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Watch: Please Vote for Long Beach, Monroe, CT and Bellingham, WA!

Sea Dog Chowder needs help getting Long Beach, CA, Monroe, CT and Bellingham, WA on the winners' list in the Pepsi Refresh contest! Text* 109826 to Pepsi (73774) to vote for the Sea Base Kitchen!

Dear Patch Readers,

What do Long Beach, CA, Monroe, CT and Bellingham, WA have in common?

Folks in all three of these places (north, east, southwest) are on Chowder's slate for the Pepsi Refresh contest cycle which ends at 9 p.m. on November 30th!

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I ask you today to vote for Chowder's slate in the Pepsi Refresh contest!  Chowder has five picks and two projects that asked for his help.  The three featured in this post are in special need of help!

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Long Beach, CA

Chowder's mom submitted a Pepsi Refresh grant in the $50K category for a new Scout Sea Base Kitchen in Alamitos Bay.

Text 109826 to Pepsi 73774 to vote!


Monroe, CT

Chowder is excited about the progress of Venture Crew 63 and Troop 63's Lakota Project in the contest, and really wants to help his fellow scouts on the East coast!

Text 109630 to Pepsi 73774 to vote!

Bellingham, WA

Chowder was very disappointed to see that his friends at Squalicum High School had slipped to # 11 in the 50K category in the Pepsi Refresh contest!  This is a great bunch of kids and they are very concerned that they may be slipping from their 10th position place.  Chowder understands that a vote for Squalicum could hurt his chances of helping his Mom get a new kitchen for the Sea Base, but Chowder knows that Patch readers can help BOTH to win!

Text 109935 to Pepsi 73774 to vote!

PLEASE VOTE THREE WAYS EVERY NOVEMBER DAY!

Please vote all three ways every November day remaining for the Long Beach community's Sea Base Kitchen Project:

Text* 109826 to Pepsi (73774) to vote from your mobile.
http://www.refresheverything.com/search/?q=sea+base (can vote using Facebook AND with a Pepsi Refresh login).

Note: For those of you who are not familiar with Scouting, there are several ranks for elementary school cubs in 1st through 5th grade, in order of their advancing age: Tiger, Wolf, Bear and Webelos.  Chowder has chosen to remain a Wolf cub as he feels it identifies with his roots.

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