Deadline: 15 February 2015
The Do Something Organization invites youth below 26 years of age to sign up for any campaign or create their own, work on the campaign and enter Seasonal Scholarship that grants USD 10,000. The scholarshp can be used at the school of winner’s choice to defray education costs at a college or graduate school. Both 2 and 4-year institutions are acceptable.
Types of Scholarships
- Campaign Scholarships
- Seasonal Scholarships
Current Campaign Scholarships are available for
- Teens for Jeans (Deadline 15 February 2015): The top collecting high school, middle school, elementary school, and college will each win a $5,000 school grant — and the school that collects the most jeans will win a private school concert by The Vamps.
- Bake Sales for Babies (Deadline 22 February 2015): Sell milk and cookies to raise funds for warm clothing, thermal blankets, support services, and formula for babies in the Syria region. Your funds benefit the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Karam Foundation, amazing organizations working on the ground to assist people affected by the conflict. This is a chance to win a $3,000 scholarship.
- Love Letters (Deadline: 15 February 2015): Make greetings Cards for older people to make them feel loved and cared in the Valentine’s Day.
The campaigner youth need to submit images of her/his work to participate in the seasonal scholarship. The Do Something makes lucky draw to select seasonal scholarship awardees four times a year. The next drawing date is 1 March 2015. Please keep your eyes on the campaign promotion date and submit your images during the time to enter for Seasonal Scholarship.
Want to Initiate your Own Campaign? Please check the criteria that your idea must meet
- The campaign should be such that anyone across the country can participate. It should not be too local and must be able to be done in any state of USA.
- No cars should be necessary to complete the action. It should be to a location where participant would already be going. e.g. school, mall, grocery store or likewise.
- No money should be necessary to complete the action.
- Action should be completed by young people below 26.
- Action must have measurable impact.
- Action must be impact oriented; no cause awareness ideas.
- Action should not be promoting any organization or their website.
Eligibility Criteria
- Entrant should either be a US citizen residing anywhere in the world or citizen of any country currently residing in any of the 50 United States or District of Columbia.
- Entrant should be younger than 26 years of age at the entry deadline.
- Officers, directors, members, and employees of the Sponsor, the judging organization (if applicable), or any other party associated with the development or administration of this Promotion, and the immediate family (i.e., parents, children, siblings, spouse), and persons residing in the same household, as such individuals are not eligible for this Promotion.
To initiate your own campaign, fill the form and proceed.
For more information, please visit Do Something.