It is time to announce the winner of the whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com contest. The winning clip was scientifically selected, completely at random, out of the top 30 most viewed videos. (I asked my son Johnny to pick a number between 1 and 30). Johnny, as usual, expressed my thoughts better than I ever could have by telling me "I wished I could of picked all of them"...and so do I.

All you have to do is look at the comments after your videos. You have inspired, entertained, and educated us. Your time and efforts have raised awareness and money for 6 wonderful charities. On my last tour I had visits from representatives of Autism Speaks, The Fisher House, Save the Children, and Save the Music. All of the representatives expressed their thanks to you for your time and efforts on their behalf.

Bill Shea's video for Autism Speaks and the subsequent videos dealing with Autism "speak" for themselves. I was stunned and moved by Bill's video as were over the half million people who viewed it.

The best news is because of your efforts we are just beginning with whatkindofworlddoyouwant.com. I will be doing some charity shows this fall where the money will directly go to charities on this site. We will be adding Augie's Quest this summer and more charities will come.

Now to the winners...

The Grand Prize winner is "The way my brother loves me"

Congratulations Jake and Matthew! I look forward to meeting you and your family.

You've won
- A private concert for Grand Prize Winner and a travel companion in Los Angeles, California performed by John Ondrasik;
- Two (2) round trip airline tickets (economy coach class) from the major airport closest to Grand Prize Winner's home town to Los Angeles, California. Grand Prize Winner and travel companion are responsible for their own transportation to and from the airport. If the Grand Prize Winner lives within one hundred (100) miles of Los Angeles, California, SBME may substitute ground transportation instead of air transportation; and
- One (1) night hotel accommodation (standard, one room, double occupancy) in Los Angeles, California.
- One (1) copy of the Five For Fighting compact disc entitled "Two Lights" autographed by John Ondrasik.
- One (1) 2 Gigabyte Sansa MP3 audio player;
- A One (1) year subscription to the Rhapsody Music Service.

The 4 First Place Winners (Also selected at random) are

The Caring Kids of Cape Elizabeth
Title: "The Caring Kids of Cape Elizabeth"

Haley
Title: "The World I Want"

Patty Dobbs Gross
Title: "Raising Your North Star"

Jackie Bonfield
Title: "Mason Intermediate School"

Each receive:
- One (1) 2 Gigabyte Sansa MP3 audio player;
- A One (1) year subscription to the Rhapsody Music Service; and
- One (1) copy of the Five For Fighting compact disc entitled "Two Lights" autographed by John Ondrasik.

The 25 second Prize winners are below (props to Franchisca Weatherman with two videos in the top 30)

Each receive:
- One (1) copy of the Five For Fighting CD "Two Lights" autographed by John Ondrasik.

Bill Shea
Title: "A world where"

Franchisca Weatherman
Title: "Missing"

Kasey Dettinger
Title: "What I want"

John Coyle
Title: "Michael's World"

Audrey Mariani
Title: "Autism From a Parent's Point of View"

Kim Hartman
Title: "ME & TE2"

Amanda Nunez
Title: "Judes Mind"

Amy Boyer
Title: "To Infinity and beyond"

T. Aponte
Title: "MAD WORLD...through Tommy's eyes"

Candi Summers
Title: "The greatest gift"

Amy Baker
Title: "Our Boys, Our Purpose"

Trina Martin
Title: "Change My World"

Cheryl Blauvelt
Title: "Autism: Our Son's Story"

Michelle Kaley
Title: "Devan's World"

Gretchen Selcho
Title: "The Comeback Kids"

Kristin Fileger
Title: "Our journey with autism"

Cherice Anderson
Title: "Our Face of Autism"

Candice
Title: "Take Me Home."

Franchisca Weatherman
Title: "My world"

Mike Stong
Title: "I'll Get Better Sophia's Song"

Kristi Mercurio
Title: "Autism Epidemic"

Michelle Alston
Title: "Calebs Movie"

Ruben
Title: "Drawing my world..."

Jason (Daddy)
Title: "Finding Maddi"

Steve and Heather Fagan
Title: "Corey's video"

All of these winners will be contacted with information on collecting their prizes within the next few days.

Thanks again to all of you. I hope you continue to make and watch the videos at our web site. All that's good about it resides in each of your hearts.


 

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