MSMF Reaches Rank of 150!

The Michael Scott Mater Foundation (MSMF) has been accepted for consideration for a Pepsi Refresh Grant for the month of September 2010. MSMF's grant application is in support of a program called Youth Empowerment Assistance Program (YEAP).
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Sept. 7, 2010 - PRLog -- MSMF - YEAP is now ranked 150!.  More votes are needed to reach our goal.

The Michael Scott Mater Foundation (MSMF) is in consideration for a $250,000 grant from the Pepsi Corporation for the month of September 2010 as part of the Pepsi Refresh Project campaign.

To be awarded the grant, MSMF must garner enough votes via free online registration and text messaging.

MSMF is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating opportunities for individuals and communities by providing financial resources, work-force training, cross cultural exchanges and sustainable solutions to real world challenges.

MSMF's project is named YEAP.  The Youth Empowerment Program (YEAP) is a four-week vocational training program that will teach Charlotte’s inner city youth about leadership, marketing, business development, IT/PC configuration, networking skill, customer service, and communications skills.  Students will be mentored by professionals from the local community and upon completion of the program, graduates will be placed in paid internships and local employment where they will practice and enhance the skills they have acquired. The YEAP four-phased approach includes:

*  Information sessions
*  Classroom discussion and learning
*  Hands on training
*  Corporate challenge that will teach students to put their skills to work by competing in a    business challenge for a chance for employment.

YEAP is as much of a self-discovery process as it is professional development.  YEAP is geared to better prepare the youth of Charlotte to enter the workforce and make a positive difference in society.

Supporters can vote for MSMF via the following instructions:

Vote today for MSMF in the Pepsi Refresh Project, an exciting campaign to award monthly grants to people, businesses and non-profits throughout the United States. A win would grant us $250,000 to support the work of our Youth Empowerment Assistance Program – which would provide Charlotte’s up and coming workforce with skills training and job placement opportunities. Remember, each day offers a new chance to vote for the MSMF!

Pepsi Refresh Grants are awarded to those organizations that receive the highest number of votes from the public. With 1,200 total contestants and only two winners awarded in each category, the competition is fierce! We need your vote – daily – to help us secure the grant.

Visit www.refresheverything.com/yeap to sign in and vote or text your vote in: Text 102573 to Pepsi (73774). You can help us spread the word by asking everyone you know—share this email with co-workers, friends and family, Facebook and Twitter—to join MSMF create opportunities for our young people!

Additional Ways to Help:
Make sure to bookmark the page, remember your password, and vote every day.
Ask friends and family to sign-up and vote daily.

Facebook / social networking blurb:

I’m involved with a really cool project that helps young people get jobs. They are up for a chance to win $250,000 – but need your votes DAILY – to help them win. Visit www.refresheverything.com/yeap to sign in and vote or text your vote in: Text 102573 to Pepsi (73774). You can help us spread the word by asking everyone you know—by email, Facebook and Twitter.

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The Michael Scott Mater Foundation (MSMF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building relationships between the United States and Foreign Nations through the promotion of sustainable engineering and green technologies. www.msmf.org
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