First lady Michelle Obama presents her Let’s Move! campaign to provide options for ending childhood obesity. Part of that campaign includes the Apps for Healthy Kids competition in which software developers, game designers, students, and other innovators are challenged to “develop fun and engaging software tools and games that drive children, especially “tweens” (ages 9-12) – directly or through their parents– to eat better and be more physically active.”

The competition offers $60,000 in prizes. The submission period ends June 30, 2010. You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the Apps for Healthy Kids website.

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Non-profits that collaborate effectively to gain greater impact by working together are invited to apply for the 2011 Collaboration Prize.

Criteria needed for collaborations to be eligible to apply:

• demonstrates improved effectiveness in achieving social good,
• more effectively uses human and financial resources,
• represents an innovative response to a specific challenge or opportunity, and
• exhibits characteristics that would demonstrate that the collaboration is a field/sector/community model.

Applications are accepted from June 1 to July 26. Each of eight finalists will receive $12,500 and the grand prize winner will receive an additional $150,000. For additional information click here.

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