***Giveaway*** Nestle Happy New School Year Prize Pack – Over $75 worth of coupons and products

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First take a moment to enter the Happy New School Year Sweepstakes. Brought to you by Nestle. You could win $5,000 worth of back-to-school essentials plus a $2,000 NESTLÉ Literacy Grant for your school, as well as daily prizes from Crayola. As a proud partner of RIF, NESTLÉ Family will be sending me $50 worth [...]

Gatorade and the NFL want to help you “Beat The Heat”

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This Friday my son starts his “Fall Ball” Baseball season and I know that since he is a young athlete he may be at greater risk for heat-related illnesses that can be prevented. Water simply isn’t enough. So I make sure that he has plenty of Gatorade for before, during, and after the game or [...]

Now through August 28th shop Target for DOUBLE Bonus Box Tops For Education PLUS ***Giveaway***

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As you prepare to send your kids back to school remember that helping to support their education is as easy as checking items off your back to school shopping list! From Aug. 15-28, stop by your local Target® and receive double Bonus Box Tops instantly when you buy 5 or more participating General Mills, Avery, [...]

Splenda Send-a-Pie Facebook promotion & ***Giveaway***

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“Show your support for Meals On Wheels this summer by sending a virtual pie to your friends and family in four easy steps! SPLENDA® Sweetener is donating $50,000 to the Meals On Wheels Association of America and you can help give some more by sending the pie around! If 25,000 pies are shared from Independence [...]

Film Festival Event for Andy Swan: Hosted by Cast and Producers of Criminal Minds!

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Andy Swan was diagnosed with Stage IV Non Small Cell Lung Cancer in February of this year. It’s been a long journey and he wound up at Dana Farber Hospital in Boston, MA. Now with the help of a drug called he is doing better. Andy is one of the crew members on the set [...]

May is National Foster Care Month

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Together, We Can Make a Difference Through the dedication of advocates, child welfare professionals, elected officials and support groups around the country, the total number of children waiting for a safe and permanent family has decreased from more than a half million to 463,000 between 2003 and the end of 2008. These numbers tell us [...]

Waiting on FEMA- TN Flood 2010

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I am sharing some pictures from News Channel 5 to show just how devastating this flood was to Middle Tennessee. Never would I have thought this could happen to where I live. Tornado’s are a give in, but a real modern day flood. I just didn’t think of it. Beautiful Opyland Hotel, The Opry Mills [...]

Make Money and Help A Charity with Better World Books

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With School’s Semesters coming to an end it’s time to sell back textbooks. Socially conscious online bookseller Better World Books not only buys back textbooks at a better rate, it benefits global literacy and the environment. Here’s how it works: Go to the site’s BuyBack page Enter your textbook’s 10- or 13-digit IBSN code and [...]

Went to Wal-Mart to Build my #betterbasket

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Remember my previous post telling you guys about the #betterbasket program this year? Well here is my very first whrrl story documenting it! Powered by Whrrl

Paying It Forward with Better Baskets From Hershey’s

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With this post I am “paying it forward” in more ways than one. First I want to introduce you to some fabulous bloggers that you may not be familiar with. Please take a moment to check out: Saving Dollars and Sense – This Side Of Eternity Mommyhood Unscripted Moody Mama Says Mama Dweeb Hershey’s is [...]