[Mdpobc] Please Help

Tue Aug 3 18:00:50 UTC 2010

The National Federation of the Blind is applying for a grant with Pepsi,
Inc.  Presently there are 8,000 grants out there with this company, I
believe.  The National Federation of the Blind needs to be near the top
with votes to get $250,000 in a grant for next year's 2011 Youth Slam
event.  To put in a vote our organization needs people to text each day
a single vote or put in one vote via logging into a website or voting
via Facebook.  The texting is the easiest.  That only takes 3 to 4
seconds to do it and its done.  This is the information you need to do a
vote and I ask for as much support as you and your friends can do each
day for the month of August.  

Here is how I need your help...  Text the number 101913 to Pepsi (73774)
each day in August to vote for the 2011 NFB Youth Slam!

If you do not have texting capabilities, visit
www.refresheverything.com/nfbyouthslam where you can vote for the NFB

2011 Youth Slam, once per day, throughout the month of August. Please
bookmark that page and be patient with the Web site, as it is slow at
times. To allow for complete functionality on the project site, users'

pop-up blockers may need to be temporarily disabled. After clicking the
link above and arriving at the project page, click the link that says
"Vote for this idea." Once clicked, a new window appears giving options
to either "Login with Facebook" or "Sign in directly with Pepsi."

Whichever option you choose, you can skip to that part of these
instructions. 

Login with Facebook

Users are advised that if they do have a Facebook account, this option
is much preferred as it eliminates additional security steps required by
signing in directly with Pepsi. After clicking the link to login with
Facebook, a new window appears asking for your e-mail and password for
Facebook. After inputting this information, click Login. The next window
will ask your permission for Pepsi to access your basic information that
you have made available to everyone on Facebook. Click "Allow." If you
are not comfortable with this, you will need to close out and go through
the directions below to sign in directly with Pepsi instead. If you
click "Allow" you will need to return to the NFB Youth Slam project page
and click the vote button. In the future you will simply need to click
the vote button, sign in with Facebook, and once signed in, vote for the
project. 

While you will have 9 votes remaining for the day, you can only use one
vote per day for our project. As much as you may like other projects in
the 250k category, please do not give them votes as we are competing for
the same prize as one of the top two vote-getters in this category. 

Signing in with Pepsi

If you do not have a Facebook account and opt instead for the "Sign in
directly with Pepsi" option, you will enter your e-mail address and then
select the option "No, I'm new here!" under "Do you have a Pepsi
password?" upon your first visit to the site. You must then input a
visual or audio code, depending upon your preference or need. If either
the recording or text is unclear, please use the "Refresh Image" or
"Refresh Audio" option and try again. 

What follows is a brief sign up with Pepsi, with fields such as First
Name, Last Name, Password, Re-type Password, Birth Date, and another
security code to input. After you have completed these fields, select
"Done." After you have signed up, you should be back at the NFB Youth
Slam project page. Click the vote button once more to actually log your
vote. When successful, the "Vote for this idea" link should disappear
and be replaced with a congratulatory statement in plain text. In the
future when you come to the site you will need to use the "Sign in
directly with Pepsi" option and simply input your e-mail address,
password, and complete the visual or audio code. After you click "Sign
in" you will return to the project page and click the "Vote for this
idea" link. As before, it should disappear and be replaced with a
congratulatory statement in plain text. 

Again, while you will have 9 votes remaining for the day, you can only
use one vote per day for our project. As much as you may like other
projects in the 250k category, please do not give them votes as we are
competing for the same prize as one of the top two vote-getters in this
category.

A few minutes of your time can make a huge difference in the lives of
blind students, please vote today! If you have questions about the
voting process or if you have accessibility issues, contact Pepsi at
PepsiRefresh at young-america.com.

William O. Jacobs

National Federation of the Blind

200 East Wells Street

     at Jernigan Place

Baltimore, MD 21230

P : 410-659-9314 x2239

F : 410-685-5653

E : wojacobs at nfb.org

Promote Access to Science Education for Blind Students

Vote for the NFB Youth Slam in the Pepsi Refresh Project
<http://www.refresheverything.com/nfbyouthslam> , or text 101913 to
Pepsi (73774)

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