Tillman video wins Goodsearch contest!

Congradulations and thank you to the Tillmans! Some of you that were at conference will remember that the Tillmans were asking a number of questions and taking some video. We intend to use some of the video they shot on the HPS Web site eventually - but while we were at it the Tillmans shot some video to be used in a contest being held by http://www.goodsearch.com/. The contest was to create a video about the cause you goodsearch for - and the Tillmans took on the challenge!

The HPS Network will get a $100 donation from Goodsearch and the Tillman video will be featured on their Website tomorrow, I think.

And just in case you don't know - (how could that be since I shout it from the rooftops) if you search the Web at http://www.goodsearch.com/ and choose the HPS Network as your charity, we get a penny per search. Those pennies add up!

So, keep goodsearching!

And if you want to see the video (if you missed it the first time) here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bohiCR4s6o

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