Make A Difference Day
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2012 Food Drive Competition Results |
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Once again, in honor of Make A Difference Day, the KCCVS sponsored one food drive competition involving our Kentucky AmeriCorps programs and another among Cabinet for Health and Family Services' community based service regions. Collected food was donated to food pantries and emergency feeding centers in the communities where the food was collected.
Kentucky AmeriCorps Programs
- MSUCorps - winner, second consecutive year
- ATEAM
- Build Corps
- UNITE Service Corps
- Economic Empowerment Corps
- REACH Corps
- Kentucky College Coaches
DCBS Service Regions
- Southern Bluegrass Service Region - winner, first year
- Eastern Mountain Service Region
- The Lakes Service Region
- Cumberland Service Region
- Northeastern Service Region
- Two Rivers Service Region
- Northern Bluegrass Service Region
- Salt River Trail Service Region
- DCBS Central Office
- Jefferson Service Region
The entire food drive competition brought in 66.72 tons of food into local communities - enough to feed 266,880 people in need an 8-oz. serving. Congratulations to all who participated and we appreciate all the people that will be fed because of your efforts.
Find out the actual breakdowns in the 2012 Make A Difference Day Food Drive Final Report.
Check out photos from the 2012 Make A Difference Day Food Drive competitions on the KCCVS Facebook page.
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General Information |
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 Make A Difference Day is one of the most widely observed national days of helping – a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors in which everyone can participate.
Created by USA Weekend Magazine, Make A Difference Day is an annual event observed on the fourth Saturday of October.
The goal of Make A Difference Day is to inspire and encourage local residents to participate in community service projects. Large or small, as individuals or in groups, one-day or ongoing – the nature of the service isn’t as important as simply giving your time, effort, resources, skills or support to make a difference in the lives of people in your community.
To find a project in your area or to register your project, visit the USA WEEKEND's Make A Difference Day website. The site has tons of helpful information, including an Idea Generator to help you find a project idea to use in your community. After Make A Difference Day, you can enter your community project to be considered for an award.
The KCCVS officers, staff and program members encourage you to be a part of Make A Difference Day, whether on your own, through a local community service agency or project or with us.
Everyone can Make A Difference!
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KCCVS Activities |
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The KCCVS traditionally sponsors a campaign to collect as much non-perishable food as possible as part of its Make A Difference Day observance. Collected food is donated to food pantries and emergency feeding centers in the communities where the food is collected.
KCCVS hosts one food drive competition involving our Kentucky AmeriCorps programs and another among Cabinet for Health and Family Services's community-based service regions.
Not only will the winning* program and region earn bragging rights for a year, but they will receive the special Make A Difference Day Traveling Award, which remains with the winner for one year and travels to reside with each consecutive winner. If a program or region wins the award three consecutive years, it is theirs to keep. The award is presented in the summer at the annual Governor’s Awards for Volunteerism and Service.
*Because of the varying sizes of the programs and regions, the winners are determined by the highest number of ounces of food collected per employee or member. THIS IS A NAMED ANCHOR
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Traveling Award Winners |
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2012
MSU Corps
Southern Bluegrass Service Region
2011
MSUCorps, honorable mention to the ATEAM
The Lakes Service Region (third consecutive year!)
2010
ATEAM
The Lakes Service Region
2009
SERV Corps
The Lakes Service Region
Cabinet for Economic Development
2008
MSU Corps (first year of award) and The Learning Corps (retiring an award)
Eastern Mountain Service Region
2007
The Learning Corps
Two Rivers Service Region
2006
The Learning Corps
Two Rivers Service Region
2005
Kentucky River Service Region
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Make A Difference Day Archives |
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Yearly Food Drive Totals
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Food Drive Totals |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009* |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
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Total
8-oz. servings |
43,702 |
63,595 |
283,880 |
493,087 |
343,403 |
327,553 |
266,880 |
Yearly Food Drive Details
2011 Make A Difference Day Food Drive Results (See pictures on the KCCVS Flickr website.)
Make A Difference Day 2010 Results
Make A Difference Day 2009 Results
Make A Difference Day 2008 Results
Make A Difference Day 2008 Visual
Make A Difference Day 2008 MSU Corps Projects
Make A Difference Day 2007 Results
Make A Difference Day 2006 Results
*In 2009, there was an additional special competition between the state government cabinets. Governor Steve Beshear and First Lady Jane Beshear encouraged all state employees to participate.
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