USCS made a difference from coast to coast in 2011, as 1,200 kids from Connecticut to California celebrated Make a Difference Day by hosting and participating in USCS Make a Difference Day Almost-Sleepovers nationwide! Read on for all the details about these amazing events and their community service-minded hosts!

Thanks to your support, our USCS Make a Difference Day Almost-Sleepover captured the bronze in a super close race for the 2012 Make a Difference Day All-Star Award! According to USA WEEKEND magazine: "Nearly 68,000 online votes were cast in USA WEEKEND's first Make A Difference Day All-Star Award competition. The winner: Lucas Metropulos, 19, a Duke University freshman, with 22,420 votes. Not far behind Metropulos were the brothers of Delta Sigma Pi, a collegiate business fraternity, and Addie Kenney, 9, and her sister, Delaney, 10, of Guilford, Connecticut." Read on for all the details about the online contest and our award-winning nationwide kid-powered community service event!