Help the Spartans Drum & Bugle Corps Win Big

The Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps announced Thursday that they are working towards earning $250,000 through Chase Community Giving. In order to win the competition, the Spartans need to earn the most votes on the Chase website between September 6-19.

Chase Community Giving has awarded over $20 million in grants to more than 500 charities in 41 states, Washington and Puerto Rico. The Spartans will be asking the New Hampshire Community to support them in the race for $250,000. There are 195 smaller prizes for runner ups.

The Spartans are a nationally recognized Drum and Bugle Corps based in Nashua. Founded in 1955, they have represented New Hampshire in four Presidential Inaugural Parades and have won numerous national titles, the most recent being the Best Color Guard in 2012 at the annual Drum Corps International Competition in Indianapolis, IN. The Corps placed fourth overall in the Competition.

Membership in the Spartans is open to anyone between the ages of 14 and 21. Members learn basics on brass, percussion and dance and learn a 12 minute production during the summer that they perform as part of a national tour with Drum Corps International.

“We are working hard towards our goal of becoming the top charity in the Chase Community Giving program,” said Spartan President Paul LaFlamme, “we will use the funds to upgrade some important capital needs of our organization including uniforms and percussion equipment, should we be fortunate enough to win.”

Voting for the Spartans will occur between Sept 6 and 9 on Facebook. To vote, please visit www.Facebook.com/ChaseCommunityGiving or the Spartans website at www.SpartansDBC.org and follow the Chase Community link.

Fine Print from Chase:

Beginning September 6, 2012 and ending September 19, 2012, Chase customers with a Chase online account and Facebook users can vote for their favorite charity (“Eligible Voters”).  Chase Customers with a Chase online account will receive two (2) votes on www.ChaseGiving.com.  Each vote on www.ChaseGiving.com must be cast for a different Eligible Nominated Charity. Facebook users who allow "Access" to the Chase Community Giving application will receive two (2) votes on the Chase Community Giving application on Facebook. Each vote must be cast for a different Eligible Nominated Charity. Facebook users will have an opportunity to earn one (1) bonus vote on Facebook, as described below. This bonus vote may be cast for any Eligible Nominated Charity even if the Eligible Voter has already cast a vote for the same charity. Chase Customers who are also Facebook users can vote at www.ChaseGiving.com and Facebook.  If an Eligible Voter who is a Chase customer casts votes on both www.ChaseGiving.com and Facebook, the Eligible Voter may vote for the same charity twice - once on www.ChaseGiving.com and once on Facebook.  The same Eligible Voter may vote a third time on Facebook if that Eligible Voter earns a Bonus vote as described below.  The 196 Eligible Nominated Charities who receive the most valid votes as determined by Chase will receive a grant as described below. The National Program grant recipients will be announced on or about September 20, 2012.