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Dinner With Warriors

Amanda — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:18:32 +0000

As a military family these days, it’s hard not to know someone who was wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan, or someone who gave that ultimate sacrifice. We’re waging one of the longest wars in our nation’s history. It’s touched so many lives in so many ways, military and civilian. Dinner with Warriors is a cookbook that “is a unique collection of recipes and inspirational stories from heroes of the War on Terror. The purposes of the book are first, to raise funds for some of the organizations out there that help today’s American Warrior and their families, and second to introduce America to a few of her heroes. All of the net proceeds from the sale of this cookbook will be donated to a few hand selected organizations that assist the heroes, and their families, that were wounded or fell during OIF and OEF.”*

Each book is $16.50 + s&h. There’s a widget on the Dinner with Warriors site where you can purchase your copy.

Dinner with Warriors also has a Facebook page.

*From the Dinner with Warriors website.

**I was not compensated for this post. I posted this to help get the word out so that hopefully people will buy the book and more money can be raised for charitable organizations that help wounded warriors and their families.

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Bag it Forward with Elmer’s

Amanda — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:41:49 +0000

These days it seems our government agencies are tightening their belts like the rest of the country. Unfortunately, that also often means that our schools face funding cuts. Not all schools or families have the ability to provide their kids with everything they need for the start of the school year. With the sales at stores like Walmart, I try to pick up extras for the classroom that are on the teacher’s general donation list like pencils, kleenex, hand sanitizer, etc. This year, Elmer’s is making it easy for a lot of us to help even more classrooms than ones our children may attend.

Elmer’s is offering to donate $10 per blog post or Facebook note (up to $10,000) to Adopt A Classroom. They have also generously extended the deadline to September 10, 2010. Any post by midnight EST on that date will be counted.

The Rules:

Copy and paste these rules into your blog post or Facebook note.
Create a post giving a “virtual bag of school supplies” to other bloggers or write about your Back to School shopping trip at Walmart.
Link back to the person who gave you a bag of school supplies.
Let each person you are giving a virtual bag of school supplies know you have given them a bag.
Leave your link in the Elmer’s Virtual Bag It Forward comment section. You can also find the official rules of this virtual #bagitforward program there.
Elmer’s is donating $10 for each blog participating in the Virtual Bag It Forward Donation to Adopt-A-Classroom (up to total of $10,000 for blog posts written by August 12, 2010).
Please note that only one blog post per blog url will count towards the donation.

It’s that simple. So what are you waiting for? If you’re reading this, consider yourself tagged. I’d love to see us all come together to reach that $10,ooo mark.

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Charitable Causes

Amanda — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:55:56 +0000

First up is Greg, of Telling Dad. He is once again taking on public humiliation all in the name of a good cause. Greg will be vlogging himself doing Hip Hop Abs workouts if we can get him to the $1,000 mark. $1,500 will provide some extra surprises. If you missed his Flirty Girl Fitness challenge last year, go check it out and then donate to the new fundraiser (I’m not responsible if you pee your pants laughing or spit whatever you may be drinking on your computer monitor as you laugh along with Greg). All proceeds go to the Sweet Dreams Fund. Domestic violence is something I lived through as a child, so I’m always happy to support Greg in his newest endeavor with the Sweet Dreams Fund.

We also have a fellow blogger, Walmart Mom, and as I know her, member of Collective Bias, Melissa Garcia. You may know her as Consumer Queen. She and her family were affected by the recent OKC flooding. Most of their belongings and home were flooded with water and red mud. If you’d like to read about it in her words, visit her blog. She tells of a neighbor being rescued from their front yard, and everyone just pulling together to do what they could at the time. If you’d like to make a donation, please click the widget.

If you’ve made it this far, I also have a couple of completed endeavors to tell you about. The Brandy’s Battle auction is done, sponsors have been e-mailed with the winning bidder’s information who have paid. We don’t have a grand total yet, but we will as soon as everyone has paid. If you’d like to keep up with Brandy’s story, follow the Brandy’s Battle blog or join the group on Facebook. There will be a contest soon to guess the weight of Spike the tumor. The prize has yet to be determined, but Brandy had mentioned possibly a header or graphics designed by her.

Lora over at Fever participated in the Babies campaign. As a whole, her readership came together, and we got her the grand prize! A year’s worth of diapers will be distributed among families of Philly who need them most through Lora’s job.

These stories of people, strangers, coming together in a time of need for a greater good warm my heart. I see so many people who only care about themselves, that it’s just so overwhelming to see that so many people still care about community. Please don’t stop. Every little bit matters.

Brandy’s Battle

Brandy’s Battle Auction

Amanda — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:51:55 +0000

This is why I’ve been absent from my own blog this week. I’ve wanted to help out a friend. We are live with the Brandy’s Battle Auction. This will help Brandy of Not So Average Mama help pay for her medical bills surrounding the removal of Spike, her basketball sized tumor. To read about Brandy’s journey, visit her blog. Keep checking back as more products are being released in batches so the site doesn’t crash. Just add your bid to the auction box and it’ll bid for you up to that maximum amount. If the auction plug-in isn’t working, just leave a comment with your bid. Auction ends Sunday (tomorrow) at 11:59 PST.

Brandy’s Battle

Hershey’s Better Basket Blog Hop

Amanda — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:40:19 +0000

Hershey’s is giving back to the community this Easter season by making a donation to The Children’s Miracle Network. For each of these blog posts giving virtual baskets to our friends, Hershey’s will donate $10 up to $5,000. Let’s help them reach that goal.

I’m going to hit up some of my fellow milspouses for this one. I think they all deserve an Easter basket of their own, even if virtual. Hey ladies, at least these ones won’t tempt you with goodies you may be avoiding right now, right?

-Army Wife 101
-Pink Chandelier
-Household6Diva
-Sarah Ruth Today

And YOU! If you’d like to help get the blog total to $5,000, by all means, jump in a put up a post.

HERSHEY’S BETTER BASKET BLOG HOP RULES

* Copy and paste these rules to your blog post.
* Create a blog post giving a virtual Easter Basket to another blogger – you can give as many Virtual Baskets as you want.
* Link back to person who gave you an Easter Basket.
* Let each person you are giving a Virtual Easter Basket know you have given them a Basket.
* Leave your link at BetterBasket.info/BlogHop comment section. (This is important. Your post doesn’t count if you dont’ go leave your link.) You can also find the official rules of this #betterbasket blog hop, and more information about Better Basket with Hershey’s there.
* Hershey’s is donating $10 per each blog participating to the Better Basket Blog Hop to Children’s Miracle Network (up to total of $5,000 by blog posts written by April 4th, 2010).
* Please note that only one blog post by each blog url will count towards the donation.

*I received no compensation to do this post. I did it because it’s for a good cause. I received my basket from being a contributor over at Girly Gazette. Kadi put us all on her list. Thanks Kadi!

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Pennies4Penny

Amanda — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:37:56 +0000

From Rhea at Mommy to Three Monkeys:

If you’ve been here at all, you will know that my sweet infant cousin, Penelope was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma. She has spent the last 3 weeks in Rady Children’s Hospital here in San Diego. She has a private insurance policy that will only cover 60% of her very expensive treatments.

This weekend, we are having a fund raising auction.

Please visit Pennies4Penny.com beginning Friday morning (6am) to have your chance to bid and win on some amazing products. The outpouring of love and support for this little girl has just been amazing. We have secured donations from over 30 companies and individuals. Several of these sponsors have donated more than one item!

Pennies 4 Penny is in the process of securing a non-profit tax ID number. So when you win a bid, you will be able to deduct it on your taxes. You’ll be getting some awesome deals and donating to a wonderful, feel-good, warm and fuzzy cause:

Penelope

So please stop by this weekend and have a good time out-bidding your friends, all while helping this little angel beat her cancer!
Meanwhile…there are a few other awesome people out there organizing some fund raisers for Penny. If you are able, please check them out:

Elle from Somewhere Between Sex and The City & Elmo’s World is organizing an online virtual bake sale. Please visit her site for details if you are interested in buying some goodies or donating your baking talents to our cause.

The Queen Bee Market is being held on May 1st. It’s a “hip, modern, and fresh handmade art and gift show” taking place in Carlsbad, CA. This year they will have buckets placed around the market where you can leave your “pennies for penny.”

Mandy Campbell is a cousin of Penny’s dad, Aaron. She has created T-Shirts for Penny’s cause and you can order them right from her website, Campbell Family Party of 3. All the proceeds will go directly to Penny’s medical fund.

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