The Ricebowl Challenge - 2011

The Ricebowl ChallengeSuper Bowl 2010’s Most Valuable Player Drew Brees and Freerice are challenging students and sports fans, young and old, to team up for a different kind of bowl game this February, with the goal of beating global hunger.

The Rice Bowl Challenge sees two teams compete for the RiceBowl championship. The objective? To raise rice and beat global hunger while proving intellectual strength.

The challenge runs February 6 – 12, with results tallied daily. Three Brees-autographed footballs will go to the top players who rack up the most rice by February 12.

Leading the charge this year is the Students team led by the Maine Department of Education’s 1:1 laptop program, the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI). MLTI has already begun its blitz to tackle hunger, organizing 100,000 students to battle for the Bowl. Are you a student? MLTI invites you to join the Students team. (instructions below). And if you want to do even more, see how MLTI has gone the extra yard, approaching local businesses to match what is raised online for local area food banks.

What is Freerice?
Freerice is the world’s only online game that allows you to raise rice for the hungry, while you learn. For every correct answer you choose, 10 grains of rice are donated to the World Food Programme to help in their fight against hunger worldwide.

It costs you nothing – the rice is earned through sponsored advertising displayed for every correct answer. It has already raised enough to feed 4.3 million people – just imagine what you can do this February!

Please note: you can raise rice for your group before February 6 or after February 12. However, only the grains of rice raised from February 6 to 12 will be counted toward the RiceBowl Challenge.

How to Join?

  1. Sign up at Freerice.com/user/register.
    Include your state abbreviation in your username, for example: “ME_Paul” or “NY_Susie”, so we can see which state contributed the most! (Click here to find your US state’s abbreviation. Players from other countries are welcome to join too and include their country's abbreviation.)
  2. Check your email inbox for login details. Take care: your username is not your email address.
  3. Login at Freerice.com/user/login
  4. Choose your side!
  5. You're good to go! To ensure the grains you raised are counted as part of your groups total, visit your group’s profile page and click “Play”.

Teachers, how can your class or school join?

If students are under 14 years of age, they are able to register on their parent’s email address or alternatively 11 students can register on your email address.

You will need additional email addresses to register more than 11 students. So for example, if you have a class of 30, you will need 3 email addresses.

Each student that registers should follow steps 1 – 5 posted to the left using an email address you allocate or their parent’s email address.

For any questions or suggestions, please email us with “The Ricebowl Challenge” in the subject line.

Tell Others About The Challenge!

1. Place a banner on your site or blog:

2. Tweet it:
A very different super bowl game starting Feb 6! Pick your team to help end global hunger! http://bit.ly/eMPHIL @Free_rice

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