Nerdy, meet the needy — Overnight Web Challenge nonprofits chosen
It was no easy task but our panel of celebrity judges* for the Overnight Web Challenge have chosen the twelve lucky nonprofits who will benefit from the kindness of the nerdy.
Access Press: Access Press is Minnesota’s monthly disability newspaper. The newspaper was established in 1990 to inform the disability community about topics of concern to them and to provide accurate information about disability issues to the general public. [View their entry]
Athletes Committed to Educating Students: A.C.E.S. is a unique after-school tutoring/mentoring program for inner-city youth in grades 4–8. Partnering with Minnesota’s professional sports teams and using a sports-centric curriculum, A.C.E.S. provides learning opportunities that are both fun and interactive with the ultimate goal of keeping students engaged in school. [View their entry]
Battered Women’s Legal Advocacy Project: Battered Women’s Legal Advocacy Project (BWLAP), is a Minnesota, statewide, non-profit organization that provides legal information, consultation, training, litigation and legal resource support, and policy development assistance to battered women and to criminal justice, legal and social service systems. [View their entry]
Caring for Kids Initiative: Caring for Kids Initiative (CfKI) grew from the bold vision that ensuring every child comes to kindergarten ready is our community’s best investment. Caring for Kids Initiative sets preschool kids on a path for success in school and life by providing scholarship support for quality child care and pre-K programs, parenting education, and connection to community support for strengthening families. [View their entry]
District 202: District 202 is a nonprofit youth community center committed to providing social, cultural and educational opportunities by and for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT) youth (ages 13-21) and their friends. [View their entry]
Friends of Fort Snelling: When historic Fort Snelling was threatened with being bulldozed into oblivion to make way for new freeways in the 1950s, a group of concerned citizens (including descendants of Minnesota Territory pioneers) got together to stop the highway. This determined group convinced the Minnesota Highway Department put the freeway under the Fort instead of through it. Fearful of future threats to the area, these same citizens banded together to form the Friends of Fort Snelling. Through their efforts the Historic 1820s Fort was restored and Fort Snelling State Park was created. [View their entry]
Global Citizens Network: Global Citizens Network (GCN) is a nonprofit organization that has facilitated short term, cross-cultural volunteer expeditions around the world since 1992. Through grass-roots, community-based tourism, GCN projects are locally conceived, globally achieved. GCN commits to projects until complete; while bringing awareness of indigenous cultures and often more sustainable ways of living to trip participants. [View their entry]
Hopkins Minnetonka Family Resource Center: In response to the needs and concerns of families and individuals, the Hopkins Minnetonka Family Resource Center – a dynamic, community based organization – strengthens the community by providing information, referrals and services in a caring and respectful environment. The original mission of the Family Resource Center was to provide support to families so their children could come to school ready to learn. [View their entry]
Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Foundation: The Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Foundation (KWRISF) was created by Karen Wyckoff in 2001. Karen died from synovial sarcoma a month after the first Rein in Sarcoma event. For the last eight years, thousands of people touched by sarcoma have kept her vision of a world without sarcoma cancers alive. KWRISF is an all volunteer organization, involving over 1,000 people annually and is the largest and best-known sarcoma foundation in the Upper Midwest. [View their entry]
Resource Center of the Americas: The Resource Center of the Americas is a 25 year old organization and is a non-governmental, 501 (c)(3) that informs, educates and organizes to promote human rights, economic justice, democratic participation, and cross cultural understanding in the context of globalization in the Americas. [View their entry]
Students Today, Leaders Forever: Students Today Leaders Forever (STLF) is an optimistic group of students who engage in servant leadership to create inspiring, positive life experiences. With a mission to reveal leadership through service relationships, and action, STLF is engaging college, high school, and middle school students in meaningful service and leadership experiences. [View their entry]
YEA Corps: YEA Corps mission is to empower young people with financial literacy, as well as positive environmental and healthy practices through service learning/social networking… skills to sustain a healthy prosperous life. YEA Corps brings together community structures, businesses, schools, and government groups to collaborate with youth programs and accomplish our mission. [View their entry]
* We would like to thank our judges who had the unenviable task of whittling down a list of 46 nonprofits to just a lucky dozen. And their job’s not done yet. The judges will award bragging rights to one team at the end of the 24-hour event. This years judges are:
Christine Durand, Communication Director, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Dan Grigsby, founder of multiple startups and tech community organizer
Robert Stephens, Founder, Geek Squad
Chris Wiggins, Creative Director, Fallon
