Zipcar Calls Student Organizations Nationwide to Enter Students with Drive Competition
September 25 2019 - 9:06AM
Across the country, college and university student organizations
make an impact by distributing healthcare supplies overseas,
protecting the environment, tutoring and mentoring students, or
hosting dance-offs to fundraise for a cause. These are just a few
ways students are making a difference in their communities, both on
and off campus. To support the next generation of mission-driven
leaders, Zipcar, the world’s leading car-sharing network and the
largest campus car-sharing provider, today announced the 2019
winner of Students with Drive, the University of Michigan’s
Blueprints for Pangaea chapter
, and is kicking off
its 8th annual contest calling student organizations from coast to
coast to enter.
Students with Drive first launched in October 2011 to support
student organizations who need access to transportation to move
their mission forward. For nearly twenty years, Zipcar has been a
critical component of campus transportation and sustainability
initiatives, providing students, faculty, and staff access to
Zipcars to pursue off-campus activities, enriching the student life
experience and supporting a university’s impact on the community.
Since Students with Drive first launched, Zipcar has given more
than one million dollars in funding to empower 400 student groups
across the country.
“Zipcar’s mission is to enable simple and responsible living,
and we recognize that students are already working in a wide
variety of ways to advance this mission, both on and off campus,”
said Tracey Zhen, president of Zipcar. “Through Students with
Drive, Zipcar supports the next generation of mission-driven
leaders who will shape the future of their communities, our
country, and the world.”
About the 2019 Grand Prize Winner: Blueprints for
Pangaea, University of Michigan chapterSelected as the
grand prize winner from more than 100 entrants, the University of
Michigan chapter of Blueprints for Pangaea won $5,000 to support
their cause and $2,000 to access Zipcars via membership and driving
credit to continue driving their mission forward. Blueprints for
Pangaea is a network of university chapters united in addressing
global health care inequalities by reallocating excess, unused
medical supplies from U.S. hospitals and suppliers to those
overseas in need. Additionally, Zipcar awarded a $5,000 scholarship
to the University of Michigan who is allocating the grant to its
general Housing Room and Board Scholarship Fund.
"As a student-run 501(c)(3) non-profit, Blueprints For Pangaea
leverages the capabilities of students to create tangible and
transformational social impact. Every dollar we receive ships over
$50 worth of medical supplies, and the resources from the 2018-2019
Zipcar Student with Drive competition will help us redistribute
$1,000,000+ in unused medical supplies to communities in need
abroad,” said Anurag Bolneni, Chief Executive Officer for
Blueprints for Pangaea. “We are beyond grateful to Zipcar for
empowering us with the financial resources and mobility necessary
to continue reducing international health inequities!”
Are you a Student with Drive? Enter now!To be
considered for Students with Drive, interested student
organizations should enter by October 31, 2019, and submit a
statement that addresses their passion for their organization’s
mission, along with an explanation of how Zipcar can help drive the
organization further. A panel of judges will review the
submissions, and the top 10 entrants will receive $300 to cover
access to a Zipcar and a $500 gift card to create a video
demonstrating the community’s need and how the student organization
will address this need with the help of Zipcar. Videos must be
submitted by 3/1/2020 and will be voted on by Zipcar and via select
social channels. Winners will be notified in the spring of 2020.
For complete rules and to enter, visit www.zipcar.com/swd.
Students with Drive will provide ten finalists the opportunity
to both support their student organizations as well as students on
their campus via a scholarship.
Place |
Scholarship Awarded to College or University |
Funding Awarded to Student Organization |
Grant Awarded to Student Organization to Access
Zipcars |
1st Place |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
$2,000 |
2nd Place |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$1,000 |
3rd Place |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$500 |
4th – 10th Place |
$500 |
$500 |
$300 |
Zipcar Provides a Sustainable Transportation Solution to
Colleges and Universities NationwideSince 2001, Zipcar has
been a critical component for creating a sustainable
transportation network on college and university campuses
nationwide, giving students an easy way to get around
without bringing a personal car to school. Fewer personal
vehicles on campus reduces traffic, congestion
and CO2 emissions and frees up valuable space on
campus that could otherwise be used for classroom buildings,
science labs and athletic fields. More than 30 percent of
college Zipcar members leave their car at home after
joining the service, and another 40 percent are less likely to buy
a car because of their Zipcar membership, according
to an academic survey conducted by Zipcar and UC
Berkeley.1 Today, Zipcar enables more than 600 campus
communities to drive on-demand with gas, insurance, parking, and up
to 180-miles a day included in the cost of a reservation. To learn
more, visit www.zipcar.com/universities.
About ZipcarZipcar is the world’s leading
car-sharing network, driven by a mission to enable simple and
responsible urban living. With its wide variety of self-service
vehicles available by the hour or day, Zipcar operates in urban
areas and university campuses in over 500 cities and towns. Zipcar
offers the most comprehensive, most convenient and most flexible
car-sharing options available. Zipcar is a subsidiary of Avis
Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CAR), a leading global provider of
mobility solutions. More information is available at
www.zipcar.com.
1 A. Stocker, J. Lazarus, S. Becker, and S.
Shaheen. (2016, September). “North American College/University
Marketing Carsharing Impacts: Results from Zipcar’s College Travel
Study 2015. Effects on Vehicle Use and Ownership, Travel Behavior,
Quality of Life, and Environmental Impacts.”
http://innovativemobility.org/wp-content/uploads/Zipcar-College-Market-Study-2015.pdf
A video accompanying this announcement is available
at: https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/fd9be498-168a-4f8d-9b22-c9d6671d1d83
Media Contact: Ashley Leduc | Communications Manager | aleduc@zipcar.com | 617-336-4787
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