After a successful 5K race on July 28 to raise money for Ele’s Place, a center for grieving children and families, the organization now is asking MSU fans to show their Spartan spirit by participating in the second annual Ultimate Spartan Challenge .
The online challenge allows individuals to create a web profile about why they are the “Ultimate Spartan” to compete for votes. Each vote is worth a $5 donation to help run the organization’s facilities and provide free services for the children and families.
The nonprofit organization provides rooms for children and families to stay in after losing a loved one and therapy sessions to help with the healing process.
“There are locations in Lansing, which has been running for over 20 years, Ann Arbor and now one just opened in Grand Rapids and people are starting to request ones in different locations,” said Eric Truba, marking team member for Ele’s Place. “The donations are what provide the free services and run the facilities.”
Truba said Ele’s Place started the challenge last year to increase the organization’s online presence and now have improved the contest to get more people interested.
“This fundraiser was developed last year to see what we could do with social media and create an online base,” Truba said. “The main things that have changed this year are prizes. We have added more to them.”
Among the first-place prizes are four tickets in football head coach Mark Dantonio’s suite and pregame sideline passes for the Homecoming game Oct. 12. Prizes for second to fifth place winners include tickets in a corporate football suite for the Homecoming game and VIP passes to an MSU football practice and tour of the Skandalaris Football Center.
Voting officially begins Sept. 9, but challengers can create their profiles and view a complete list of the prizes now at ultimatespartan.com.
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