Lake Malawi Beach, Courtesy of I Am The Photophile, on Flickr
I came across this cool contest (best part it doesn’t include voting!) and wanted to share it. Sure you’re giving your email address away, but when you sign up for contests you can use an email address that filters (like contests@youremailaddress.com) If you don’t – this is key for signing up for things. That’s a free tip, you’re welcome.
Ok, so back to the contest. It’s a chance to go on a Malawi adventure, hosted by Thrillist and presented by Members Project® from American Express and TakePart.
One winner and a guest will spend a week traveling to rural villages outside the capital of Lilongwe, assisting Goods for Good in the distribution of 2.5 tons of essential school materials to 53,000 children who’d otherwise go without. After that, you’ll also be able to enjoy 5 days exploring local culture in Africa, as a reward for all your hard work. As far as contests go, the chance to go to Africa with a combined volunteer and exploring trip sounds pretty tempting. Sure it would be like winning the lottery but that sounds pretty awesome, right?
Enter the contest here.
It runs until September 30, 2010 (so like get on it).
Sloane Berrent is a cause-based marketing and social branding consultant, nonprofiteer and budding social entrepreneur. She uses social media, product evangelizing, fundraising and community development services to help for-profit and nonprofit companies with a focus on social action campaigns. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, she has lived in Burlington VT, Boston MA, Rome Italy, and Los Angeles, CA. She spent 2009 as a digital nomad, traveling the world experiencing life and volunteering including stints in South America, New Orleans and three months in the Philippines as a Kiva Fellow.
She co-created “Cause It’s My Birthday” a campaign to raise money (over $19k to date) and awareness for malaria prevention in Ghana. Sloane moved to New Orleans as her new home at the end of 2009 and co-launched NOLAlicious, a weekly newsletter of events in New Orleans. She was recently named the citizen journalist to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland for the MySpace and The Wall Street Journal communities. Her consulting practice, Answer With Action, focuses on strategic integrated marketing consulting. She speaks frequently on building community and blogs at The Causemopolitan.
