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Tonight on my drive home I noticed a small white sign tacked to a telephone pole on a busy downtown street corner. If I had to guess - maybe 500 people drive past that sign everyday - maybe more. But how many people saw the sign? How many will through the rest of the week? Without much thought I committed the short Website Addresses to memory - and continued on my journey home. When I was finally able to take a seat, and fire up the home laptop I surfed over to Zinch.com to unravel the riddle set forth by "Seaford's Own Andy Bell!" It was my pleasant suprise to find that I had been invited to take part in a 'March Madness' style tournament for real money that could effect the lives of 64 individuals around the nation! There is $20,000 Dollars on the line and you get to decide which Student gets that money toward their College Education! The young man - who boldly posted his invitation to "Vote Your Support" in the middle of Town Square - is Andy Bell. Andy Bell, as I have learned, is from my hometown of Seaford Delaware - and is currently a Student at Sussex Technical High School in Georgetown. Sussex Tech is the school several of my siblings have graduated from! It's a great school helping many students take a commanding lead over their future. Good Ol' Boy Andy Bell is giving the Zinch.com Sweet Diggity Dawg Tournement - 'Big East' Division - the old College Try! And you can have a hand at helping Andy Bell reach his dreams by Voting for Andy Bell to win the Zinch.com Tournement! Just Visit http://www.zinch.com/East and Vote for Andy Bell - "Seaford's Own!" Who's Andy Bell? Andy Bell currently has just 2,110 Votes at last check - c'mon people - get out there and Vote for Andy Bell! You can have a direct impact on handing Andy Bell $20,000 towards his college education! Andy Bell is a student at Sussex Technical High School - in the Class of 2010 and he is from Seaford, Delaware. Andy is a 16 year old High School Sophomore, and aspires to help his community by becoming a Pharmacist. His GPA is currently 93.94, and Andy is Ranked in the Top 12% of his Class. Andy Bell also takes advanced classes in the Academic Challenge Program held at Delaware Technical and Community College in Georgetown Delaware. Andy has received the Prudential Spirit of Community Award, as well as being a National Point of Light Honoree for collecting shoes for orphans. As an active 4-H Member, Andy is the Reporter for his Club, the Senior Patrol Leader & Order of the Arrow Rep. for his Scout Troop. Andy is a member of his church & exhibits a strong faith that God will see him through every situation. When asked "How would he move Mount Fuji?" Andy answered: FAITH!! Andy knows from Matthew 17:20 that even if your faith is smaller than a mustard seed, nothing will be impossible for you. God is good! What is Zinch.com and the Sweet Diggity Dawg! Tournement? Simply put: Zinch.com felt that 200+ students were all deserving of the $20k scholarship. So…in light of March Madnezz and the founders' love for college hoops, they decided to give Zinch fans and friends the chance to choose our $20,000 scholarship winner. First Zinch.com did Regional Tournaments to determine who would make it into the Big Dance, the brackets. America chose the 64 finalists - and Andy Bell was among them! That's done. Now America will choose our winner. Only one will be crowned The 2008 Zinch Sweet Diggity Dawg! Umm… OK But What's Zinch? * A few highlights Zinch has opened the door of online interaction to college admissions. Four out of five high school students are online and seeking to connect with others. Through Zinch, high school students worldwide can now communicate and engage with US colleges and universities through a format that defines their generation: the web. Every year, colleges and universities have specific needs that must be met. Often times these needs are a result of a large alumni donation geared towards improving a specific program, a grant to enhance a specific department, or an initiative to increase underrepresented minority groups. Reaching these students is no easy task. To this end, colleges spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on recruitment and outreach to generate new applications. The primary method in which colleges find students to recruit is through standardized tests (PSAT, SAT, and ACT). Colleges purchase student contact data from the test providers and send generic information about their school in a blanket marketing approach, all the while trying to attract the very specific students that are needed. Because colleges start with limited student data, their recruitment efforts lack personalization. Furthermore, the traditional method of mail-outs completely ignores new mediums of communication (the web) that capture the attention of today’s student generation. High school students want to be discovered by a college that is the right fit for them. They want to know if applying to that college will be worth the time, effort, and cost. Colleges want to find, and students want to be found. Zinch revolutionizes the current college recruitment process by allowing colleges to seek out and interact with high school students online, as a guest on the students' stage. The student's self-reported information being shared with colleges on Zinch is comprehensive–much more than a test score–and completely searchable. Zinch creates an environment in which in-depth student information can be made available to the colleges, thus enabling relevant college information to be made available to the student. Through Zinch, communication becomes more effective and interaction becomes more engaging on all ends. Read more at: How You Can Send a Kid To College For Free!
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