State history museum needs your vote in contest for $50,000

The N.C. Museum of History is a contender in the Pepsi Refresh Project. Leaders hope they can win $50,000 to build a hands-on discovery gallery for kids.

Posted 12:49 a.m. May 10, 2011 — Updated 1:22 a.m. May 10, 2011

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

The N.C. Museum of History is a contender in a national contest to win a $50,000 grant to build a hands-on discovery gallery for kids.

The Pepsi Refresh Project is giving away more than $1 million to 60 ideas that "move communities forward." Only 10 grants will be awarded in the $50,000 category.

The hands-on gallery at the downtown Raleigh museum would inspire kids (and adults) to explore history. It would be an important addition to the Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, which encourages the study of state and local history and is based in clubs at schools and communities across the state. The association is geared toward kids in grades four through twelve.

Right now, the museum has no state funding for new exhibits.

Voting runs through May 31. You can vote every day between now and then. There are several ways to vote for the project. Here's how to do it:

on the site www.refresheverything.com/juniorhistorians;
via the Pepsi Refresh Project Facebook voting application;
by texting 106354 to Pepsi (73774) from your mobile phone (standard text messaging rates apply); or
with the Pepsi Refresh Project iPhone app or Android app.

You can also send more votes through Power Votes. Look for a unique 10-character alphanumeric code on specially marked Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, and Pepsi Max products in participating locations. Enter that code on the Power Vote page at www.refresheverything.com to find out how much your Power Vote code is worth: 5, 10, 15, 25, 50 or 100 votes.

And the history museum project isn't the only North Carolina project in the running. Click here to find a Facebook page with details about more of them, including several at local schools.

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