, because they were one of 5,000 fortunate recipients of last year's grant money. Congratulations to all the 2009-2010 field trip grant recipients!

CLICK HERE for TARGET GRANTS.

Wonder where the school children wish to go? Perhaps visit an urban farm, art museum, science center, play, ballet. Hope. Dream. Be inspired.

CLICK HERE for other fun CONTESTS and GRANTS to inspire you.

Grants Available For Military Kids...

Our Military Kids provides grants to children of National Guard, Reserve Personnel and severely injured service members. Explore their website for further details. What an endearing program. Easy application and up to $500.00 per child is available.

Our Military Kids Mission:

"Our Military Kids provides tangible support to children of deployed National Guard and Reserve personnel as well as to children of severely injured service members through grants for enrichment activities and tutoring. Such activities help these children cope with the stress of having a parent in a war zone or recovering from injury at home. Our Military Kids grants are made to honor the sacrifices that military families make and to ensure that their children have access to sports, fine arts, or academic tutoring programs.

As of June 30, 2010, $7.6 MILLION in grants have been awarded to 19,536 children!


UPDATE:

From Greg at "Our Military Kids":

"Hi Anna,

I work at Our Military Kids, and I just wanted to point out that our grants are not available to Active Duty service members - just those in the National Guard and Reserve. Those branches are geographically dispersed throughout the country, limiting their access to support services found on bases. This is why we award grants to their children.

In addition, we also provide grants to children of severely injured service members of all branches, but the service member must be classified as severely injured in one of the six categories designated by the Department of Veteran Affairs.

I hope that clarifies! Please let me know if you have any questions."

Recycling in Schools. Funding available. Let's change the world together!...

Earth Day - Every Day. Recycle Plastic Caps and Lids. Join the fun! This is an excellent recycling program for schools! Help OUR Earth today. Please contact me for a collection container or flyer. I can email or drop one off to you.

AnnaAndAva@gmail.com

(510) 406-1625

Of interest to schools, garden clubs, civic groups: Did you know that mini-grant funding is available to non-profits or schools who can demonstrate waste reduction or prevention, reuse, recycling and composting? CLICK HERE to learn what one Bay Area City has launched to inspire "greening efforts" and recycling in their city. Excellent incentive. I'm very impressed with the program. Go Green Pleasant Hill, California!

CLICK HERE for other GRANTS and CONTESTS rewarding volunteer service.

Win a Flip Mino Video Camera!...

Keeping an eye out for natural fun stuff. Thought I'd share this neat contest. Enter the "Everyday Cooking with Annie's Naturals" Recipe Video Contest. At the least, you'll have some family fun at the dining table. At the best, you'd win a cool prize. Contest ends October 31, 2010.

CLICK HERE for official rules, contest website, and more info.

Inspiration for teachers today...a new SAMCAM 860

Be inspired. 100 words or less and your classroom may win a new SAMCAM 860 document camera. Take a break from the hustle and bustle...get lost in your thoughts.

Even amidst budget cuts and education woes, we are still a community that must nurture our young - and support our teachers. Please share with your child's teacher and bring a little hope into the classroom. Entry deadline is June 1, 2010. I hope and dream for a better tomorrow.

Congratulations to a 2009 Bay Area Winner of a SAMCAM, Judy Greenspan at Stege Elementary in Richmond, California.


CLICK HERE for other fun CONTESTS and GRANTS awarding real scholarship and prize money.

CLICK HERE for GARDENING inspiration.

CLICK HERE for updated FREE SEED CATALOGS.

CLICK HERE for GARDENING GRANTS.

Field Trip Money Anyone? Mt. Diablo High School was a winner!

83 days until registration opens again! Target gives away Field Trip grants to schools. Did you know that? Mt. Diablo High School in Concord, California knew, because they were one of 5,000 fortunate recipients of last year's grant money. Congratulations to all the 2009-2010 field trip grant recipients!

For TARGET GRANTS, visit: www.target.com/grants

Wonder where the school children wish to go...Perhaps visit an urban farm, art museum, science center, play, ballet. Hope. Dream. Be inspired.

CLICK HERE for other fun CONTESTS and GRANTS to inspire you.

Keep reading...I'll post more neat ideas in the weeks to come. Have a happy day!

Remember Administrative Professionals Day, next week April 18-24...

Administrative Professionals Week is April 18-24.
Administrative Professionals Day is April 18th.

To all the Boss's Out There:

Remember the hard-working, dedicated, over-achieving, Secretaries and office workers in your life! All week, next week. :)

CLICK HERE for "Recommendations to Employers," a handy list of how to Honor your Administrative Professionals.

Also found this neat Administrative Excellence Award, a nice way to support your Administrative Hero. In partnership with Office Team and International Association of Administrative Professionals. A few of the award prizes: $500.00, a lap-top computer and a trip to Boston. Woohoo! Nominations accepted by April 30, 2010.

CLICK HERE for a PDF version of the flyer.

Apples for teachers. Short on classroom funding?

There's so much we can do to encourage our youth and support our community. (Even in tough times!) Just like with fresh fruit to food banks - think outside the box.

Anyone know an educator who can use a little extra classroom funding? 100 awards ranging from $2,000 to $25,000. Hurry! CLICK HERE. 30 days to entry deadline.

Best of Success in all you do this week.

If you have any apples or oranges, call The Lemon Lady.

AnnaAndAva@gmail.com

(510) 406-1625

For other inspiring GRANTS and CONTESTS, CLICK HERE.

Green $$$ available to promote recycling...

Be inspired to begin a recycling project and keep our Mother Earth green.

Would you be interested to know there is funding available to non-profits or schools to promote recycling or other green programs?

CLICK HERE to read all about Earth Day Every Day. Recycle Plastic Caps and Lids. Won't you join me?

If you are interested in learning more, please contact me:
AnnaAndAva@gmail.com
510-406-1625

Money on Monday! Giving Back to our schools...

There's so much we can do to encourage our youth and support our community. (Even in tough times!) Please join me in nominating a local school today. CLICK HERE to learn more. This is an easy and ongoing way to bring a little green to a deserving classroom. Best of success in all you do this week.

For fun contests and grants for our community, please CLICK HERE.

A little inspiration for teachers today...

Even amidst budget cuts and education woes, we are still a community that must nurture our young. If I were a teacher, I'd write a 250 word essay...and get lost in my thoughts. I hope and dream for a better tomorrow. CLICK HERE to be inspired. $10,000.

CLICK HERE for previous Lemon Lady Blog posts for other inspiring CONTESTS and GRANTS.

Have a happy weekend!

Children ages 6 - 18, Don't miss out!...

As a Community Service Blog for Contra Costa County, Bay Area and beyond, I hope to inspire others about the joy of volunteering - especially opportunities for children.

How better to inspire youth, than to be rewarded grant money for your favorite charity? Do good. Love your neighbor! Hurry, this one expires in less than ten days.

CLICK HERE for details.

BTW, if you are reading my blog - please let me know your thoughts on these postings. Comments are welcome! Would you enjoy to learn more on a weekly basis? Are these helpful to you? Has anyone out there actually applied for any of these? Thank you and have a wonderful day!

Community Outreach. Gardening. Inspiring Youth Volunteers. Let's change the world together!

A few easy clicks...

CLICK HERE for fun Contests and Grants awarding real scholarship and prize money.

CLICK HERE for Gardening inspiration

CLICK HERE for Other Resources

Happy Gardening! Happy Volunteering!