Calling All Facebook Members…

Students for Sensible Drug Policy needs your help. Facebook has a cool contest where non-profits can win a $1,000 grant just by collecting votes. All you have to do is vote for them before tomorrow. If SSDP gets the most votes, they win $1,000 to help provide materials for their chapters this Fall.

Click "read full post" to see the instructions. It's really easy.

Help SSDP win $1,000 without donating anything! http://apps.facebook.com/speedgranting/proposal.php?pid=82

Friends,

If it took just one minute to help Students for Sensible Drug Policy win a $1,000 grant, and you didn't have to donate a single penny out of your own pocket, wouldn't you do it?

Well, now you can! Facebook has a new Speed Granting application that allows organizations to win grants based solely on how many votes they get. And over the past week, SSDP has garnered nearly 700 votes, slipping in and out of first place in an exciting neck-and-neck competition with another organization. As I write this, we are a mere 20 votes behind them, so your vote can make a big difference!

If you help us win, the money will go directly to supplying materials to our chapters for a national Day of Action to repeal the law that takes away financial aid from students with drug convictions.

Here's what you can do to help:

1) Visit http://apps.facebook.com/speedgranting/proposal.php?pid=82

2) Allow the application to install itself in your Facebook profile (don't worry, this won't install anything on your computer, and you can remove the application from your profile after the contest is over on Wednesday).

3) Click the "Vote for this" link on the right side of the page and confirm your vote.

Thank you! Since we are so close to winning, your vote helps a lot. However, if you have a little more time to help out today or tomorrow (the contest ends at midnight on Tuesday, August 14th), here are some ways you can ensure that SSDP wins...

4) Click the "Share+" button to post it to your profile.

5) Invite your friends to vote for SSDP! Just RSVP for this Facebook "event," then click "Invite Friends to Come," and start checking the boxes next to each of your friends: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=18043057024&ref=share&pwstdfy=2fa40fa6f361038b63cc96997b636f09

6) Spread the word however you can (forward this e-mail, share the link on instant messenger, post on friends' Facebook walls, etc)!

Thanks so much. Remember, with your help, we will soon have $1,000 that will go directly toward repealing the law that has taken away financial aid from nearly 200,000 people with drug convictions.

Cast your vote for education today! http://apps.facebook.com/speedgranting/proposal.php?pid=82

Have a great day,

Micah Daigle, Field Director
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
http://www.SchoolsNotPrisons.com

P.S. Are you a student, but not a member of an SSDP chapter yet? Start one at your school this semester by visiting http://www.ssdp.org/chapters/start/