Hello all,

I am writing today to inform you about an exciting opportunity for West Virginia youth this summer. On Brighterplanet.com, there is a grant that would bring $5,000 to the Youth Action League to develop a summer program to work side by side with other grassroots groups to develop various sustainability projects. All of our sites are low income communities who are looking to build their economy.

The grant will allow for 15 people to work in these communities and work with the residents living there to develop jobs. Those who work will earn a fair-wage stipend to work with these communities.

The link to vote is http://brighterplanet.com/project_fund_projects/145

In addition, you can read more about the summer program at: http://www.seac.org/wvyal/summer

When you go to vote, all you need to do is go to the grant, register to vote and then vote three times for "Build It Up, West Virginia!" Votes are pouring in as I write this email, but as of 3:11 PM on May 3, we are in 2nd place at 418 votes. We can catch up to the first place grant which has 816 votes as of right now, but it takes mass organizing. Contact your friends, family, neighbors, and elected officials and ask them to vote three times and spread the grant proposal onward. We have 2 weeks to build up and back the summer program and win this grant. Only the proposal with the most votes wins the award.

Thank you so much for your dedication to building a sustainable future to West Virginia. We need all the support we can get

Most Sincerely,
Billy Astrove
WVWC '10 (December)
SEAC
astrove_wg@wvwc.edu