EAST LANSING, Mich. — ePIFanyNow™ is excited to announce its annual youth recognition initiative called The Y-PIF™ award, which honors kids in grades K – 12 who are passing kindness forward and making positive contributions to their communities.
ePIFanyNow™, which holds annual events to encourage people to go out into the community and commit random acts of kindness, is seeking young leaders who are using their time, talents and treasures to benefit and enhance the lives of others.
The public can nominate a youth online at www.epifanynow.org. Applications are due by Friday, March 8, 2019. They will be reviewed by members of the ePIFanyNow™ Board and selection committee and narrowed down to several finalists.
The top submissions will be highlighted on the ePIFanyNow.org website starting Monday, March 18, where the public can vote for their favorite. Each vote will cost $1 and will be collected via PayPal. Online voting will open Monday, March 18 and will close at 3 p.m. at the next ePIFanyNow™ annual party on Sunday, May 5, 2019. The event will run from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the MSU Federal Credit Union main headquarters (3777 West Road in East Lansing). All monies raised during the voting will be given to the applicant’s chosen charity.
The winning Y-PIF award recipient will be announced toward the end of the event on May 5. Winners will be determined by points given by the selection committee during the initial review process. Those will be worth 60 percent of the score. The final 40 percent of the score will be based on the amount of money each finalist raises before and during the event.
The winner will also receive $500 from ePIFanyNow™, which will go to either a pre-approved charity of the winner’s choice or the winner’s in-kind project for further development. The winner’s school will also receive $500 to hold a pass-it-forward event.
For finalists who are not selected as one of the Y-PIF Award winners, all monies raised through the online voting process will still be awarded to the charities noted in those participants’ applications.
For questions, please contact ePIFanyNow at ePIFnowpif@gmail.com or 517-798-6503.
