September 18, 2008 - 10:26am — kfurio
Wish Upon A Star
Mindy Le, of the Dreams Come True Campaign, freestyles for GenV.net
September 18, 2008 - 11:31am — kfurio
Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition!
Sep 18 2008 - 11:21am
Oct 15 2008 - 11:59am
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Staples: The Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition is open to youth ages 12 to 24 in the US and around the globe. Two teams from the U.S. and two teams from France will get to fly to Boston, Massachusetts to attend a special awards ceremony on November 20, 2008. One of the Staples Prize finalists will be awarded a suite of Staples products worth US$5,000 to run their Venture. Additionally, there is a Global Grand Prize of a paid trip to attend and present at the next Youth Venture Summit in 2009. Lastly, up to 25 entries for new ventures will be awarded Youth Venture grants of up to US$1,000 to launch or advance their ideas. The application deadline is October 15, 2008. You can apply by visiting www.genv.net/staplesyv
September 18, 2008 - 11:10am — kfurio
Best Buy @15 Challenge!
Sep 18 2008 - 10:35am
Oct 27 2008 - 11:59am
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The Best Buy @15™ Challenge will award $10,000 grants to FIFTEEN different Venture Teams that display the greatest creativity and community impact in their Venture and the clearest vision of how to create sustainable change. Out of 30 finalists who will be featured on GenV.net, 15 winners will be determined by an online vote by the public. Winners will join Best Buy for the competition announcement and a celebration. Applicants for the Best Buy @15™ Challenge must be age 12-18 and residents of the United States or Puerto Rico. The @15 application can be found at www.genv.net/bestbuy. The deadline is October 27, 2008.
HINT: Nearly 80 percent of the questions on the Staples Competition application are the same as the @15 Challenge application. I would strongly encourage you to apply to both and please feel free to cut and paste your answers from one form into the other.
July 6, 2008 - 11:42pm — kimannie0809
Legend about the 1000 Cranes
Hi! I just joined youth venture last week and I am very excited to get started on a project that can benefit other people in my community, especially children. Since my project is called 1000 Cranes, I wanted to tell everyone what the story behind the legend is. Basically the legend states that if someone folds 1000 cranes, they will be granted a wish. The first time I heard about this legend was in elementary school and I loved the story about Sadako and the 1000 cranes. Sadako was a young girl who lived near Hiroshima, Japan and when she was only two years old, the atomic bomb was dropped. She was completely fine during the time, but years later she was diagnosed with leukemia since the radiation from the atomic bomb had affected her. When her best friend found out that she had leukemia, she decided to fold her 1000 cranes. She wanted Sadako to get better and the legend said that if she pleased the gods by folding 1000 origami cranes, she would get her wish. However, Sadako died before her friend could ever finish folding those cranes.
Basically that is the story of the 1000 cranes and the story that we based our venture idea on. We want to help the youth in our community, especially the underpriviledged children and we want to get 1000 people to be involved with our project, so to keep track, i will give one crane for every donation. Hopefully, we will be able to fold 1000 cranes and we hope that one day our wish will be granted. ^_^ Therefore, this is the story! =) Enjoy!