Help me win $7000 CDN for a rookie FIRST team

[BandChick]

Here's the judging criteria, from the Official Rules:

The Grand Prize winner will be selected based on two criteria. a) the Facebook group with the greatest number of members and, b) Best use of Facebook tools (ie: Group Info, Recent News, Photos, Discussion Board, The Wall, external promotion, etc) as deemed by our Judging Committee. Final update submissions must be accurate and are due Thursday, May 24th at 12:00pm. Judging commitee will review all entries and determine a winner.

[Nuttyman54]

so I guess it comes down to which the judges value more. Good luck, Vince, and good job to everyone here who helped out. It's quite inspiring to see a group pull together like this for someone they might not know, but for something that they believe in.

[Vince lau]

well I guess we find out who wins in about 6 hours from now, I just wanted to thank everybody that joined the group to help with this contest. And to Michelle and Sara who did a lot of work on the group page the last few days. Thanks

Vince

[BandChick]

Okay, so we didn't win. The group that won was given the $7000 to send Madisyn to an ability camp. The edge even kicked in an extra $3000. Now, don't get me wrong, this is a VERY deserving cause too.

Here's a little about Madisyn, from their group page:

"Madisyn had had several strokes in utero, one of them being very severe. It was a left middle cerebral artery stroke and caused damage to the entire left side of her brain and a few spots on the right side. They basically told us that she would never do anything.

The day that Madisyn turned 2 weeks old we took her home. I was so scared. She has made amazing progress and touches peoples lives everyday by her strength and will to do things despite her disability. She has been diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy."

Congratulations to them! And best of luck to their little girl!
Oh, and Vince, you're welcome! Michelle and I had a lot of fun editing your page. =)

[Kyle]

Even though we did not win it was great to see that so many FIRST students gathered together to help out someone that 98% of us have never met. This is what I love about FIRST everyone helps and asks why later. And the best part is look at all the new FIRST people you can now talk to online and facebook because of this.

[ChristinaR]

Great job, Vince! You had a very successful group, that will hopefully stay as active as it is now.

The winning group did, in the end, deserve to win. Their money will go to an excellent cause, and I hope Madisyn benefits from the experience she will now receive thanks to the Edge.

Kyle made a good point when saying we came together to help someone most of us have never even met. Another reason why FIRST is a truly wonderful organization. Just by getting everyone together for this cause is amazing. Kudos to you, Vince, and the rest of FIRST who supported him.

And since there won't be a FIRST network on Facebook (though that would be awesome), we should all just friend each other and make our own lil' network. It's always great to meet new FIRSTers.

[John Gutmann]

Originally Posted by ChristinaR

And since there won't be a FIRST network on Facebook (though that would be awesome), we should all just friend each other and make our own lil' network. It's always great to meet new FIRSTers.

Maybe you should cantact them. I am sure they would understand. It is a network with thousands of people in it.

-John

[Joe Matt]

We might not have a network, but we do have a group.

http://udayton.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204788963

Nearly 3k people....

[ChristinaR]

Originally Posted by John Gutmann

Maybe you should cantact them. I am sure they would understand. It is a network with thousands of people in it.

-John

I thought about it, but then realized that would open up a whole 'nother can of worms. If one organization wants a network, then alllll the other ones out there will want one, too. It probably is something facebook won't want to have to deal with.

The group still rocks, though.