R.W. Knudsen Family® brand is proudly celebrating its 50th anniversary this year! Committed to producing healthful fruit products that have never contained artificial flavors, preservatives or added sugar, R.W. Knudsen Family has established itself as a favorite organic and natural choice in households across the U.S.

Russel W. Knudsen and his family began bottling fruit juices at their organic grape vineyard in Paradise, CA in 1961, and now make over 125 products, including Sparkling Essences™, Light! Juices, Recharge® all-natural sports beverages, Sensible Sippers™ juice boxes, fruit juice sweetened Spritzers™, nonalcoholic celebratory beverages and more.

Simply Nutritious® and Just Juice™ are some of the R.W. Knudsen Family brand’s most popular items. All are still made using 100 percent natural ingredients, without any added sugar, preservatives or artificial colors. In 1997, the Knudsen processing facility became the first certified organic processing facility in the U.S.!

To celebrate its historic anniversary, R.W. Knudsen Family invites consumers to enjoy a variety of exciting initiatives:

• Specially designed commemorative bottles of Sparkling Concord Grape Juice (750 ml) are available for online reader giveaways.
• One lucky winner will receive a grand prize trip for two to Napa Valley, Calif., in the R.W. Knudsen Family’s 50th anniversary sweepstakes, “The Grape Escape”. Entry details and more information, including entrant eligibility, can be found at www.RW50.com.
• Prizes will be distributed throughout the year from the R.W. Knudsen Family Facebook and Twitter pages.
• At its website, R.W. Knudsen Family is sharing 50 Healthy Living Tips with customers, in addition to a historic company timeline and video at www.rwknudsenfamily.com/rwk50. On the site, click the 50 Healthy Living Tips logo in the top left and the tips will open in a pop up window.

They’ve also released a special edition 750 ml. bottle of nonalcoholic sparkling Concord grape juice to mark this important anniversary. I received a bottle for review, shared a taste with my kids, and then watched as my 12 year old son proceeded to finish the entire bottle over the next few days!  He LOVED it, can you tell?  Sparkling grape juice is a great choice for a kid-friendly celebration, but my son has already asked me to buy another bottle to drink “just because”! These special bottles are NOT sold in stores, which is why I’m so thrilled to be hosting this giveaway! Knudsen Sparkling Concord Grape Juice is all-natural, without any added sugar or artificial ingredients.

WIN IT: R.W. Knudsen Family is VERY generously sending TWELVE winners a special 50th Anniversary bottle of Sparkling Concord Grape Juice!

MAIN ENTRY: For your main entry, leave a comment telling me your family’s favorite flavor of Knudsen juice. Is it grape? Cranberry? Apple or pear, or maybe lemonade?  I want to know!  This must be done before any bonus entries will count. Comments left with keywords instead of a real first name or blog name will be DELETED, no exceptions.

ENTRY DATES AND RULES: Enter by June 6th 2011 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Open to U.S. mailing addresses only. Twelve winners will be chosen using the “And The Winner Is” plugin and emailed for their mailing addresses and daytime phone numbers (for package tracking). This information will be forwarded to the P.R. person handling the giveaway and the shipment of prizes. MomReviews is not responsible for lost or stolen prizes.

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I’ll choose the winner using the “And the Winner Is” plugin on June 7th, announce it by editing the post, and email the winner for their mailing address. Shipping will be handled by the sponsor. Thanks for entering and good luck everybody!

disclosure: R.W. Knudsen Family provided me with a free product, information, and the opportunity to host this giveaway. No other compensation was received.

Seattle’s Best Coffee wants to bring great coffee where it’s needed most by rewarding non-profit organizations with a coffee makeover and a $5,000 donation! They gave the first award to Blackstone Bicycle Works, a community organization on the South side of Chicago, for their dedication to teaching neighborhood kids life lessons through bike mechanics and healthy living.

All you have to do is go to the Seattle’s Best Coffee Facebook page, “Like” the page, then click Brew-lanthropy in the list of links on the left side. Fill in a short form including a statement of 250 words or less explaining why your non-profit pick deserves a coffee makeover. Get your nominations in by this Friday, April 29th!

How would you like a chance to win $1000.00 worth of toys? How awesome would that be!! Can you imagine, a THOUSAND dollars worth of high quality educational toys for your kids of any age? Your dream could come true and all you have to do is create a wish list at Growing Tree Toys!

Growing Tree Toys is a family-owned retail store in State College, PA, and a fantastic website for ordering a huge variety of toys, books, games, and so much more! Everything on the site is carefully and thoughtfully selected to be both fun and educational. Brands they carry include Melissa & Doug, Playmobil, Plan Toys, Ravensburger, Lamaze Toys, Schleich, and so many more. If the site says an item is in stock but they can’t ship it right away, it’s FREE! Orders placed before 12:00 p.m. EST ship the same day, and returns are easy and hassle-free. It’s one of my favorite toy websites!

After it was such a success last year, Growing Tree Toys decided to bring back the Win your Wish List contest! Anyone who creates or edits a wish list at GrowingTreeToys.com from Oct. 1-31, 2010 is eligible to win – up to $1,000 in toys!  Just register for the site, start browsing for items you’d like, and click “Add to Wish List” on each item’s page. Add as few or as many as you like – it’s fun knowing that this could be the items you will win!

I had tons of fun creating my dream wish list, there are so many things I would love to get for Kaitlyn but that are out of my price range. Here are a few of the things I put on my wish list:

Plan Toys Chalet Dollhouse With Furniture ($206.95) – Our library has a Plan Toys Dollhouse and Kaitlyn runs straight to it every time we go there. Considering how many kids have played with it over the years, the dollhouse, dolls and accessories are holding up really well. I know Kaitlyn would have hours of fun playing with it!

Playmobil Horse Farm ($99.99) – Kaitlyn LOVES Playmobil, especially anything farm-related. She loves moving the little figures around and having her other little toy figures come to visit  I know she would love pretending that the two horses that come with this set are the Mommy and the Daddy and that the pony is their Baby.  We have some Playmobil animals from our Advent Calendar set that I’m sure would move right in!

Land of the Fairies Glitter Jigsaw Puzzle by Ravensburger ($12.95) – She started with 9 piece puzzles, then 24, then 63, and now my almost-5 year old daughter can put together 100 piece puzzles by herself!   I was so surprised the first time she said “Mama, come look”, and she was showing me the 100 piece Fancy Nancy puzzle she had put together with no help!  I chose this puzzle for the Wish List because it has another of Kaitlyn’s favorite things – Fairies. And Glitter! This would be a huge hit and would be put together and taken apart pretty much daily!

Hurry, the contest ends October 31st 2010. Have fun and good luck!

disclosure: As a member of the Growing Tree Toys Blog Network, I am eligible for a Blog Network-specific contest: a chance to win one of three gift cards. I’ll earn 1 entry into the contest for making my wish list and writing this post, and up to 3 bonus entries for linking to my favorite toys on your list.