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Nickelodeon Announces Giveaway Program to Encourage Healthy Play
(deadline rolling until May 31, 2006).


Children's television network Nickelodeon () has announced the launch of the 2005-2006 "Let's Just Play" Giveaway Program. The network will distribute more than $1 million from September 2005 to June 2006. The "Let's Just Play" Giveaway offers kids around the United States the opportunity to take action and enter for a chance to win $5,000 to improve their school or community program's fitness resources. The initiative is part of the network's three-year pro-social "Let's Just Play" campaign, which encourages healthy and active lifestyles for kids and families. For ten months, Nickelodeon will award a minimum of 20 winners per month with $5,000 each to help facilitate play in their community. To enter, kids ( 6-15 years of age), partnering with teachers and other community-based leaders, must tell Nickelodeon what they need for their public or private school (grades K-9) or community-based after-school organization to help them play better and why, and give three reasons why play is important. Beginning in September, the winners will be randomly selected and announced via Nickelodeon Online at the top of each month.