Syracuse University’s newly formed student branch of She’s The First, an organization that promotes girls’ education worldwide, won first place and $1,000 in Vivanista’s “Parties For a Purpose” video contest.
Vivanista’s website provides support and advice to philanthropic women seeking to enrich the world through charity. The site’s video contest challenged contestants to create a video demonstrating the purpose behind their organization’s fund-raising parties.
The members of She’s The First*{Syracuse} plan to put the prize money toward sponsoring girls’ education and covering costs of on-campus fundraisers.
To see She’s The First*{Syracuse}’s winning entry, visit: http://vivanista.com/2011/01/the-results-are-in/
Contact Person: Chelsea Orcutt
President, She’s The First*{Syracuse}
cdorcutt@syr.edu
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