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Academic Air-wareness™ Balloon Contest

Academic Air-wareness™ is a balloon contest/campaign created to raise awareness regarding academic issues/needs present across American schools through the simple platform of a balloon contest.  It also provides communal hope for help and supplies financial assistance for growing expenses that face school-aged children through its contest awarding.

Here is how it works:

Balloon Launch Day - Participants with age ranges from kindergarten to high school donate $1 per entry card.  Each participant’s first name only (security measure) is written on front of the entrant’s card along with a corresponding identification number and reporting instructions for those who find the card and/or deflated balloon.  The back of the card bears an insightful statistic chosen for its relativity to American academic issues/needs, especially in this time of recession.  After all entry cards are gathered, affixed to helium-filled balloons and given to contestants, a countdown will ensue for all balloons to be launched into the air simultaneously for their unchartered journeys.

Balloon Tracking - The contest spans 45 days with tracking of reported balloons.  Once a balloon is found and reported, the entrant’s identification number is updated on the map spot of the official watch map for Academic Air-wareness™ on LAF Productions, Inc.’s website.  The entrant’s balloon which travels the furthest distance and is officially reported wins!

Announcement of Winners - Contest winners are announced and checks are presented.

Contestant Prizes:

Grand Prize:	$1,500 to entrant’s school; $150 American Express Gift Card for entrant plus name & picture on website/media
Second Place:	$750 to entrant’s school; $75 American Express Gift Card for entrant
Third Place:	$250 to entrant’s school; $50 American Express Gift Card for entrant

Participating Finders Who Report A Balloon:

$10 American Express Thank You Card

Partnership School Districts:

Little Rock School District (LRSD)

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Sending messages of hope afloat through winds of change

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Recyclopedia™ (Recycle Encyclopedia)

If you have a complete encyclopedia set (books or CD), which is unused and in good condition, that you are willing to donate, please prepare them for shipping and send them to either of the following addresses provided below.  We will then distribute the set of books or CD set via civic clubs, churches, non-profits, school districts and universities to households, which are in need of such resources.

  

LAF Productions

Project Recyclopedia™

Post Office Box 26333

Little Rock, Arkansas 72221-6333

 

or

 

LAF Productions

Project Recyclopedia™

11214 Mesa Drive, Suite H6

Little Rock, Arkansas 72211

 

This effort is part of LAF's continuum to give individuals economic empowerment and social freedom through collective participation and education.

PayPal is accepted for online donations or in-kind offerings of support towards our success!

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LAF Productions Team Heifer 

LAF Productions has created a team to help raise money for Heifer International called LAF Productions Team Heifer.  Our team's vision is to recruit 1,000 businesses and/or individuals to join our team and donate a minimum of $10.00 to Heifer International.  This presents the quickest path to accomplish our goal of raising $10,000.00 before year's end; however, having an understanding of today's economic climate, we encourage you to join our team anyway and donate the amount you can afford.  Our team's desire is to present a united effort for a great and meaningful cause.

 

Join the work to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth!  To join and donate, simply click any of the team pictures below, which will take you to our team page on Heifer International's website.  It's just that easy!  Continue to visit this page to monitor our progess.  Our Twitter followers or Facebook fans/friends are encouraged to create a link to this page in your tweets or updates to further spread the word of our efforts worldwide!  Let's go LAF Productions Team Heifer and let's do something great ... together!

     

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LAF Productions Team Kiva

Kiva's mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty.  

Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe.  By combining microfinance with the Internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending.

Kiva was born of the following beliefs:

• People are by nature generous, and will help others if given the opportunity to do so in a transparent, accountable way.


• The poor are highly motivated and can be very successful when given an opportunity.


• By connecting people we can create relationships beyond financial transactions, and build a global community expressing support and encouragement of one another.

Kiva promotes:

• Dignity:   Kiva encourages partnership relationships as opposed to benefactor relationships. Partnership relationships are characterized by mutual dignity and respect.


• Accountability:   Loans encourage more accountability than donations where repayment is not expected.


• Transparency:   The Kiva website is an open platform where communication can flow freely around the world.

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"The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you."

-B.B. King