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The Hangar Theatre won the second round of Tompkins Trust Company’s Community Minute Challenge and took home a $1,000 cash prize.  The Community Minute Challenge, a social media contest, is an extension of Tompkins Trust Company’s Community Minute Program, which promotes local non-profits on the radio every month.  At the end of the contest in April 2015, one local organization will walk away with $6,000.

Five community organizations competed for the $1,000 prize during the second round of the Challenge.  Competing organizations included the Hangar Theatre, the Alcohol and Drug Council of Tompkins County, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention of Tompkins County, Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins and Cortland Counties, and Tompkins Connect.  All of these community organizations created minute-long videos explaining how they have had a positive impact in Tompkins County.  During a two week voting blitz, the public voted for their favorite video via the Tompkins Trust Facebook page.

The Community Minute Challenge will continue for two more rounds until there are four $1,000 winners.  First round winners include Relay for Life of Tompkins County and the Hangar Theatre.  Once there are four winners, there will be the final voting blitz, and Tompkins Trust Company will award the grand prize of $5,000.

The third round voting blitz will occur in December.

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