Kids Helping Kids entered the competition in early November after being nominated by a member of the organization, Claire Burdick. The nominees were then reviewed by Subway, and a select number of contestants moved onto the next round of the competition.
The contest’s preliminary stages took place on the popular social media site Facebook, where registered users were able to vote once a day for their favorite high school group. The contestants, composed of outstanding student organizations, were grouped into categories according to the size of the high school they attended. Finalists were those groups which had received the most votes in their perspective bracket.
Despite a late entry, Kids Helping Kids was able to enlist to aid of the community and surge in the polls.