One of the things that I love finding out about companies is finding out that there's actually more to that company than just trying to make money, but that they are also trying to make a difference in their community. So when I found out that Aviva Insurance funds and supports the Aviva Community Fund and their annual charitable activation, I was honored to be able to share with our readers more about this community and how you can get involved as well.
Aviva Community Fund's focus is to help influence positive change in local Canadian communities. They want to help support the causes that are important to you. So they gave people from all over Canada the chance to enter their positive change idea and are now looking for your help on voting for your favorite idea. Canadian voters determine 98 semi-finalists in three qualifying rounds of voting. A Semi-Final round of voting determines which 30 will receive a minimum of $5,000. And the following round will be decided by the judges. Winners will be announced January 29,2013.
Anyone in Canada who is registered on the Aviva Community Fund website can vote for ideas during the Idea Entry and Semi-Final phases of the competition.
Once you're registered and signed into the site, all you need to do is click on the "Vote Now" button on any idea that you like.
Or, if you registered using Facebook Connect, you can now vote directly through our Facebook voting app, which you can find on the Facebook page of most ideas or at Facebook.com/AvivaCommunityFund.
You can vote during each of the Qualifying Rounds and the Semi-Final phases of the competition. You can cast 15 votes during each of the three initial rounds and another fifteen votes during the Semi-Finals at any time within each round, but you can only vote for each idea once a day.
The best part is you can support as many ideas as you'd like with your votes. But use them wisely. Once a vote is used, you can't take it back.
To keep up with the voting process and to keep an eye out for the grand prize winner be sure to Like Aviva Community Fund on Facebook and Follow @Aviva on Twitter.