I’m sure most of us have been or at least know someone who has been affected by recent budget cuts in our schools. I know that several local schools in our area have been affected, some more than others. One local school has lost both their art and music programs, others have lost teachers, principals, librarians and more. Kids aren’t getting as many books in their classrooms and teachers are having to personally provide certain classroom supplies. As a family we do what we can monetarily and by volunteering our time to  help. I am so fortunate to be a stay at home mom (with so many thank yous to my husband) that I can help the faculty out in a few different ways at home and at the school periodically. At the beginning of the year I send in boxes of Kleenex, hand sanitizer and items like that to help in little ways.

Bing is doing something amazing. Bing is holding a contest titled “Our School Needs”. What you need to do with your child and their teacher is finish the sentence, what does your school need? Then go about entering from there by using video, photographs, an essay and more. The grand prize is for $100,000.00, each category will have a first prize of $50,000.00. Overall, Bing is giving up to One Million Dollars in prizes and donations to schools everywhere.

You can can click on the following link to get started on entering your school: Enter “Our School Needs” Contest here. All of the information you need to get started is right there. If you don’t have children in school, or are not entering for one reason or another you can vote for other schools in need at that link as well. There are 3 different categories to vote within. Below you will find an informational video to give you inspiration on entering your school.

You will be able to enter until October 22nd, so get started now! Voting starts October 27th and the winner will then be announced on November 9th, so stay tuned!

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