SBEC was selected to be part of the Erie U Choose Grant. Your vote can help SBEC win $15,000. Please go to www.ERIEUCHOOSE.COM or click the SBEC logo at right, register, confirm via the registration email you'll receive and vote. Then, return every day until January 11, 2012 and vote again. Please ask friends and family to join you in a daily vote for SBEC.

St. Benedict Education Center is a job placement agency for those that are receiving cash assistance. This grant will help keep Erie working and let you stand behind an agency that has been serving the Erie community for over 22 years.

CGRA UChoose Grants are an exciting new program modeled after the nationally recognized Pepsi Refresh Project. “I’m really excited about the participative nature of this thing,” says ECGRA Executive Director Perry Wood. “This is the public’s chance to get in the driver’s seat and vote for projects they like.” UChoose Grants are designed to empower Erie County nonprofits, embolden Erie County community members, and provide ECGRA with a larger, more diverse funding pool. For more info, visit ECGRA.org.