Apr 30, 2014 2 min read

In June, the Washington County Community Foundation will host a Web-based contest for charities that have registered to participate in its upcoming WCCF Gives Day of Giving. The winning organizations will receive a total of $3,000 in unrestricted grants from the Foundation’s Acorn Fund.

The 2014 “Clicks for Cash” contest will be held from June 9-15. Members of the community are encouraged to visit www.wccfgives.org, go to the “Charity Search” section of the site, and click on the charity profile pages of their favorite WCCF Gives participants to cast their votes. Contest participants may cast a vote for more than one charity. The charity who receives the most unique page views during the contest period will receive a $1,000 unrestricted grant. A “unique page view” is defined as one visit from a single IP address.

Additionally, the WCCF will use the contest results to distribute four $500 unrestricted grants based on a lottery. Each charity will receive one chance for each unique page view, so the more unique page views a charity receives, the more chances that charity will have in the lottery. A computer program will choose the lottery winners at random.

“We created ‘Clicks for Cash’ to serve as a fun and practical ‘dress rehearsal’ for WCCF Gives day. By participating in this contest, charities will have an opportunity to practice driving traffic to their charity profile pages, and the community will have an opportunity to learn more about this year’s day of giving event,” stated Betsie Trew, WCCF president and chief executive officer. “In 2013, thousands of individuals visited www.wccfgives.org during the contest window to support their favorite local charities, and it is our hope that the community’s enthusiasm will continue and will be reflected in this year’s results.”

Qualified charities that have not yet registered for WCCF Gives are encouraged to do so by May 31 so that they may participate in the contest. For complete criteria, please visit www.wccfgives.org.