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<br />Make A Difference Day <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Page 2 of 4 <br /> <br />truckloads of clothing for the homeless, or as personal as spending an <br />afternoon helping an elderly neighbor or relative. USA WEEKEND features <br />volunteers and their projects in articles and photos. <br />t;.. PROJECT IDEAS. INCLUDING IDEA GENERATOR <br /> <br />How do awards help charitable efforts? <br /> <br />Each year in April, hundreds of good deeds done on Make A Difference <br />Day are selected for honors, headlines and charitable donations. <br /> <br />$10,000 to 10 projects <br />Paul Newman, who donates all after-tax profits from safes of Newman's <br />Own products to educational and charitable purposes, continues his <br />support of Make A Difference Day. Mr. Newman will donate $10,000 each <br />to 10 selected projects. <br /> <br />These 10 honorees, plus hundreds of local honorees, will be spotlighted <br />in an April 2004 issue, coinciding with National Volunteer week, and here <br />on this Web site. <br /> <br />What are the rules? <br /> <br />If you want to participate, just help someone else on the next Make A <br />Difference Day, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2003. <br /> <br />If you cannot participate on Saturday for religious reasons, you may do <br />your project on Sunday. <br /> <br />If you volunteer regularly, great! On Make A Difference Day, give an <br />extra push to your ongoing volunteer activity. For example, expand your <br />regular tutoring by creating a special event for the students, such as a <br />trip to the library where they volunteer, or the recruitment of new <br />students. <br /> <br />If you don't volunteer now, here's an occasion to get started. You could <br />clean up an elderly neighbor's house, or organize your block to replant <br />and repair a local park. You could visit lonely, institutionalized kids or the <br />elderly. You can join in on someone else's project listed on this Web site. <br /> <br />If you need more than one day for your project, still plan to do a good <br />part of your volunteering on Make A Difference Day. For example, if you <br />are rebuilding a community soup kitchen, you may have to do some <br />wiring the week before or some painting the week after, but a significant <br />part of the construction needs to take place on that Saturday. <br /> <br />If your volunteers are together only Monday-Friday (such as schools and <br />workplaces), still plan to do a good part of your volunteering on Make A <br />Difference Day. For example, if students collect food for the homeless <br />during the school week, get a special group of students and teachers <br /> <br />http://usaweekend.com/di ffday/aboutmadd.html <br /> <br />1/19/2004 <br />