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Pay It Forward needs ideas
As most of our readers know, The Phoenix, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, has launched a “Pay It Forward” contest.
The concept here is that people should help each other and their communities, and that people who are helped should, instead of just paying back a good deed to whoever was responsible, “pay it forward” by helping other people. Hopefully, these other people will continue the trend, and the helpfulness will spread and grow even more.
In the Pay It Forward contest, The Phoenix is asking readers to submit ideas for how they would spend $1,000 to help the community. Anyone can send in a plan, from individuals to neighborhoods to classrooms to service clubs. Entries will be accepted through March 31.
The Phoenix has received some very positive responses already, but some of the ideas submitted so far make it clear that further explanation is needed.
The campaign is meant to support not just good causes, but good ideas and good deeds. An entry that just says to give the $1,000 to a particular charity, however worthy, is not what is wanted. Just handing over a check is not the point. The goal here is to encourage people to get involved in helping the community.
Entries should consist of plans with some details. What are you going to buy? For whom? How is it going to help them, and why do they deserve it?
Plans could be aimed at helping poor children, beautifying neighborhoods, doing yardwork for shut-ins, or anything else that helps people or simply brightens life around the community.
For instance, one applicant so far suggests a plan to use the money to buy fresh flowers every week for a year for residents of a certain nursing home, on a rotating basis.
Creativity and initiative will enhance an entry’s chances of winning.
To submit entries for Pay It Forward, drop them off at The Phoenix office at 225 Bridge Street, send e-mail to payitforward@phoenixvillenews.com, or mail them to The Phoenix, P.O. Box 689, Phoenixville, PA 19460.
A panel of judges, consisting of community leaders, a representative of the newspaper, and one total vote from readers once the entries are published, will decide which suggested deed will do the most good.
Whoever submitted the winning entry will receive the $1,000 to carry out the good deed, and will also receive ongoing news coverage from The Phoenix as that takes place.
Posted by
Patricia Matson
The concept here is that people should help each other and their communities, and that people who are helped should, instead of just paying back a good deed to whoever was responsible, “pay it forward” by helping other people. Hopefully, these other people will continue the trend, and the helpfulness will spread and grow even more.
In the Pay It Forward contest, The Phoenix is asking readers to submit ideas for how they would spend $1,000 to help the community. Anyone can send in a plan, from individuals to neighborhoods to classrooms to service clubs. Entries will be accepted through March 31.
The Phoenix has received some very positive responses already, but some of the ideas submitted so far make it clear that further explanation is needed.
The campaign is meant to support not just good causes, but good ideas and good deeds. An entry that just says to give the $1,000 to a particular charity, however worthy, is not what is wanted. Just handing over a check is not the point. The goal here is to encourage people to get involved in helping the community.
Entries should consist of plans with some details. What are you going to buy? For whom? How is it going to help them, and why do they deserve it?
Plans could be aimed at helping poor children, beautifying neighborhoods, doing yardwork for shut-ins, or anything else that helps people or simply brightens life around the community.
For instance, one applicant so far suggests a plan to use the money to buy fresh flowers every week for a year for residents of a certain nursing home, on a rotating basis.
Creativity and initiative will enhance an entry’s chances of winning.
To submit entries for Pay It Forward, drop them off at The Phoenix office at 225 Bridge Street, send e-mail to payitforward@phoenixvillenews.com, or mail them to The Phoenix, P.O. Box 689, Phoenixville, PA 19460.
A panel of judges, consisting of community leaders, a representative of the newspaper, and one total vote from readers once the entries are published, will decide which suggested deed will do the most good.
Whoever submitted the winning entry will receive the $1,000 to carry out the good deed, and will also receive ongoing news coverage from The Phoenix as that takes place.
Posted by
Patricia Matson
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