Univest Corporation today announced the Caring for Community Giveaway, a contest that will award $5,000 to a local, nonprofit organization.

At the start of 2012, Univest launched the "Committed to Local" giving program, an initiative that provides financial support to local nonprofits to help make a difference in the neighborhoods it serves. As the year comes to a close, Univest is turning the tables by asking its customers and community members which local nonprofit deserves financial assistance. Through the Caring for Community Giveaway, Univest will randomly award $5,000 to a deserving, local, nonprofit organization nominated by the members of the community it serves. 

Here’s how it works:

• Identify of a local nonprofit that deserves the $5,000 donation.
• Nominate the group by posting a comment on the Univest Facebook page at www.facebook.com/UnivestCorporation explaining why the group should win the money.  
• Each “post” counts as an entry in the contest for the organization nominated. So, the more people that post on behalf of an organization, the better the chance that organization has to be randomly selected as the winner of $5,000. 

The contest begins on December 3, 2012 and will run through December 31, 2012. To be eligible to win the $5,000, the nonprofit group must be a registered 501 (c) (3) organization that aligns with the Univest giving guidelines and operates somewhere in the Univest service area of Bucks, Chester and Montgomery counties and the Lehigh Valley. Additional details about the Caring for Community Giveaway and our giving guidelines can be found at www.univest.net/CTL.

About Univest Corporation of PA

Headquartered in Souderton, Pa., Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (www.univest.net) and its subsidiaries serve the financial needs of residents, businesses and nonprofit organizations in Bucks, Chester and Montgomery counties as well as the Lehigh Valley.  For more information on Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania and its subsidiaries, please visit www.univest.net. 

Univest Corporation’s Caring for Community Giveaway is open to all legal residents of the United States who are 18 years of age and older. Participants may post to the Univest Facebook page the organization they support, and winners will be determined by random selection from all entries based on Univest Corporation’s grant-giving standards. Each post counts as an entry and we request only one organization name per entry. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Winning
organizations will be contacted via phone or email. The promotion runs from 8:00 a.m. Monday, December 3, 2012 to 5:00 p.m. Monday, December 31, 2012. In the event a winning organization cannot be reached and/or does not respond by 5:00 p.m. Friday, January 11, 2013, they forfeit the grant to a new randomly selected group. Univest Corporation is not responsible for the organization's availability or non-response. Univest Corporation reserves the right to modify, suspend or cancel the contest at any time. The Caring for Community Giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Facebook and by participating you  are not providing any information to Facebook. For more on Univest Corporation’s giving guidelines, please click here.