[Youth-outreach] NFB Youth Slam 2011!

[Zakhnini, Karen]

Dear NFB Youth Slam 2009 Participants:

As a participant of the 2009 NFB Youth Slam, we are asking for your help
in making the 2011 NFB Youth Slam possible for blind high school
students across the country.  Throughout the month of August, the 2011
NFB Youth Slam will compete against other groups and projects for a
grant award of $250,000 from the Pepsi Refresh project, and we need you
to vote! The voting process is very competitive, and groups from across
the country are mobilizing their members and supporters to get out and
vote. We need you to do the same. Anyone can vote so encourage your
family, friends, relatives, and co-workers to vote every day in August.
Post it to your Facebook page, Tweet it, just get the word out!

There are three ways to vote: Text the number 101913 to Pepsi (73774).
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.

To sign in with your Facebook account: This method 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. 

To sign in directly with Pepsi, 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.

Please spread the word to your family, friends, and colleagues so that
we can win one of the two $250,000 awards to help make the next NFB
Youth Slam a reality.   Make sure you vote once per day throughout the
month and get everyone you know to do the same!  Let's all do our part
to ensure that this vital program continues in 2011!

If you have any questions or problems, please let me know.  Also be sure
to keep a watch for information on participating in the 2011 program on
www.blindscience.org <http://www.blindscience.org/> .  Thank you for all
your help!

Sincerely,
Karen C. Zakhnini
Manager of Corporate Outreach, Jernigan Institute
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

Phone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2297
Fax: (410) 659-5129

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