Scholastic's BE BIG Fund

The Be Big program provides seed money for ideas that are important to one's local community. There is one $5,000 Community Grant awarded, and five $1,000 First Prize Grants.

Deadline: June 23, 2013.

In 2012 the winners were remarkable, meaningful projects from a 16-year-old NJ kid who created a Special Needs Athletic Program, a California ‘Teen Club’ to educate and support young teens with Down syndrome, a Pennsylvania ‘Upcycling’ program where children of all different levels helped the environment and those less fortunate, a Maryland military community’s program where parents bring kids to school one evening a month to attend Culture Camp and parents can attend a fun networking event to help develop relationships and support with fellow parents, and a community clothes closet where foster kids can shop and find just the right outfits for them.