Help a school in need win up to $10,000; vote now, ends July 5

This video was submitted by Forest Park Elementary School of Kannapolis, NC.

Help Our 21st Century Kids
Forest Park Elementary is in need of a technology makeover. A lot of our current technology causes frustration for our teacher and students. Many of our computers are older models, which are dying. Please help technology be a positive experience for our school.

Big Lots asked participating schools to put their creativity to the test by submitting a short video and brief essay explaining why their school is in need of financial support.

There will be 46 winners. Cash prizes include one $10,000 grand prize,  and forty-five $2,000 first prizes.

Log in to vote. Vote up to three times a day through July 5.

Schools Participating In The Big Lots 2010 Lots2Give Program

The schools listed below have been selected to participate in the 2010 Lots2Give program. Now through July 5, customers can help selected schools by donating $1 or $5 at participating Big Lots stores. 100% of donations will go to participating schools.

In addition to the in-store donation program, we asked participating schools to submit a short video and brief essay explaining why their school is in need of financial support.

Now through July 5, the public can vote for their favorite Lots2Give video up to 3 times a day. Those votes will determine the schools that will share $100,000 in cash prizes. Cash prizes include one $10,000 grand prize and forty-five $2,000 first prizes.

Together, we can make a difference. Give a little. Help a lot!
HOUSTON A.B. Anderson Academy Houston TX
PHILADELPHIA A.L. Fitzpatrick School Philadelphia PA
HOUSTON A.W. Jones EC/Pre-K Center Humble TX
CLEVELAND Academic Enrichment Academy Lorain OH
LOS ANGELES Alcott Elementary School Pomona CA
ATLANTA Alcovy High School Covington GA
SEATTLE-TACOMA Alder Academy Seattle WA
DALLAS-FT. WORTH Alex W. Spence Middle Learning Center Dallas TX
HOUSTON Alief Learning Center Houston TX
DENVER Alsup Elementary School Commerce City CO
TAMPA-ST. PETE,SARASOTA Anona Elementary School Largo FL
BOSTON Arnone Elementary School Brockton MA
PHILADELPHIA Austin Meehan Middle School Philadelphia PA
LOS ANGELES Baldwin Park High School Baldwin Park CA
DALLAS-FT. WORTH Barbara Cardwell Career Prep Irving TX
LOS ANGELES Barfield Elementary School Pomona CA
LOS ANGELES Bell Gardens High School Bell Gardens CA
INDIANAPOLIS Ben Davis High School Indianapolis IN
LOS ANGELES Bennett-Kew Elementary School Inglewood CA
SEATTLE-TACOMA Beverly Park Elementary School Seattle WA
LOS ANGELES Blandford Elementary School Rowland Heights CA
ORLANDO-DAYTONA BCH-MELBR Boggy Creek Elementary School Kissinmmee FL
DALLAS-FT. WORTH Brandenburg Elementary School Irving TX
ATLANTA Brown Elementary School Jonesboro GA
ATLANTA Burnett Elementary School Douglasville GA
LOS ANGELES Bursch Elementary School Compton CA
NASHVILLE Byars Dowdy Elementary School Lebanon TN
NASHVILLE Castle Heights Upper Elementary School Lebanon TN
PHILADELPHIA Catto Elementary School Camden NJ
ORLANDO-DAYTONA BCH-MELBR Celebration High School Celebration FL
DENVER Central Elementary School Commerce City CO
SAN FRANCISCO-OAK-SAN JOS Cesar Chavez Academy East Palo Alto CA
PHOENIX Cesar Chavez School Phoenix AZ
CLEVELAND Chambers Elementary School East Cleveland OH
GREENVLL-SPART-ASHEVLL-AN Chapman High School Inman SC
NORFOLK-PORTSMTH-NEWPT NW Chesterfield Academy Norfolk VA
CHICAGO Cicero East School Cicero IL
LOS ANGELES City Honors High School Inglewood CA
CHICAGO Columbus East School Cicero IL
CHARLOTTE Cotton Belt Elementary School York SC
SAN DIEGO Crawford IDEA High School San Diego CA
PHOENIX Creighton Elementary School Phoenix AZ
TAMPA-ST. PETE,SARASOTA D.S. Parrott Middle School Brooksville FL
LOS ANGELES De Anza Elementary School Baldwin Park CA
LOS ANGELES Decker Elementary School Pomona CA
ATLANTA Douglas County Performance Center Douglasville GA
SAN FRANCISCO-OAK-SAN JOS Dr. MLK, Jr. Middle School San Francisco CA
PHILADELPHIA Dudley Elementary School Camden NJ Find stores supporting this school
DETROIT Duke Ellington Conservatory of Music-Art Detroit MI
DENVER Dupont Elementary School Commerce City CO
COLUMBUS, OH Easthaven Elementary School Columbus OH
ATLANTA Eastside Elementary School Douglasville GA
ORLANDO-DAYTONA BCH-MELBR Eustis High School Eustis FL
PHOENIX Excelencia Elementary School Phoenix AZ
SAN FRANCISCO-OAK-SAN JOS Fair Oaks School Redwood City CA
SAN FRANCISCO-OAK-SAN JOS Fairmount Grade School San Francisco CA
TAMPA-ST. PETE,SARASOTA Fairmount Park Elementary School St. Petersburg FL
MIAMI-FT. LAUDERDALE Felix Varela Senior High School Miami FL
COLUMBUS, OH Finland Middle School Columbus OH
NEW YORK Fleetwood Elementary School Chestnut Ridge NY Find stores supporting this school
CHARLOTTE Forest Park Elementary School Kannapolis NC
ATLANTA Forest Park Middle School Forest Park GA
LOS ANGELES Foster Elementary School Baldwin Park CA Find stores supporting this school
PITTSBURGH Founders Hall Middle School McKeesport PA
BOSTON Francis M. Leahy School Lawrence MA
PITTSBURGH Francis McClure Intermediate School White Oak PA
SACRAMENTO-STKTN-MODESTO Franklin Elementary School Elk Grove CA
COLUMBUS, OH Franklin Heights High School Columbus OH
CHARLOTTE Fred L. Wilson Elementary School Kannapolis NC Find stores supporting this school
CLEVELAND Fullerton Elementary School Cleveland OH Find stores supporting this school
BUFFALO Gaskill Preparatory School Niagara Falls NY
PHOENIX Gateway Elementary School Phoenix AZ
CINCINNATI Glenn O. Swing Elementary School Covington KY
NEW YORK Grandview Elementary School Monsey NY
SAN FRANCISCO-OAK-SAN JOS Green Oaks School East Palo Alto CA
COLUMBUS, OH Groveport Madison Middle School North Columbus OH
COLUMBUS, OH Groveport Madison Middle School South Groveport OH
NASHVILLE Guild Elementary School Gallatin TN
WASHINGTON, DC Hart Middle School Washington DC
INDIANAPOLIS Hawthorne Elementary School Indianapolis IN
PHILADELPHIA HB Wilson Elementary School Camden NJ
MIAMI-FT. LAUDERDALE Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School Hialeah FL
CHARLOTTE Hickory Grove/Sharon Elementary School Hickory Grove SC
LOS ANGELES Highland Elementary School Inglewood CA
CINCINNATI Holmes High School Covington KY Find stores supporting this school
CINCINNATI Holmes Middle School Covington KY Find stores supporting this school
SAN FRANCISCO-OAK-SAN JOS Hoover School Redwood City CA Find stores supporting this school
NASHVILLE Howard Elementary School Gallatin TN
CHICAGO Hyde Park High School Chicago IL
GREENVLL-SPART-ASHEVLL-AN Inman Intermediate School Inman SC
SAN DIEGO Innovation Middle School San Diego CA
TAMPA-ST. PETE,SARASOTA J.D. Floyd K-8 School Spring Hill FL
DALLAS-FT. WORTH Jack E. Singley Academy Irving TX
SAN FRANCISCO-OAK-SAN JOS James Flood School East Palo Alto CA
INDIANAPOLIS James Russell Lowell Elementary #51 Indianapolis IN
LOS ANGELES Jefferson Elementary School Compton CA
DETROIT Jefferson Whittier Elementary Pontiac MI Find stores supporting this school
LOS ANGELES Jerry D. Holland Middle School Baldwin Park CA
MIAMI-FT. LAUDERDALE John A. Ferguson Senior High School Miami FL
SAN DIEGO John Muir School San Diego CA
INDIANAPOLIS Joyce Kilmer Elementary #69 Indianapolis IN
CHICAGO Julian High School Chicago IL
LOS ANGELES Kelly Elementary School Compton CA
DENVER Kemp Elementary School Commerce City CO
HOUSTON Kerr High School Houston TX
DALLAS-FT. WORTH Keyes Elementary School Irving TX
DALLAS-FT. WORTH L.L. Hotchkiss Elementary School Dallas TX
ORLANDO-DAYTONA BCH-MELBR Lakeview Elementary School St. Cloud FL
GREENVLL-SPART-ASHEVLL-AN Landrum Middle School Landrum SC
DETROIT Langston Hughes Academy Detroit MI
BUFFALO LaSalle Preparatory School Niagara Falls NY
INDIANAPOLIS Liberty Park Elementary School Indianapolis IN
BOSTON Lincoln Alternative School Brockton MA
NORFOLK-PORTSMTH-NEWPT NW Lindenwood Elementary School Norfolk VA
LOS ANGELES Longfellow Elementary School Compton CA
CLEVELAND Lorain Admiral King High School Lorain OH
RALEIGH-DURHAM Lowe's Grove Middle School Durham NC
WASHINGTON, DC Luke C. Moore Academy Washington DC
SAN DIEGO Madison High School San Diego CA
SACRAMENTO-STKTN-MODESTO Main Avenue School Sacramento CA
WASHINGTON, DC Malcolm X Elementary School Washington DC
CLEVELAND Margaret Ireland Campus + Genesis Cleveland OH
ATLANTA Marietta Center for Advanced Achievement Marietta GA
PITTSBURGH McKeesport Area High School McKeesport PA
SAN FRANCISCO-OAK-SAN JOS Mission High School San Francisco CA Find stores supporting this school
LOS ANGELES Montebello High School Montebello CA
ATLANTA Mt. Zion High School Jonesboro GA
CINCINNATI Ninth District Elementary School Covington KY
LOS ANGELES Nogales High School La Puente CA
INDIANAPOLIS North Wayne Elementary Indianapolis IN
LOS ANGELES Northam Elementary School La Puente CA
COLUMBUS, OH Northtowne Elementary School Columbus OH
GREENVLL-SPART-ASHEVLL-AN O.P. Earle Elementary School Landrum SC
LOS ANGELES Oak Street School Inglewood CA
HOUSTON O'Donnell Middle School Houston TX
LOS ANGELES Olive Middle School Baldwin Park CA
TAMPA-ST. PETE,SARASOTA Orange Grove Elementary School Seminole FL
NORFOLK-PORTSMTH-NEWPT NW P.B. Young Sr. Elementary School Norfolk VA
LOS ANGELES Parent Elementary School Inglewood CA
PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh Carrick High School Pittsburgh PA
PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh Murray PreK-8 School Pittsburgh PA
PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh Stevens K-8 School Pittsburgh PA
DETROIT Pontiac Middle School Pontiac MI
DALLAS-FT. WORTH R.L. Turner High School Carrollton TX
DALLAS-FT. WORTH Reinhardt Elementary School Dallas TX
SACRAMENTO-STKTN-MODESTO Robla School Sacramento CA
ATLANTA Rocky Plains Elementary School Covington GA
SAN FRANCISCO-OAK-SAN JOS Ronald McNair Academy East Palo Alto CA
CHICAGO Roosevelt School Cicero IL
LOS ANGELES Rosewood Park School Commerce CA
NASHVILLE Sam Houston Elementary School Lebanon TN
BOSTON School for Exceptional Studies Lawrence MA
LOS ANGELES Schurr High School Montebello CA
CHARLOTTE Shady Brook Elementary School Kannapolis NC
SACRAMENTO-STKTN-MODESTO Sheldon High School Sacramento CA
LOS ANGELES Shelyn Elementary School Rowland Heights CA
PHOENIX Sierra Vista School Phoenix AZ
CINCINNATI Sixth District Elementary School Covington KY
RALEIGH-DURHAM Southern High School Durham NC
CHARLESTON-HUNTINGTON Southside Elementary School Huntington WV
PHOENIX Southwest School Phoenix AZ
SEATTLE-TACOMA Southwest School Seattle WA
DETROIT Spain Elementary School Detroit MI
TAMPA-ST. PETE,SARASOTA Spring Hill Elementary School Spring Hill FL
ORLANDO-DAYTONA BCH-MELBR St. Cloud Middle School St. Cloud FL Find stores supporting this school
WASHINGTON, DC Stanton Elementary School Washington DC
TAMPA-ST. PETE,SARASOTA Star Education School Brooksville FL
NORFOLK-PORTSMTH-NEWPT NW Suburban Park Elementary School Norfolk VA
TAMPA-ST. PETE,SARASOTA Suncoast Elementary School Spring Hill FL
PHOENIX Sunland School Phoenix AZ Find stores supporting this school
CLEVELAND Superior Elementary School East Cleveland OH
SACRAMENTO-STKTN-MODESTO T.R. Smedberg Middle School Sacramento CA
SACRAMENTO-STKTN-MODESTO Taylor Street School Sacramento CA
SEATTLE-TACOMA TEC High School Seattle WA Find stores supporting this school
CHICAGO Thomas Chalmers Specialty Elementary School Chicago IL
PHILADELPHIA Thomas Holme School Philadelphia PA
ORLANDO-DAYTONA BCH-MELBR Umatilla Middle School Umatilla FL
LOS ANGELES Vail High School Montebello CA
NASHVILLE Vena Stuart Elementary School Gallatin TN
ATLANTA Veterans Memorial Middle School Covington GA
CLEVELAND Washington Elementary School Lorain OH
LOS ANGELES Washington Elementary School Pomona CA
COLUMBUS, OH Wedgewood Middle School Columbus OH
MIAMI-FT. LAUDERDALE Westland Hialeah Senior High School Hialeah FL
DETROIT WHRC Elementary School Pontiac MI
DALLAS-FT. WORTH William L. Cabell Elementary School Dallas TX
PHOENIX William T. Machan School Phoenix AZ
TAMPA-ST. PETE,SARASOTA Woodlawn Elementary School St. Petersburg FL
CHARLESTON-HUNTINGTON Wurtland Elementary School Wurtland KY
LOS ANGELES Ybarra Acedemy of the Arts & Technology Walnut CA
CHARLOTTE York One Academy York SC
HOUSTON Youens Elementary School Houston TX

Great job kids and good luck to all of you.