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==NFL==
Prior to [[Super Bowl XLIV]], the [[National Football League]] website hosted a one-week Pepsi Refresh Project contest for ideas suggested by NFL players. [[Drew Brees]] was the winner of the "Super Bowl Refresh Project" with more than half a million votes. A $100,000 grant was given to the Hope Lodge in New Orleans for no-cost housing of cancer patients and families.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/partner?partnerType=refresh-project "Pepsi Refresh Project"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018061526/http://www.nfl.com/partner?partnerType=refresh-project |date=2010-10-18 }} NFL.com, February 5, 2010</ref>
==Gulf disaster==
In response to the [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill]], on July 12, 2010 a special competition was announced within the PRP: '''Do Good for the Gulf'''. An additional $1.3 million was committed to projects for communities in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas which were adversely affected by the disaster.<ref>Schwartz, Ariel: [http://www.fastcompany.com/1676942/pepsi-refresh-projects-do-good-for-the-gulf-campaign-takes-off "Pepsi Refresh Project's "Do Good For the Gulf" Campaign Takes Off"] Fast Company, August 2, 2010</ref> The application period was a full month, the response was overwhelming, and 32 projects were funded with grants,<ref>[http://www.refresheverything.com/blog/2010/07/14/do-good-for-the-gulf-be-a-part-of-another-winning-team/ "Do Good for the Gulf: Be a Part of Another Winning Team"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130215212/http://www.refresheverything.com/blog/2010/07/14/do-good-for-the-gulf-be-a-part-of-another-winning-team/ |date=2010-11-30 }} Refresh Everything website</ref> which ranged from providing mental health services for oil disaster victims, to building seafood farms to help employ displaced workers, to creating shelters for animals that lost their homes.<ref>Schwartz, Ariel: [http://www.fastcompany.com/1676942/pepsi-refresh-projects-do-good-for-the-gulf-campaign-takes-off "Pepsi Refresh Project Announces Do Good for the Gulf Finalists"] Fast Company, September 2, 2010</ref>
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