Congratulations to our December Finalists!

Playground by the Sound - $25K & $5K
Oak Grove Primary School - $50K
Fennville Elementary - $25K
Stephenson Elementary - $25K

Wonderful job Team Play! Many thanks go to the rest of the partners that helped get 5 of us into money contention.

Updated Partner List

Refresh Our Playgrounds Partner Project	Text Voting - send to Pepsi's number: 73774	Pepsi Website Voting	Facebook Voting
Cedar Way Elementary	103810	http://bit.ly/cedarway	http://bit.ly/cedarwayfb
AVA Community Playground	103398	http://bit.ly/avaplayground	http://bit.ly/avaplaygroundfb
Columbus State University Community Playground	104092	http://bit.ly/columbusstate	http://bit.ly/columbusstatefb
Fennville Elementary	103633	http://bit.ly/fennville	http://bit.ly/fennvillefb
Northview Primary	103822	http://bit.ly/northviewprimary	http://bit.ly/northviewprimaryfb
Oak Grove Primary	103827	http://bit.ly/oakgrove	http://bit.ly/oakgrovefb
Playground by the Sound Community Playground	104310	http://bit.ly/playgroundpartners	http://bit.ly/playgroundfacebook
Piqua Catholic School	104632	http://bit.ly/piquacatholic	http://bit.ly/piquacatholicfb
Robert Morris Elementary School (RMES)	104607	http://bit.ly/robertmorriselem	http://bit.ly/robertmorriselemfb
Stepehenson Elementary	102778	http://bit.ly/stephensonelementary	http://bit.ly/stephensonelementaryfb
Stranahan Elementary	103617	http://bit.ly/stranahan	http://bit.ly/stranahanfb

New Partner - Vote for Playgrounds!

Some of our playground partners have added Robert Morris Elementary School and taken off the Playground by the Sound $5k project just due to the fact that they are almost assured a win. Please continue to vote through 12/31 12:00 a.m. Eastern.

Refresh Our Playgrounds Partner Project	Text Voting - send to Pepsi's number: 73774	Pepsi Website Voting	Facebook Voting
Cedar Way Elementary	103810	http://bit.ly/cedarway	http://bit.ly/cedarwayfb
AVA Community Playground	103398	http://bit.ly/avaplayground	http://bit.ly/avaplaygroundfb
Columbus State University Community Playground	104092	http://bit.ly/columbusstate	http://bit.ly/columbusstatefb
Fennville Elementary	103633	http://bit.ly/fennville	http://bit.ly/fennvillefb
Northview Primary	103822	http://bit.ly/northviewprimary	http://bit.ly/northviewprimaryfb
Oak Grove Primary	103827	http://bit.ly/oakgrove	http://bit.ly/oakgrovefb
Playground by the Sound Community Playground	104310	http://bit.ly/playgroundpartners	http://bit.ly/playgroundfacebook
Robert Morris Elementary School (RMES)	104607	http://bit.ly/robertmorriselem	http://bit.ly/robertmorriselemfb
Stepehenson Elementary	102778	http://bit.ly/stephensonelementary	http://bit.ly/stephensonelementaryfb
Stranahan Elementary	103617	http://bit.ly/stranahan	http://bit.ly/stranahanfb

Easy Voting Cheat Sheet

	Refresh Our Playgrounds Partner Project	Text Voting to Pepsi's #73774	Pepsi Website Voting	Facebook Voting
1	AVA Community Playground	103398	http://bit.ly/avaplayground	http://bit.ly/avaplaygroundfb
2	Cedar Way Elementary	103810	http://bit.ly/cedarway	http://bit.ly/cedarwayfb
3	Columbus State University Community Playground	104092	http://bit.ly/columbusstate	http://bit.ly/columbusstatefb
4	Fennville Elementary	103633	http://bit.ly/fennville	http://bit.ly/fennvillefb
5	Northview Primary	103822	http://bit.ly/northviewprimary	http://bit.ly/northviewprimaryfb
6	Oak Grove Primary	103827	http://bit.ly/oakgrove	http://bit.ly/oakgrovefb
7	Playground by the Sound Community Playground	104310	http://bit.ly/playgroundpartners	http://bit.ly/playgroundfacebook
8	Playground by the Sound Community Playground Design Documents	104239	http://bit.ly/zacbirdfb	http://bit.ly/zacbird
9	Stephenson Elementary	102778	http://bit.ly/stephensonelementary	http://bit.ly/stephensonelementaryfb
10	Stranahan Elementary	103617	http://bit.ly/stranahan	http://bit.ly/stranahanfb

NPR Marketplace Segment on Prize Philanthropy

Interesting article on NPR regarding the Pepsi Refresh grants and others. See our comment and post your own!
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/12/09/pm-how-philanthropic-is-prize-philanthropy/

Facebook and Pepsi Links for the Consortium

Here are Facebook quick links for the playground projects:
http://bit.ly/stranahanfb - Stranahan Elementary
http://bit.ly/stephensonelementaryfb - Stepehenson Elementary
http://bit.ly/northviewprimaryfb - Northview Primary
http://bit.ly/avaplaygroundfb - AVA Community Playground
http://bit.ly/cedarwayfb - Cedar Way Elementary
http://bit.ly/playgrounfacebook - Playground by the Sound Community Playground
http://bit.ly/zacbird - Playground by the Sound Community Playground Design Documents
http://bit.ly/fennvillefb - Fennville Elementary
http://bit.ly/oakgrovefb - Oak Grove Primary
http://bit.ly/columbusstatefb - Columbus State University Community Playground


Here are the links each project uses for the Pepsi Site (any one of these will bring up all of the projects):
http://bit.ly/stranahan
http://bit.ly/stephensonelementary
http://bit.ly/northviewprimary
http://bit.ly/avaplayground
http://bit.ly/cedarway
http://bit.ly/playgroundpartners
http://bit.ly/fennville
http://bit.ly/oakgrove
http://bit.ly/columbusstate

We are doing great! Just keep voting!

Great news - we have all moved up in the rankings and are really in contentions for grants across the board to help us fund new playgrounds and get kids moving!

Please keep voting: http://pep.si/gPlKzh

And get inspired - we want to make change in the world's of kids - give them a better place to play, to imagine, to grow, to get healty, TO PLAY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdrF7qeQDdU