30 Seconds Helps Favorite Surf Non-Profits Win $25K by Friday Night

Dec. 11, 2009 - PRLog -- Santa Cruz, CA   Best Day Foundation, Life Rolls On, Surfers Healing, Waves for Development, and others, part of a burgeoning wave of surf-oriented non-profits, teamed up to help promote each other in Chase Community Giving’s $5 Million give away on Facebook by 12:59 PM PST on December 11th.

“Teaming up together, we can make a bigger impact than we can independently,” said Max Montgomery, Co-Founder of Best Day Foundation, an organization helping kids with special needs surf. “Since each of Facebook’s 350 Million users gets 20 votes, we can all help each other by reaching out to our social networks with emails, blog posts, tweets, and encouraging everyone to support the other organizations as well our own.”

Chase is giving away $25K to 100 non-profits based on the top vote recipients in Facebook. Those top 100 will then vie for five $100K grants and two $1M prizes over the next two months.

It takes just 30 seconds and three steps to vote. For example, to vote for Best Day:

1) Click this: http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/8... (log in to Facebook if needed)
2) Become a "fan" of Chase Community Giving (you can remove later)
3) Click the blue Vote button.

That's it! But as users are given 20 votes in total, Best Day suggests that others vote for the other surf/snow non-profits who give back on this page, which has links to one-click Facebook voting: http://www.bestdayfoundation.org/surfers-helping-others/

If a user’s favorite non-profits aren’t on the list, they can easily be searched for on Chase’s site: http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/s...

“While I'd obviously love for Best Day to win $25K or more,” said Montgomery, “I'd also love for all that surf to rally around their favorite causes and make a difference. How often can you do so w/ three clicks of a mouse and thirty seconds of your time?”

About Best Day
Best Day Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit (Tax-ID: 26-2223078) enabling kids with special needs to build confidence and self-esteem through safe, fun, adventure activities which stretch their limits, expand their true potential and connect them with diverse populations in their community.  By empowering communities with the training, resources and back-end services needed to provide safe, life-changing experiences; Best Day enables kids with special needs to simply be special kids.  Visit www.bestdayfoundation.org or call 1.800.309.2815 to learn more about the organization and how you can make a difference.

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Best Day Foundation enables kids with special needs to build confidence and self-esteem through safe, fun activities which stretch their limits and connect them with their community. Activities include Surfing, Body Boarding, Kayaking, and Snow Tubing.