Website Spotlight: Power a Bright Future

Unfortunately for many schools, they continue to lose ground on budgets, by having budget cuts or budget freezes as expenses and needs to up. This means that many schools are cutting or eliminating "extras" like sports and the arts, even though these are extremely beneficial to students. According to a 2009 survey conducted by the Afterschool Alliance, of the 1,500 afterschool leaders polled, “…three in five respondents [said]funding for their programs is down compared to two years ago, and more than one-third [said] it is down a lot.”

Clorox is launching a grant program, Power a Bright Future, to help provide funding. Parents and teachers can nominate school programs for a chance to receive a $50,000 grand-prize grant or one of three $20,000 grants from the Clorox Company to help provide resources to save these school programs. To nominate a school, visit www.Clorox.com between now and September 27, 2010 to learn how to nominate a school. Then site visitors will get to vote between October 5, 2010 and November 1, 2010. The program with the most votes will get $50,000, then the next top vote recipients (on for each category: Learn, Play, and Create) will get $20,000 each. Winners will be announced December 8, 2010.

For official rules and to nominate a school program, visit www.Clorox.com.

Disclosure: The Clorox Company sent me information about Power A Bright Future grant program not intended to solicit product claims.