The Freedom to Help Award

1. Email enter@freedomfcu.org with a picture (or 30-60 second video) of your volunteer in action, and a brief description (no more than 800 characters; 1-2 paragraphs) of how this volunteer furthers the mission of your organization. Be sure to summarize your mission in the entry and include your website where people can learn more to volunteer or donate. Please also attach your organization’s most up to date logo.
2. Like / follow Freedom Federal Credit Union on Facebook / Instagram
3. Vote for and share your favorite finalist on Freedom’s Facebook / Instagram pages: Jan 20th – Jan 24th.

We can’t wait to share your story!

*Nominations can ONLY be submitted by a local Harford or Baltimore County-based 501c3 non-profit organization, one nomination per organization each year. The $1,000 donation must be deposited to the organization’s Freedom Federal Credit Union account. New Memberships welcome! Account must be opened and in good standing within 30 days of the official winner announcement.

LIVE votE: Monday, JAN 20 – FRIDAY, JAN 24

Make It Count:

• 1 vote is equivalent to 1 like (or any reaction emoji) on the voting post placed on the Credit Union’s Facebook and Instagram pages during the LIVE voting period.
• Comments do not count as votes. (But they are a great place to tag friends and rally support!)
• Likes on shared versions of the voting post or on the entrant’s original post do not count as votes.
• To ensure that your getting your votes, always instruct friends to #CLICKthenVOTE, if they click on the picture it will automatically bring up the original voting post, and the VOTE WILL COUNT!
• Keep in mind, the use of bots or other means of ‘paid’ likes (including likes obtained through bribes and/or the exchange of goods/services) will result in immediate disqualification.

Wildcard Factor:

• To keep everyone guessing to the very end, we set up an internal vote for our Freedom employees. These votes are added at the end of the public voting period, so make sure to wait for our awardee announcement before celebrating!

Voting on Instagram:

• We’ll post each of the nominees – you just have to like your favorite entry to cast your vote. And yes, you can vote for more than one! The nominee with the most likes at the end of the voting period will be presented with The Freedom To Help Award – so look out for the announcement soon after the closing date.

Ways to get votes on Instagram:

1. DM our post featuring your photo to your friends with the instruction to like our post to vote for the nominee of your choosing
2. Share to you story and ask your followers to visit Freedom’s page to like the post featuring your nominee

During voting week, share on social via your feed and stories, tag friends in the comments under your photo, and consider asking some friends to help you do the same. Some participants find that calling, emailing, and texting their friends with the info helps to build votes when the competition gets tough.

Voting will take place during the week of January 20th. Voting will stay open until January 24th, at which point all ‘likes’ will be tallied (both internal and external) and our winner will be announced.

Public Voting will be available on Freedom’s Facebook and Instagram pages from Monday, January 20th, 2025 at 10:00AM, and remain open until Friday, January 24th at 2:00PM. Every ‘like’ equals a vote. Share with your friends to increase your votes. The Awardee will be announced via Freedom’s Facebook and Instagram pages on January 24th, 2025.

The AWARD IS $1,000 TOWARDS A LOCAL NON-PROFIT!

*Please note that the non-profit donation recipient must have a designated business account with Freedom Federal Credit Union. New memberships are welcome! Additionally, the award nominee, and a member of the nominating organization, must be available to participate in a photo opportunity at a local Freedom branch.