Blessed Sacrament School to compete for Pepsi Refresh Grant

April 6, 2010 - PRLog -- Blessed Sacrament School is competing this month for a grant from the Pepsi Refresh program to fund the construction of bleachers for the new gymnasium. The new gymnasium is part of a larger school building project started on March 19th.  Beginning April 1, supporters can vote for the “Build Bleachers for Bruins” project by logging in to the Pepsi Refresh website at http://www.refresheverything.com/bleachersforbss.  In addition, Facebook users can also vote on facebook using the Pepsi Refresh Application.    

Blessed Sacrament is competing under Education at the $25,000 level, which will offset a portion of the $40,000 cost of the school's first set of bleachers.  Anyone 13 years of age or older can vote each day during the month of April. Blessed Sacrament School must be one of the top ten finishers to secure the grant.  

The Pepsi Refresh Project will be awarding $1.3 million each month to fund ideas in six categories throughout 2010 to groups throughout the country, and hopefully Blessed Sacrament School will be one of them.  

For more information on Blessed Sacrament School's building project and the Pepsi Refresh Project please visit www.bssbruins.org or the school facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Springfield-IL/....

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Blessed Sacrament School, founded in 1925, is a K-8 elementary school of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. In all that we do we seek to live out our mission statement in light of the Gospel and the teaching of the Catholic faith. Futhermore, we seek to be a school community where our families are learning to make a difference.

Strong tradition of quality, Catholic education
Dedicated faculty and staff
Enthusiastic parental involvement and support
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