ReachOut Reelz: Enter Our Video Contest!

by Meredith

Do you want to help someone else? Do you like filming yourself or your friends? Enter into our ReachOut Reelz competition to inspire others to get through tough times. You can also win cash prizes and have your video shown at a national conference in Washington D.C.!

What is ReachOut Reelz?

It's all about inspiring someone whose going through a difficult time in their lives with some real life tips that you learned by overcoming your own challenging time. It may be a video like a vlog, replaying a situation with your friends, a recording of you narrating still photographs or images or something much bigger -- it's all up to you. Just make sure your video is at least 30 seconds long and under 90 seconds long. This is a dose of inspiration that someone can lean on, straight from the vaults of your own life.

People submit stories every day on ReachOut.com about what helped them through a tough time, but ReachOut Reelz is unique opportunity to get your video promoted by ReachOut.com and to many more, and win prizes along the way.

How do I enter?

To enter, log into your Facebook account and go to ReachOutUSA (don't forget to like us too!)

Click on the "Contests" tab on the left of the page and following the instructions and guidelines for getting involved! You have to accept the Contests App in order to submit a video. There you can also learn more about the ReachOut Reelz official rules. The deadline for video submissions is September 16, 2011 at 12:00 pm Pacific Daylight time. Don't forget if your on the East Coast, no more submissions will be accepted after 9pm September 16, 2011!!

Who is behind ReachOut Reelz?

ReachOut Reelz is produced by The Inspire USA Foundation, in collaboration with AIR (American Institutes for Research), Youth MOVE and SAMSHA (The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration).