Your Vote Can Make a Huge Difference to Atlanta Youth
Vote to help more than 500 under-served students in Atlanta: clorox.promo.eprize.com/brightfuture/gallery?id=2696&cid=p1core-tbx11.f.1800/ae9df/42/f33417c5.4288367365203f72adfe4b268a14336d&page=1. - October 20, 2010
State Farm and GivingPoint Partner to Empower Youth Through Environmental and Civic Stewardship Program in Alpharetta, GA
The State Farm Youth Advisory Board (YAB) announced that GivingPoint will receive a $60,300 service-learning grant for an environmental responsibility project. GivingPoint is one of 82 community organizations to receive a service-learning, youth-led grant across the United States and Canada. More than 1,100 grant requests were received by the Board. - February 24, 2010
Dunwoody, Georgia Teen a First to Win a $500 GivingPoint Grant
Several teenagers from the Metro Atlanta YMCA became the first youth to be awarded micro grants through an innovative youth initiative called GivingPoint. One teen, Forest Ogunyankin, a ninth grader from Chamblee High School, who volunteers for the Cowart Ashford Dunwoody YMCA, earned enough points to donate a $500 micro grant to help fund a mission trip to Africa. - May 06, 2009
New Social Media Tool Offers Teens a Chance to Fuel Their Social Passion
An innovative technology helps inspire a new generation of young social entrepreneurs. GivingPoint (www.mygivingpoint.org) is the first website developed that rewards teens for service learning and contributing their time, talent and treasure. For every 500 points earned on the website, teens can apply for $250 micro grants for their favored nonprofits. - April 18, 2009