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Florence Family YMCA gets Pepsi Refresh playground

The Florence Family YMCA opened its new playground Tuesday thanks to funds from Pepsi Refresh.

Megan Patterson, YMCA childcare director, said this is her seventh summer at the Y. She had been trying to get a playground at the YMCA for six years when she heard about the Pepsi Refresh grant.

“It’s …

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Pepsi Challenge to Feature Tunica Shelter

Sandy Williams of the Tunica Humane Society says she saw the idea on TV and has tried for months to get her project on Pepsi Cola's list of contestants for this nationwide program.

For months Tunica Humane Society volunteers have worked in a make-shift temporary headquarters saving animals and w…

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WildCare Needs Your Vote for The Pepsi Refresh Project Grant!

WildCare, a wildlife rehabilitation facility in Noble, is vying for a $250,000 grant from Pepsi’s Refresh Project. People are encouraged to vote online for WildCare once a day, every day during the month of June. The more votes WildCare receives on the website, the better its chances of receivin…

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Duo Uses Pepsi Refresh Project Grant to Refurbish Closed School

They had a dream but lacked the funds to make it happen.

When Kristin Combs and Michael Nance-Combs of Springfield Township purchased the old Sawyerwood Elementary building on Mohawk Drive three years ago, they dreamed of converting it into a community youth center.

Now, thanks to a $50,000 gran…

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Troy Arts Center Receives $50k Pepsi Refresh Project Grant

The Contemporary Artists Center at Woodside has received the $50,000 grant it sought to complete the renovation of the 140-year-old Woodside Church on Mill Street into an artists’ space.

The nonprofit arts organization launched a campaign this past spring to win a grant through the Pepsi Refres…

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Paul's Pantry in Green Bay Gets 5k lbs Food Donation

Paul's Pantry on Friday received a donation of 5,000 pounds of food from Roundy's Supermarkets as part of Pepsi's Refresh Project, which funds ideas aimed at helping communities.

Pallets of nonperishable foods were packed into a truck at Copps Food Center, 1291 Lombardi Access Road, Ashwaubenon, …

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Jimmie Johnson Tops Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Popularity Contest

Jimmie Johnson has another win this year, this time in a popularity contest.

Johnson beat his Hendrick Motorsports teammates, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr., to win a $100,000 grant as part of the Pepsi Refresh Project. Johnson's award will go toward p…

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Participate in the Pepsi Refresh Project

How It Works

Pepsi is looking for people, businesses, and non-profits with ideas that will have a positive impact. Look around your community and think about how you want to change it.

Anyone can submit their idea! Pepsi is accepting 1000 ideas every month. Tell Pepsi your great idea.

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