There will probably be other Chase Community Giving and similar contests.
I was curious to know how the Jewish groups are flying up the leaderboard.
Here is one cause that is (it only has 159 likes on its own Facebook page)
Their webpage/website is nice and clean/simple: http://www.votescha.com/
I was curious to know how the Jewish groups are flying up the leaderboard.
Here is one cause that is (it only has 159 likes on its own Facebook page)
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/...4dd87ca9e8828477182515.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Facebook 'likes' could earn Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy in Orange big bucks
Published: Sunday, May 22, 2011
0diggsdigg ShareThis1By Pamela McLoughlin, Register Staff
ORANGE Rabbi Sheya Hecht has finally found a compelling reason to open a Facebook account: so he can like Chase Community Giving, then vote for his school to win a national contest.
If we can garner the votes it will be a home run for everyone, said Hecht, director of Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy. This opens up doors for institutions, he said of such contests brought about by the boom in social media.
The voting ends Wednesday and takes seconds by going to www.voteSCHA.com and clicking on the link to the schools Facebook page.
Thanks to his son, Mendy Hecht, who works in the schools development office, the school entered a first round of the Facebook contest for nonprofit agencies and recently won $25,000. The contest is for nonprofit agencies with budgets of $1 million to $10 million.
As one of the top 100 vote-getters in that contest, it became eligible for round two, which offers many valuable prize amounts, including $500,000 for first place. It is the only school in Connecticut to make that list and the only organization to do the same in this area of the state.
Such serious money it would be used to fix the schools roof and install solar panels calls for some serious Facebook activity, so the older students, parents and staff are being encouraged to spread the word to friends, relatives and business associates through social media, phone calls and whatever other way they can.
The school has distributed cards with information on easy voting and even has a contest going for older students, with a chance to win Apple products as a perk.
Alex Russell, 13, of New Haven said hes encouraging all his Facebook friends to vote and may even go to the Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven with a laptop to help people cast their vote.
Hadassa Katz, 12, and too young for a Facebook account, said shes calling all her friends and relatives to get them to vote.
I know that we can do it, she said. Continued...
Another student, Batsheva Lipsker, is going door-to-door asking neighbors to vote.
Mendy Hecht said he learned of the first round two days before the voting ended, so they rallied 400 votes in that short time to become a winner.
This time, the competition is stiff one major organization already had 2,000 votes after the first full day of giving.
Hecht said that while students are being encouraged to spread the word, theyve also been told to finish their homework first and get to bed on time.
Their webpage/website is nice and clean/simple: http://www.votescha.com/