Many of the members on SocialVibe are in college and have been a little bummed about not being able to participate in our High Schoolers Gone Good contest, but here is something for post-high-schoolers to get excited about!
Death Cab for Cutie is offering to play a free concert at the college that registers the most youth voters for the upcoming US Presidential election.
The band, who performed a few shows at the Democratic National Convention last month in support of Barack Obama, have been avid supporters of youth voter registration for years now.
In addition to winning the concert, there are also six $10,000 scholarships up for grabs to the students who are directly responsible for registering the most of their friends, as well as 15 Guitar Hero 2 video game set-ups (hardware and software) to the top 15 students. Free music AND free stuff just for registering to vote?? Sounds like a win-win situation!
Any college is eligible, and students are also eligible for scholarships by signing up their friends. The initiative is being supported by the Ultimate College Bowl – a voter registration drive that unites the nation’s largest voter registration organizations and aims to get every US college student to register and vote in the 2008 election – and is also being supported by Declare Yourself, WhyTuesday?, and Headcount.
The winning school will be named in November, and the concert will take place some time in the 2008-2009 academic year. For more info on how you can get involved, go to www.ultimatecollegebowl.com.
Are you gonna try and get your college involved??
Death Cab for Cutie also talked to Look To The Stars recently about what they are doing to give back. Check out their interview here.
via looktothestars
