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<P class=text15><B>HelpaStudent.com Is Aiming To Raise One Million Dollars
To
Pay For Students In Financial Need</B></P>
<P class=text19 style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px"><B>Students Are Trying To Solve
The
Problem Of High Tuition Costs In An Innovative way.</B></P>
<P class=article style="MARGIN-TOP: 15px">ANTIGONISH, Nova
Scotia/EWORLDWIRE/Feb. 15, 2006 --- HelpAStudent.com was launched today in
an
effort to make education more affordable to all students. The goal of the
site
is to use the Internet to raise $1 million for students that need help
financing
their college education. The contest is open to students from Canada, the
United
States, the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand and
Australia. </P>
<P class=article style="MARGIN-TOP: 15px">Unlike most scholarships that
are
based on merit and scholastics, HelpAStudent.com places the decision in
the
hands of online voters. The process requires that students create a
profile and
write an elevator pitch about why they deserve the money. Visitors can
then vote
which students they feel is most deserving. The top 50 males and females
will be
entitled to the money which will generated through advertising. All
sponsorship
money goes back to students. </P>
<P class=article style="MARGIN-TOP: 15px">The site is designed to help
students
who are assertive, pro-active (inviting more people to vote for them) and
creative in getting their story to relate with voters. In other words, it
is a
scholarship for leaders that highlights an individual's personality. </P>
<P class=article style="MARGIN-TOP: 15px">"We will make sure that there
are no
fraudulent and/or script-generated clicks," said Kellie Duggan, founder of
HelpAstudent.com. "We review all the logs and implement sophisticated
software
to catch anybody who wants to artificially inflate their score and will
manually
review all the winners, so that only real students get the money." </P>
<P class=article style="MARGIN-TOP: 15px">Underlying the scholarship
giveaway
the organization strives to bring attention to the problem of ever
increasing
student debt and tuition fees. "It's becoming harder and harder for
students and
their families to afford a college education," said Duggan. </P>
<P class=text19 style="MARGIN-TOP: 15px"><B>For information please
contact:</B></P>
<P class=text15 style="MARGIN-TOP: 5px">Kellie
Duggan<BR>HelpaStudent.com<BR>Antigonish, Nova Scotia<BR>PHONE:
902.870.2128<BR>EMAIL: <A
href="mailto:kellie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
">kellie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
><BR><A
href="http://www.helpastudent.com/">http://www.helpastudent.com/</A>
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