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Vivint is giving away $1.25 Million to charities. Help us win!

Looks like another company is jumping on the Pepsi Challenge bandwagon and giving away money to charities. Yes, it is all good, just don't be deceived that these companies are being unselfish. It gives the company publicity in the social networks while appearing like a company with heart, but many charities do benefit. So in the end everyone wins. And this time, they are using the word, "Endorse" instead of "Vote"  - guess it sounds more exciting. But vote is what you are being asked to do.

AMBUCS is in the running this time. They give adaptive tricycles to children with special needs. I have written a lot about AMBUCS because Ben is a two time recipient of one of these devices. We love it, he loves it and the more kids that can have one, the better.

Take a minute to check these sites out and endorse/ vote if you choose:

http://www.ambucs.org/
http://www.vivint.com/givesbackproject/charity/1389
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  1. JuniorJune 4, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    Ambucs is awesome. Junior has a fully adapted bike which he received from them(they fully funded it). He loves his bike and when the weather is nice he rides every day.

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