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In early April, we launched the Kindness in Focus photo contest in partnership with our friends at VolunteerMatch. We asked you for photos that celebrated the spirit of giving, generosity, volunteering. You came, you submitted great pics (hundreds of them!), and then you voted on the best of the bunch.

By casting your vote, you told us which two nonprofits deserved to win the $1,000 grand prizes. And today we’re here to tell you that, well, you picked two pretty darn amazing causes. So without further ado, the big winners are:

Perfect Health, submitted by Aimee Carter to benefit the Blue Ridge Chapter of the National MS Society; and
Proof of Life, submitted by Jennifer Rose to benefit the International Humanities Center/Live St. Bernard.

So kudos to everyone who participated!

A note from a lensmaster just made my day, and I thought I’d share:

“The reasons I love Squidoo are captured in the poll on my lens - but these are only some of the reasons.

I have two lenses that are coming up on the first page of Google for their core keywords.

I love the sense of community, the creative inspiration and the collaborative marketing that occurs with Squidoo.

My lenses have generated so much interaction with other people - something that has been missing in my previous marketing efforts.

I have another ten lenses in the making and hundreds of ideas for what to do with them.

Thanks for this great opportunity.”

Ron Passfield, PhD
Brisbane Australia

P.S. Vote in his poll to show off why YOU love Squidoo!

Some lensmasters earn hundreds of dollars a month. Thousands a year. Think: better than a part-time job!

Others earn 78 Cents. But still get all the benefits they want.

Thanks to Titus for a cool review.

“How Is Squidoo Different?
Squidoo is a quality site. It offers highly focused content which often rises to the top of the search engine rankings very quickly. The Squidoo site has a PR7 (Page Rank) in Google. According to Alexa, Squidoo is ranked in the top 1000 sites on the whole web.

Why Is Squidoo Effective?
The main reason Squidoo is effective stems from its vibrant online community constantly creating diverse quality content and links. In the process, this community has made Squidoo a search engine haven. As with Wikipedia, Squidoo can be seen as the ultimate authority site. Besides, it is fun and easy to use because you have all your valuable content and links on one convenient page. It is also community rated so all the cream rises to the top!”