The Corporation for National and Community Service would like to thank Travelocity and AmeriCorps Alums for providing prizes for the 2008 AmeriCorps Video Contest.
Grand Prize
The grand prize is a volunteer vacation worth up to $5,000 courtesy of Travelocity® through its Travel For GoodSM Change Ambassadors program. The Travelocity volunteer vacation will allow the contest winner and a guest to select from dozens of trips offered by Travelocity's designated volunteer travel provider partners, including helping endangered sea turtles in Costa Rica, taking an Amazon riverboat exploration, or helping health professionals in rural villages near Mt. Kilimanjaro. For more information on Travelocity’s Travel For Good's Change Ambassador program, please visit Travelocity's Web site at: http://www.travelocity.com/travelforgood. To read stories about others who've taken a volunteer vacation or to submit your own story, visit the Change Ambassadors Voluntourism stories site at http://travelforgood.igougo.com.
For full details on the prize, visit the contest rules.
Second Prize
The second prize winner will receive an iPod Shuffle courtesy of AmeriCorps Alums.
Third Prize
The third prize winner will receive an AmeriCorps Alums Prize Pack courtesy of AmeriCorps Alums including a complimentary one-year premium membership, AmeriCorps Alums beanie, t-shirt, lapel pin, and clock (a $60 value). For more information about the Prize Pack, please visit our online store at http://www.americorpsalums.org/store.
The grand prize, second place, and third place videos will be presented at the at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service during the AmeriCorps Town Hall meeting in Atlanta on June 1, 2008. The five semi-finalist winners will receive a complimentary one-year membership to AmeriCorps Alums. The winning entry, or derivative work of said entry, will be aired on the AmeriCorps Web site (http://www.AmeriCorps.gov) and the contest Web site (http://www.AmeriCorpsContest.org).