DALLAS, Aug. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Match,
the world's largest dating site, announces the second annual
MatchMade Scholarship Contest, a $50,000 program open to kids of parents who met
on Match. Launched 20 years ago, Match has consistently led
to more dates, more relationships, and more marriages than any
other site. And now, with more than 500 Match babies born
each day, Match is committed to positively impacting the lives of
its members by offering this annual scholarship to the children of
its success couples.
Due to overwhelming feedback following the inaugural year, Match
has lowered the minimum age requirement for the MatchMade
Scholarship from 13 to 5 years old. This year's contest also
includes a special gift for the parents of the winner: a
parents-only getaway to Fiji!
"MatchMade kids account for 5% of all births in the
U.S. That is a lot of babies and soon they'll be making their
marks on college campuses. Right now, there are enough babies born
to Match couples to fill Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium twice every
single month," said Sam Yagan, CEO
of Match. "By offering the MatchMade Scholarship, we're proud
to help these kids get one step closer to going to college and
continuing the huge impact Match has made on the world."
The MatchMade Scholarship contest is open to students between
the ages of 5-20 whose parents met or remarried through
Match. To enter, students must submit a short, 1-2 minute
video at www.MatchMade.com retelling their parents' Match love
story in a creative way – it can be funny, sweet, emotional or all
three. The most important thing is that they capture everything
that's special about how their parents met on Match and the effect
it's had on their life.
Match will accept submissions through August 17, 2015, and will then select a group of
finalists. In early September, the public will choose the
winner by voting for their favorite video on
www.MatchMade.com. At the end of September, the winner will
be awarded a $50,000 college
scholarship. Additionally, the parents of the MatchMade
scholarship winner, the original Match members, will be given a
grand prize getaway to Fiji. The
trip includes 2 roundtrip business class tickets to Fiji, courtesy of Fiji Airways and a 5-night
stay at the Intercontinental Fiji Resort and Spa.
For more information and details on how to apply for the
MatchMade Scholarship, please visit www.MatchMade.com.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Open to legal
residents of the Continental US, ages 5-20 at the time of entry
with parent/ legal guardian consent, with at least one parent/
legal guardian who met their significant other on Match.com.
Sponsor: Match.com, L.L.C., 8300 Douglas Ave., Suite 800,
Dallas, TX 75225. Entries accepted
from 12:00 A.M. (CDT) on Aug. 3, 2015, to 11:59
P.M. (CDT) on Aug. 17, 2015.
Aggregate retail value of prize: $61,580. For more information and official
contest rules, click here.
About Match:
Launched in 1995, Match.com was the
original dating site and pioneer of the online dating industry.
Today, 20 years later, Match.com operates leading
subscription-based online dating sites in 25 countries, eight
languages and across five continents and is responsible for more
dates, relationships and marriages than any other website.
Match.com is an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI) and is
headquartered in Dallas,
Texas. For more information,
visit http://www.match.com.
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