Sustainable Ballard, the go-get-'em organization that wants to make Ballard a more green, sustainable neighborhood, is competing for a $2,500 grant. Lately, the folks at Sustainable Ballard have been hard at work spreading the word about RainWise rain gardens and solar power.

Umpqua Bank's contest is hosted on Facebook and can be found here. It ends on April 14.

Below are the guidelines for the Facebook contest:

"From April 1st to the 14th, share a photo that celebrates how your favorite nonprofit or school gives back to the community. This can be anything from your whole group posing in front of a recently completed community-service project to a photo of members serving food at your local soup kitchen (or simply a photo that represents the great work they do). Give it a caption and encourage others to “Like” it to show their support. One photo per person per day, please.

The result: A gallery of inspiration, highlighting the amazing work done in the community and sparking others to get involved. Then we’ll pick finalists at random from the photos and let everyone vote on them, with the top vote-getters receiving a $2,500 Umpqua grant at the end of the month!"

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