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Win Cash for humor video - Keep America Beautiful (KAB) is conducting a video contest, which runs through October 21, 2011. Submissions can be anything ranging from a one-liner, to a comic strip or skit about recycling, but the video must show recycling in a positive, humorous manner. AmericaRecyclesDay.org

America Recycles Day is celebrated nationwide each November 15th, and celebrates the benefits of recycling through an array of awareness-raising events nationwide. To increase the buzz this year, national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful (KAB) is conducting a video contest, which runs through October 21, 2011. Submissions can be anything ranging from a one-liner, to a comic strip or skit about recycling, but the video must show recycling in a positive, humorous manner.

The video needs to be uploaded to the ARD YouTube page (youtube.com/AmericaRecyclesDay) by Oct. 21, 2011, as a response to a short video that explains the competition. The ARD Video Committee will vote on the top 10 winners and upload them to a YouTube playlist on our ARD page by Nov. 8, 2011. During the following week, the public will pick the winning videos by clicking the “like” button associated with their favorite video. Voting ends on America Recycles Day. See full details below.

The grand prize is $1,000 in cash, and members of the winning group (up to five) will also receive a prize pack. The second-place winner will receive $500 in cash. The Committee also may award additional prizes. More information can be found on AmericaRecyclesDay.org or by emailing americarecycles11.15@gmail.com.

About Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
Keep America Beautiful, Inc., established in 1953, is the nation’s largest volunteer-based community action and education organization. With a network of over 1,200 affiliate and participating organizations, Keep America Beautiful forms public private partnerships and programs that engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community environments. To join America Recycles Day, visit www.americarecyclesday.org. To learn more about Keep America Beautiful, visit www.kab.org.

America Recycles Day “Recycling is no Joke” video contest

Here are some rules (not the “official rules”, but some details you might need):
Send us as many submissions as you want – improves your chance of winning!
You can be any age to participate but all entrants under 18 years of age need parent/guardian consent.
To enter you will upload your joke/skit/comic video as a video response via the America Recycles Day YouTube page - www.youtube.com/americarecyclesday.
The ARD Committee will pick the top 10 entries and put them in a separate YouTube playlist.
Then the public will vote using the “like” button. At this point it is up to you to rally your friends, family and perhaps enemies to vote for your video.

So what’s allowed in this video?
It must be less than 1 minute in length.
It needs to mention America Recycles Day (i.e a call to action to visit the website).
Try to show recycling in a positive, humorous manner.
It should be original, creative, innovative, and unique (see official rules for copyright info).
It can be a stand-up joke, a group skit, an illustrated comic strip, etc.

How much time do I have to create all my laugh-out-loud submissions?
Upload your video by 3pm Eastern Time on Friday, October 21, 2011.
The top 10 winning videos will be uploaded to the ARD YouTube page by Tuesday, November 8, 2011.
Public voting will end Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 3pm Eastern Time.

Now of course you want to know about the prizes.
The top 2 videos with the most “likes” will win. The individual or members of the 1st place winning group (up to 5 people) will receive a prize pack and $1,000 in cash. The second place winner will receive $500 in cash. The ARD Committee may award additional prizes.

More information can be found on www.AmericaRecyclesDay.org or by emailing americarecycles11.15@gmail.com