MIAA COMMUNITY SERVICE CHALLENGE

The MIAA (Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association) is excited to partner with Team Up 4 Community for the 2026-2027 MIAA Community Service Challenge.

The goal of this program is to promote the positive impact that students at MIAA member schools are making by giving back to their communities. Through an online platform, school administrators, coaches and students can submit information about specific community service projects completed between August 1st, 2026 and April 15th, 2027 to be considered in this challenge.

1. VISIT TEAMUP4COMMUNITY.ORG
   • Sign up or log in to your account
2. SHARE YOUR STORY
   • Click “ADD AN EVENT” on your dashboard
   • Tell us about your community service project
   • Select “MIAA Challenge” from the contest menu
   • Select the name of your School.
   • Add event photos you may want to share. If you created any flyers to advertise your event, you can include them here.
   • If you so choose share a YouTube video of your event to showcase the impact
   • Provide a few sentences (or paragraphs) describing your event. This is your chance to recognize all the work your team did and showcase all the good that you have done for your community. Please see the Challenge Rubric to help craft the event description that will be reviewed for the MIAA Community Service Challenge!
   • Enter a short excerpt at the bottom. This should only be about a 1-3 sentence summary to restate your purpose and the community service project.
   • Scroll to the top of the page, select either “Save Draft” (if you are not ready to submit), preview, or publish to submit (right-hand side).

• School administrators, coaches, and student-athletes may submit an application on behalf of their school, team, or group.
• Participants are encouraged to share photos and information about their community service projects on X, Instagram, and other social media platforms using #MIAAserves. Social media promotion is not required, but it can help inspire others to participate and become involved in their communities.
• Each application should feature only one community service project. However, individuals and teams may submit multiple applications for different projects.
• Community service projects must be completed within the Challenge period of August 1, 2026, through April 15, 2027. Projects completed before August 1, 2026, are not eligible.
• Only MIAA-sanctioned sports and MIAA member schools are eligible to participate in the MIAA Community Service Challenge.
• Teams do not need to be in season at the time of the project or submission.
• The Team Up 4 Community website will provide a running total of the number of participants, volunteer hours, funds raised, and the estimated value of time contributed through projects submitted by MIAA member schools.

Please note there will be two cut-off points where winners will be selected:

• First Half: August 1st, 2026 – December 31st, 2026
• Second Half: January 1st, 2027 – April 15th, 2027

Submission Deadline:

• 1st Half: December 31, 2026
• 2nd Half: April 15, 2027

• The MIAA Student Advisory Committee will select the top entries at the end of each half by using the Challenge Rubric
• Winning entries will be announced after the deadlines and will be recognized by the MIAA.

• Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X for challenge updates
• Community Service Challenge Instructions
• Community Service Challenge Rubric

We’re here to help!

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