Local Non-Profit Rock For Kids Needs Your Vote

By Amy Perry in News on May 6, 2010 4:20PM

Rock for Kids, a local non-profit organization that brings music classes to underprivileged and at risk children throughout Chicago, is competing in this month’s Pepsi Refresh Project to win a $50,000 grant to fund their free music education program. Realizing that music can be a positive motivator in a young person's life, Rock For Kids goes directly into the community to make classes like hip hop production, ethnic drumming, piano and guitar lessons easily accessible and free year-round for children in need. In order to win the grant, the organization needs to receive the most votes for their “idea” to help the community. Each month the Pepsi Refresh Project selects 1,000 ideas that will have a positive impact in the community from people, businesses, and non-profits and allows viewers to vote for their top 10 favorite ideas every day. Currently, Rock for Kids is ranked 149th.

Other organizations that are competing this month include the Warrior's Wish Foundation that grants wishes for terminally ill Military Veterans and their family; Planning Collective that would like to reclaim concrete space for parks in Philadelphia; and Fishing Our City that plans to start an urban fishery program to benefit low income children. Anyone can go online and vote for up to 10 ideas each day until 11:59 EST on May 31st, 2010. Also, the project is selecting applicants’ ideas until May 15 to win grant money for the month of June. Learn more here.