Will you help MCC Member, Kimberly Kassner, win $250k in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge? The Lions will...

Very excited to announce that Empowermind will be part of the change we all need to see in the Detroit. Empowermind will be doing work with 400 students in the Detroit school system and this is JUST THE BEGINNING.

Kevin Smith and the Detroit Lions are already onboard. We hope you will be too. Voting lasts from now until September 30th and you can vote twice per day (once online and once via text). The Detroit Lions are passing out 1500 flyers that detail this at their "Kick off Luncheon" today.

All our best Kimberly. Go get 'em!!!

The following is the press release you will see today. 

To VOTE visit www.refresheverything.com/empowermind daily and please vote once a day along with texting 102690 to PEPSI (73774). Each individual can vote once daily online as well as through their mobile phone via text. Please help support Detroit Public Schools to win!

Kevin Smith Partners with EmpowerMind for Pepsi Refresh Challenge to Support Detroit Public School Student Athletes EmpowerMind and Kevin Smith battle for Pepsi Refresh Grant to help Detroit Student Athletes.

DETROIT, MI, September 1, 2010:

The Pepsi Refresh Challenge kicked of this morning at 6am and will run the entire month of September. During this time Kevin Smith of the Detroit Lions is requesting the voting support of Detroit and surrounding areas to put Michigan on the map for the wonderful local initiatives of EmpowerMind to win the $250,000 grant through Pepsi Refresh to help Detroit Public School Student Athletes improve their grades and study habits.

EmpowerMind is the brainchild of Detroiter, Kimberly Kassner," It is evident that kids in the athletic programs throughout the city have great athletic ability and talent however; the missing component is the commitment and the grades in the classroom to take them to the next level." EmpowerMind was developed for just that, to provide the needed coaching to our athletes in the classroom to keep their star potential for grades as well. With the support of Kevin Smith, a very successful professional athlete that played football from a young age to high school, into college and now for our own Detroit Lions, we are able to show and encourage Detroit's youth to take their commitment they have on the playing field into the classroom.

"I am very happy to help and support this effort. It's important for kids to know that they have to do good in the classroom, off the field in order to take their talents to the next level and having EmpowerMind come in and help these athletes will be great for them."

Throughout the month of September, EmpowerMind and their volunteer team will be canvassing the city of Detroit and surrounding areas to promote the Pepsi Challenge project for the EmpowerMind program. Along with the support and partnership of Fathead, the Detroit Public School, city officials, local companies and sponsors we are hoping to pull the city together to help vote!

To VOTE visit www.refresheverything.com/empowermind daily and please vote once a day along with texting 102690 to PEPSI (73774). Each individual can vote once daily online as well as through their mobile phone via text. Please help support Detroit Public Schools to win!

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EmpowerMind helps all types of students from struggling students to honor students cut study time in half, and improve overall test scores and grades. It's accomplished by helping them discover HOW they learn best by capitalizing on their strengths. Once they learn this, they can take information they are being taught in schools and convert it into their unique learning style to accelerate learning with better results and greater confidence.