ThinkQuest New York City Presents
The First Competition for Judges:
The 2009 TQNYC Fundraising Competition!

TQNYC is call for all past and current judges to participate in an important fundraiser to support the programs and competitions run by our organization.

GREAT PRIZES FOR CREATIVITY, TEAMWORK & RAISING THE MOST MONEY!

Prizes include:
An Apple iTouch for the first fundraiser to reach $1000 in donations OR an Apple iTouch each for the first team to reach $2000.

Apple iPod shuffles for the fundraisers who:

• collect the most money,
• attracts the most individual donors
• use the most creative ways to fundraise.

So put on your thinking caps and help TQNYC reach our goal of $10,000 by August 10th.

Here is how it works:

You register yourself or a team of two teachers by completing the registration form here.
You set your goal.
We will send you a link to a page with your unique button to have donations made.
You can also get the code to put the button on your own, self designed page, Facebook, wherever.
You start fundraising!

If you think you are doing something very creative, email info@tqnyc.org with CREATIVITY AWARD in the title.

The first person to get to $1000 or the first team to get to $2000 will get an iTouch each.
The person or the team with the most creative fundraising efforts will win an iPod Shuffle.
The person with the highest amount raised will win an iPod shuffle. (Or the team with the highest average/member will receive 2 iPod Shuffles)
The person with the most donations (as long as donations exceed $250) wins an iPod Shuffle.

FAQs

• Are there any restrictions to how I may fundraise?
  Creativity is encouraged for the participants’ fundraising strategies. But, all participants should work in a professional manner and remember this is to benefit kids.
• How can I obtain my PayPal html? Can I embed it on another site to collect donations?
  Your PayPal button can be obtained from TQNYC. The html coding for your PayPal button can be embedded on other internet sites. In addition your button will be featured on our Donations page.
• Who is this competition open to?
  This competition is open to all current and previous TQNYC judges.
• Can students help?
  Absolutely, this is your fundraiser, get any support you can.

Feel free to send your questions regarding this challenge and/or the organization to info@tqnyc.org.

Please note that all participation and efforts in regard to this challenge are optional but are needed and appreciated.

ThinkQuest New York City Presents
The First Competition for Teachers: The 2009 TQNYC Fundraising Competition!

ThinkQuest is calling all New York City teachers to participate in a citywide fundraiser.

Great Prizes for creativity, teamwork and raising the most money!

Prizes include:
An Apple iTouch for the first fundraiser to reach $1000 in donations OR an Apple iTouch each for the first team to reach $2000.

Apple iPod shuffles for the fundraisers who:

• collect the most money,
• get the largest number of individual donations, and
• use the most creative ways to fundraise.

So put on your thinking caps and help TQNYC reach our goal of $10,000 by August 10th.

All the details including registration are RIGHT HERE!

Please Join us to celebrate the participants of the ThinkQuest NYC 2009 Competitions!

The day will begin with an exhibition of the students’ work followed by a ceremony that will announce the winners.

Date: June 9, 2009

Student Demos: 3 PM

Awards Ceremony: 5 PM

Location: BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center
199 Chambers Street, New York, NY, 10007

These are the dates for submitting TQNYC Internet Challenge entries and announcing finalists.

A Complete Site = All files uploaded and tested, and the Site Profile completed. You must be logged into your coach account to finish the Site Profile. Review the checklist. A tutorial featuring our recommendations on uploading can be found here.

May 5th- Extra Credit Deadline
Get ‘extra credit’ by finishing early. This will allow time for any problems to be fixed and to avoid ‘unavoidable’ problems like servers being down, blackouts and natural disasters.

May 8th- 12pm (noon)- FINAL Deadline
After noon on the 8th, you will not be able to fix your site or upload any files. Oracle will close the server and there will be NO way to make ANY changes. AT ALL. PERIOD. That’s NOON on Friday, May 8th. There is NOTHING that can be fixed after that point. Got it?

(Now you understand why we made the “Extra Credit Deadline”!)

First week of June (Date TBD)- Finalists Notified
You will receive an email will the good news. This means that you and your team will receive an award on June 9th.

June 9th- Awards Event
All participants are invited to demonstrate their projects from 3-4:30. Then from 5-6:30 prizes will be given to Finalist teams.

June 19th- Winners Announced on Oracle’s Website
Winners with links to their sites will be posted on Oracle’s site and included in their international library.

June 30th (or sooner)- All Entries Posted on TQNYC.org
We think that ALL student work should be displayed and celebrated. We will be hosting your projects on TQNYC.org for you to share with the world!

Nothing like being down to the wire to make an announcement like this!!

We’re extending the TQNYC Internet Challenge Registration Deadline to May 1st. Yes, that’s right, May Day (insert laughter here).

FYI- Site Profiles do NOT need to be complete to be registered. They need to be completed by the project deadline, which has been extended as well… we’ll give you THAT date next week.

Come to one of our hands-on help sessions for help with ANYthing!

Wednesday, April 1
3-5pm
IS 230
3401 73rd Street
Jackson Heights, NY 11372

Monday, April 6
3:30-5:30pm
P.S. 93
Bronx, NY 10473

Good luck to everyone!