Nonprofits asking for your vote to win $5,000

3:49 PM, Mar 4, 2013   |    comments
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KUSA - Your vote will help a local nonprofit win $5,000!

9NEWS is proud to sponsor community events throughout the year. Nine of these events are participating in the "9NEWS Facebook Charity Campaign" where one will be awarded a $5,000 grant from the Gannett Foundation to go to the event's corresponding nonprofit organization.

Each event is asking for your vote. The event with the most votes at 1 p.m. on March 13, 2013 will be named the winner.

These are the events and nonprofit organizations asking for your vote:

- Furry Scurry for Dumb Friends League

- Step Up for Down Syndrome for the Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association

-Denver Polo Classic for over 50 children's charities

- Denver Day of Rock for Concerts For Kids

- Runnin' of the Green for Volunteers of America Colorado Branch

- Denver Brain Tumor Walk for National Brain Tumor Society

- Hope Floats for Metro Crisis Services

- Light the Night Walk for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

- Special Olympics Colorado Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Colorado

9NEWS is featuring each event throughout the week of March 4 during 9NEWS Mornings on CH20 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.

To vote, click here: http://a.pgtb.me/rTDKkk.

This is being administered through the 9NEWS Facebook page. You must have a Facebook account to participate.

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