The Steem News @ 23 July 2021 - Communities of the Month Support Program...

There is still time to apply for the Communities of the Month Support Program.

Good progress is being made at the Steem Assisted Village.

Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about Steemit Iron Chef, SL-Charity, GO AROUND, Powered Up STEEM, Steem Masks, and more contests...

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1. Communities of the Month Support Program

Steemit's recently announced Communities of the Month Support Program is proving very popular.

There have been around 60 applications so far.

You still have time to apply if you would like your community to be one of the six that will be selected for August to receive an enhanced support package from @steemcurator01.

Applications must be in by 11.59pm UTC on Saturday 24 July...

• The Communities of the Month Support Program

• Steemit Community Guidelines

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2. The Steem Assisted Village

@sultan-aceh reports on good progress being made on the building of the Mushalla Al-Qariah in Aceh.

The construction of the prayer room is going well, with the floor now being laid...

• Development Achievements 18 - Steemit Assisted Village and Build a Mushalla AL-Qariah in Aceh

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3. Steemit Iron Chef Round 11

The Steemit Iron Chef cooking contest run by @progressivechef is now moving on to Round 11 and the Grand Reward Pool has now reached 158 STEEM.

This week the ingredient for the contestants to work with is beetroot...

• STEEMIT IRON CHEF ACT 1 ROUND 11 : Contest now open ! 25 STEEM to win this week + Grand Reward Pool over 158 STEEM already and growing each round! Join to win !

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4. SL-Charity Phase III

Steem Sri Lanka Country Rep @randulakoralage reports on support being given by the SL-Charity to a low income family in her area suffering from the effects of Covid-19.

Under Phase III of the @sl-charity program the family were provided with dry food items for a month...

• Dry Food Items for a Quarantined Low Income Family | SL-Charity Phase III | 20% to SL-Charity

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5. GO AROUND - Steem Business Promo Program

The Steem Entrepreneurs Community recently set up by @irawandedy, @harferri, @sofian88 and @tucsond, is launching GO AROUND, a program to promote Steem to businesses through interactions, interviews and advertising...

• GO AROUND - Steem Business Promo Program | Start Now !

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6. Powered Up STEEM continues to grow

@remlaps has published another update on the amount of STEEM that is powered up.

Since last week the total has continued its upward path to reach a total of 128,816,683 STEEM powered up equivalent to a value of $48,555,903...

• Steem Total Value Powered Up - $48 million - July 23, 2021

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7. Steem Masks

Pakistan Country Rep @hassanabid has produced face masks to promote Steem.

The masks are black with the Steem logo on one side and the Steemit Pakistan logo on the other. They are available for 6 STEEM...

• Country Representative Of Pakistan [Weekly Report] - Idea of Promoting Steem Through Masks Worked Successfully !

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8. Contests

@the-gorilla continues his fantasy sports contests this time with one for the La Liga. There is 50 STEEM up for grabs...

• 50 STEEM Prize Fund - La Liga Fantasy Marca

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@thegreens have a Planet Positive theme for their latest contest about walking and cycling...

• Green Deeds Vol. 04 Contest | How often do you walk or cycle?

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.38	24 Jul '21 2.26am UTC
STEEM price	0.00001119 BTC	24 Jul '21 2.26am UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#172	24 Jul '21 2.26am UTC
SBD price	US$ 6.00	24 Jul '21 2.26am UTC
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#6,666	24 Jul '21 2.26am UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	468,343 / day	24 Jul '21 2.26am UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	2,107,543 / day	24 Jul '21 2.26am UTC

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This is #378 (23 Jul '21) of this daily news service.

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