Rock Your School with Box Tops for Education!

Written by Elizabeth on July 25, 2008 – 3:20 pm -

I never noticed the little symbols on the tops of food packages until my oldest went to kindergarten and I got a letter home one day reminding me to save the box tops for education. I went to my pantry and sure enough, there on the top of all the General Mills cereals was this:

Box Tops for Education can be found not only cereals like Cheerios, but also on Chex Mix, Kleenex, Ziploc Storage Containers, Hefty Trash bags, and Betty Crocker mixes and packaged foods. I have a section in my kitchen “junk” drawer just for Box Tops, and it’s become automatic for me to look at the top of a package for that logo before I throw away recycle packaging. So, what do schools DO with all the Box Tops for Education that they collect from our kids?

Schools earn ten cents for each Box Top redeemed, and you can often find specially marked packages with Box Tops that are worth even more than that. Each participating school can earn up to $20,000 a year redeeming Box Tops! That’s a LOT of money for school supplies and programs! And, thanks to the Kimberly-Clark presents Rock Your School sweepstakes, you can enter every day to win a Jordan Pruitt concert at your child’s school plus 100,000 bonus Box Tops! That’s a value of $10,000! Jordan Pruitt is a Radio Disney star who has opened for the Jonas Brothers, the Cheetah Girls, and Vanessa Hudgens. Trust me, your kids’ school wants this concert!

Visit the Rock Your School site, register your school for the sweepstakes, and you can sign up for a daily email reminding you to enter every day. You can enter every day until September 15, 2008. The winners will be chosen on or around September 22nd. In addition to the Grand Prize, you can also win:
First Prize
100 winners will receive 1,000 Bonus Box Tops for their child’s school. That’s $100 for their child’s school.
Second Prize
200 winners will receive Jordan Pruitt’s latest release, Permission To Fly, autographed by Jordan Pruitt herself.

Third Prize
1,000 winners will receive a non-autographed copy of Jordan Pruitt’s latest release, Permission To Fly.

Sweet! So get clipping those Box Tops for Education, get your school earning money for supplies and programs, and enter to win one of the great prizes!


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I entered a makeover contest and you can too!

Written by Elizabeth on June 26, 2008 – 10:59 pm -

Now, this is not something I had ever thought of doing before, but when I saw that Artefill was having a contest and giving away a $10,000 makeover, I figured it was worth a shot! The Artefill Makeover contest is for women over age 35 who have had a life changing event and want to look their best. Signing up is easy, but it does require that you write a short essay. I wrote about how I am the 41 year old mother of a toddler and she will be going to preschool soon, and I don’t want to look like the oldest mother at the school!

ArteFill is a procedure that fills in the smile lines around your mouth, by the way. I’m definitely starting to see those. I submitted my easy to the Contest, and you can too if you are over 35 and have had a career change, are in a new relationship, or any other event for which you want to put your “best face forward”. The contest judges will pick the winning essay and the winner receives a $10,000 makeover including:

* Consultation and ArteFill treatment* from a leading physician
* Other aesthetic treatments and products as recommended by the physician
* A professional photo shoot including hair, makeup and wardrobe styling
* A feature on our web site

* Subject to physician’s determination of suitability for ArteFill treatment

I hadn’t been thinking about a cosmetic procedure until I went looking for a photo to submit along with my essay and I realized that I really do have lines starting to form around my mouth. Writing the essay made me realize that I am self conscious about my age. Most people do think I look younger than 41, but my skin is definitely starting to look older. If I am lucky enough to win the makeover, it will be exciting to see what treatments I can receive to improve my complexion. Visit Artefill to learn more about their product and to enter the $10,000 makeover sweepstakes, and visit the Contest Rules page for all the information about it.



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Win a weekend trip to NASCAR

Written by Elizabeth on May 9, 2008 – 4:50 pm -

Enter to win a weekend trip to the final NASCAR “Chase for the Championship” race in Miami, Florida the weekend of November 14, 2008 by going to http://prilosec.eprize.net/winnerscircle/. You can enter once a day from now until September 1, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. ET by going to the official Winner’s Circle Sweepstakes site.

After playing, you can download the official “Winner’s Circle” widget to keep track of how the race is going. Look under the image of the racecar for a link to a cool widget that you can add to your MySpace page or personal website to track the latest NASCAR news and listen to weekly race insights from Jeff Burton.


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