Oct 04, 2016
SING FOR GOOD
Entries are open for this national video challenge to raise money for charity.
All you need do is submit a video on line. Entries close at the end of October.
There are lots of categories, including several for schools. The winning schools receive cash prizes, too. The video can be one you’ve already made.
Last year’s secondary school winner, Eltham College, submitted a video they’d made earlier in the year of Lean On Me. Watch it here.
Have fun, feel good and make a difference. There is no cost to enter, but once your entry is there, your aim is to fundraise for your entry, by getting people to vote for it by making a donation.
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