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U.S. Cellular holds contest to benefit schools
Posted: 11.13.2009 at 3:26 PM
Mark Slavit

Mark Slavit is the Columbia Bureau chief and the Mid-Missouri Traveler.

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COLUMBIA -- For the second year in a row, U.S. Cellular is inviting communities to rally around their favorite schools to share $1 million.

Ten schools across the country with the most votes will each win $100,000 to use in any way they want in the company’s “Calling All Communities” campaign.

Between now and January 15, anyone 18 or older can visit any U.S. Cellular store to receive a code to vote online for their favorite school.

You can only vote once, so smaller schools have the same advantage as larger ones.

“All schools have the opportunity to win," Marketing Manager Mary Robertson said. "Actually, seven out of our ten schools last year were very small schools. One school in Humphrey, Nebraska actually was a community of more than 700 people. Everybody has a chance.”

No purchase is necessary for the contest.

You don’t have to be a U.S. Cellular customer to vote.