For the second consecutive year, a video submitted by the University’s Strong Women, Strong Girls chapter is among the national finalists in the Zip Car Students with Drive contest. The Duquesne student organization’s entry is just one of 13 selected from across the country.
Zip Car, through its university membership program, provides self-service access to cars 24/7 at low hourly and daily rates that include gas and insurance. The cars are located on campus and the program is designed to reduce demand for on-campus parking, alleviate congestion and provide a sustainable alternative transportation solution that also reduces a carbon footprint.
For the contest, Duquesne’s Strong Women, Strong Girls chapter developed and submitted a three-minute video illustrating the work that they do and how Zip Car helps them.
In addition to the quality of the video and the merit of the work of the Strong Women, Strong Girls chapter, Zip Car is considering the number of votes that the video finalists receive on the contest website as well as the number of likes/retweets on Twitter.
To view the finalists’ videos and vote for Duquesne’s Strong Women, Strong Girls chapter entry, visit the Students with Drive website through Friday, March 30. The winning chapter will get approximately $25,000 in prizes, including funds for chapter operations, a scholarship and Zip Car credits to help get to their mentoring sites.
“The mentors in the Duquesne chapter of Strong Women, Strong Girls are dedicated to the youth in their programming,” said Alia Pustorino, director for student life assessment and co-curriculuar community engagement at Duquesne. “This contest is integral to helping to support the chapter’s work financially and with driving credits to their sites.”
Duquesne is one of six Strong Women, Strong Girls chapters at universities in Pittsburgh. The organization’s mission to “empower girls to imagine a broader future through a curriculum grounded on female role models delivered by college women mentors, who are themselves mentored by professional women.”
Duquesne’s chapter has 130 mentors who serve more than 300 children at program sites including Sto Rox, Carmalt, Roosevelt, Arlington, Brookline, Westwood, Whittier, West Liberty, Phillips and Spring Hill elementary schools.