On the eve of Memorial Day, Pepsi Refresh project is on the lookout for the ideas about what’s the best way to pay homage and provide support to the U.S. military servicemen, which brings up another Pepsi Challenge question: “How would you honor your hometown troops?”. 

Entries will be accepted between the 1st and 5th of June, while voting will launch on July 1.

Last year Pepsi Refresh Project awarded 16 organizations and/or individuals who presented their ideas on how Americans could provide care and support to U.S troops. The winner list includes:

—Molly Gisi from Portland who was received $50,000 in August 2010 for ‘Molly’s Adopt a Sailor’ project, aimed at sending care packages to American troops. Each month the activists of the project select a different group of deployed servicemen to adopt and take care of, and shop for the things they are missing from home. Follow the link to learn more about this initiative.

—Tracy Spader of Lambertville, MI received $25,000 to implement her initiative aimed at supporting military working dogs. Tracy’s program is designed to provide deployed military working dogs with cooling vests and gear.

—Tunes for Troops. This initiative by Steve Newton from Clever, MO was awarded $5,000 in June 2010. The program was designed to provide music to wounded soldiers as pre-paid gift cards that are used to download music online.

—Kimberly Styka and Joseph Hanna from Amherst, NY received $5,000 in May 2010 for their ‘Bunkers in Baghdad‘ project which supports soldiers through the golf game. Bunkers in Baghdad is designed to collect new and used golf equipment and ship it overseas to soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.