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Kroenke Sports and Qwest Communications offer the Qwest Leadership Challenge™ as a leadership development program for high school varsity athletes. The program promotes and inspires community involvement and rewards community service.
Each Qwest Leadership Challenge™ participant is asked to complete a community-based leadership service project that includes 30 volunteer hours to a non-profit or school-related cause.
This project must be NEW and EXCLUSIVE to the Qwest Leadership Challenge™ and completed between October 17, 2008 and March 7, 2009. You must complete at least 30 hours of leadership service (planning and execution) on this project.
A new element to the program this year is the addition of Qwest Mentors. Mentors are Qwest employees who are active in the community. A Qwest Mentor will be assigned to each participant and will have three basic functions:
- To act as a sounding board and offer guidance to the students as they create their projects.
- To regularly touch base with students to ensure their projects are progressing.
- To be available to review the project summaries before the submission deadline.
CLICK HERE to learn more about the 2008-09 QLC finalists.
QWEST LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE™ FINALISTS
All program participants who complete the Challenge requirements will be eligible for one of two (2) $5,000 and ten (10) $1,000 Qwest Leadership Challenge™ scholarships and a $250 grant to give to a charitable or an educational program of their choice.
Once all students have completed their projects, a review committee will select 12 students (6 male and 6 female) to serve as Qwest Leadership Challenge™ finalists. Each finalist will be awarded one of the 12 scholarships.
The 12 Qwest Leadership Challenge™ finalists will receive the following:
- Three (3) complimentary game tickets to a future Denver Nuggets basketball game at Pepsi Center.
- Participation in a ceremony on the Nuggets’ home court honoring the Qwest Leadership Participants.
- An invitation to a private V.I.P. reception on game day.
QWEST LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE PROGRAM™ REGISTRATION
****ALL QWEST LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE™ STUDENT-ATHLETES MUST REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.
Project proposals and final reports must be submitted via e-mail, fax or regular mail. Please use the attached project proposal form and submit your project summary in an MS Word document. In addition, pertinent program information will be posted on this site for all participants.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, October 17, 2008
QWEST LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE™ TIMELINE
Registration forms are due by Friday, October 13, 2008
Step One: Qwest Leadership Challenge™ Registration
October 17, 2008
Step Two: Submission of Proposed Project Overviews
Must be received by November 28, 2008
Step Three: Qwest Leadership Challenge™ Project Execution
October 17, 2008 - March 6, 2009
Step Four: Announcement of Qwest Leadership Challenge™ Finalists
Week of March 16, 2009
Step Five: Qwest Leadership Challenge™ Finalists Awards Program
April 4, 2009 (Tentative)
Step Six: Qwest Leadership Challenge™ Donations
Checks processed by May 29, 2009
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