Help The Sean Costello Memorial Fund Win A Pepsi Refresh Grant

For Immediate Release January 3, 2011 Contact: Debbie Costello Smith debbie@seancostellofund.org

SEAN COSTELLO MEMORIAL FUND FOR BIPOLAR RESEARCH  SEEKING $50,000 PEPSI REFRESH GRANT DATE:     January 3, 2011 - January 31, 2011  PLACE:   www.seancostellofund.org/themojoproject.html  WHO:      Sean Costello Memorial Fund for Bipolar Research WHAT:   Due to placing in the top 100 in the month of December, The Sean Costello Memorial Fund for Bipolar Research's MOJO Project is in the running again for a $50,000 grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project. The Sean Costello Memorial Fund has been chosen to compete starting January 3.  Winners are decided by total votes with the top 10 entrants receiving the grants entered. As one of the organizations with the top votes, the Fund will develop and implement The Mojo Project: an internet and mobile based application to monitor sleep patterns. Sleep deprivation is known to be a trigger for mania. Mania can lead to reckless and often dangerous behavior. The Mojo Project is a joint effort of two of the Fund's scientific advisors from Berkeley and the Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. Supporters can vote 3 times a day, once from each of the following sources:  1. Pepsi Refresh website http://www.refresheverything.com/themojoproject2 * 2. Facebook:   http://tiny.cc/9qxn3                             3. Texting: 104661 to Pepsi (73774) * The Sean Costello Memorial Fund for Bipolar Research was founded after the death of Sean on the eve of his 28th birthday. Its mission includes researching the connection between creativity and bipolar disorder, reducing the stigma of bipolar disorder and supporting resources for musicians who are bipolar. For more information, please visit www.seancostellofund.org .  The Fund is recognized as the only organization focused on creativity and bipolar disorder. Vote for The Mojo Project three times a day, every day this January. To learn more please visitwww.seancostellofund.org/themojoproject.html.  For more information, contact Debbie Costello Smith at debbie@seancostellofund.org, or at 404-310-4514. *Pepsi does not charge for the text and you will not receive any spam from your emails. *If The Sean Costello Memorial Fund for Bipolar Research wins the Pepsi Refresh Project, everyone who registers for a daily email reminder at http://www.seancostellofund.org/themojoproject.html will be entered to win an iPad. Pepsi does not charge for texts; normal text rates apply. Pepsi does not collect email addresses for marketing purposes.