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Spinbrush Spin Into Action Simple Service Project For Champion For Kids – #SpinbrushCFK

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This month I learned about the Champion For Kids organization. This is an organization that was founded in 2004 that has been helping to improve the lives of children in different communities all across America and beyond. On their website you can find Simple Service Projects that help you with ideas on how you can help children in need in your community.

I am currently working on my second Simple Service Project this month for Champion For Kids.  I am currently working on the Spinbrush Spin Into Action project where I am asked to gather my family, friends and co-workers to provide toothbrushes, toothpaste and other dental care items for children in my community.

By gathering these dental care donations and giving to a community in my area in need, I know my efforts can Help Them Smile! Over 19% of children ages 2 through 19 have untreated cavities and tooth decay is one of the most common diseases of childhood. I know that I can’t help everyone, but I know whatever donation I can come up with is going to help some children in my community.

Today I went on a shopping trip to Walmart in search of the Arm & Hammer Spinbrush toothbrushes. I did find some of the toothbrushes, but they didn’t have that big of a variety. Now the store had a whole isle full of toothbrushes, toothpaste and other dental products, just not a huge selection of the Arm & Hammer Spinbrushes yet.

Here is just some of the selection of the kid’s toothbrushes at Walmart. I know that they make the Spinbrushes for kids but I didn’t see any. Since this is not my normal Walmart that I regularly shop at I am going to look the next time I am shopping to see if my preferred store has them.

Then there is the other children’s oral care products that I found. I like that Walmart not only has a good variety of toothbrushes and toothpaste for kids, they also have children’s mouthwash and rinse products too!

To see more pictures of my shopping trip and my donation, visit my #SpinbrushCFK Google + Album. I will be adding more pictures to this album once I have more dental care items in my donation box.

Over the next week I am going to ask my friends, family and maybe a few of my neighbors if they want to add to my #SpinbrushCFK donation. Right now I plan on giving my donation to the Children’s Receiving Home Of Sacramento. This is a safety net for the Sacramento area’s abused and neglected children between the ages of 1 and 17. This is one place that I know that my donation will be appreciated and go to good use.

Like I mentioned previously, this is my second Simple Service Project For Champion For Kids that I am participating in this month. I know that my donation isn’t much, but I know it will help others in need and I love the feel of giving back. Now that I know about the Champion For Kids organization, I definitely want to participate in more of the Simple Service Projects and I encourage you to participate in at least one of them if you can afford to donate!

To find out more about Champion For Kids and the Spinbrush Spin Into Action:

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Yummy K-Cups From Green Mountain

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As an K-Cup Ambassador, I knew it would be my duty to tell you about TWO brand new Brew Over Ice beverages available in the K-Cup packs that Green Mountain Coffee just launched.

Since it is summer, I know that I plan on brewing some of the the Brew Over Ice K- Cup packs that I have saved for those HOT days. Yesterday I tried the new Sweet & Creamy Iced Coffee K-Cup packs in the Regular flavor and LOVE it. I think this just might be my new FAVORITE coffee. I didn’t even have to add sugar to it but did add a little bit of creamer because I have to have it. You can also find the Donut Shop Sweet & Creamy Iced Coffee in Hazelnut flavor too!

Green Mountain also just launched the Vitamin Burst K-Cup packs that are awesome. They provide you an ice cold beverage that is high in antioxidant vitamin C!

For those that have a Keurig brewer, what is your favorite K-Cup flavor?

Disclosure: I am a K-Cup® Ambassador for Keurig® Brewers and the Green Mountain Coffee® family of brands. No monetary compensation has been received and the opinions stated herein are 100% my own

 

It’s Back To School Shopping Time & I Am Going To #BagItForward

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When it comes time to start shopping for back to school supplies, I think I tend to get more excited than my kids. I have always loved school supplies and always grab some for myself when I buy back to school supplies for my kids. Since I run my business from home, I need cool pens, pencils, markers and other good stuff too! One place I know I can always count on to find the school supplies at low prices is Walmart.

Last week I took my daughter Hannah to Walmart with me to shop for some back to school supplies. Our mission was not just to buy supplies for her, but to also buy school supplies for a deserving teacher as part of the #BagItForward movement I am participating in. For this fun campaign I am working on, I will be donating a bunch of school supplies to my daughter Hannah’s second grade teacher. Hannah is now going into the third grade and says that this teacher is her most FAVORITE!

When we first arrived at Walmart, our first mission was to find the Elmer’s School List Display. Not only does the school supply list holder contain the lists, but also information about the new Elmer’s 1st Day App that is going to have taking pictures of your kids on the first day of school with your phone more fun and rewarding.

Once we found the Elmer’s display, I grabbed a school supply list for second grade grade and put it in the basket. Next I scanned the Elmer’s code on the display that took me to download the Elmer’s 1st Day App.

Here is two screenshots I took of the Elmer’s 1st Day App I took with my iPhone.

With the Elmer’s 1st Day app, you can take pictures of your children on the first day along with other special “firsts” and other special moments you want to capture year after year. This app also provides a way for teachers to share photos of their classrooms, school projects and more. What I LOVE about this app is for every photo that is uploaded, Elmer’s will donate one product to The Kids In Need Foundation, up to 200,000 products. Just for snapping photos of your child’s first day and uploading them with this app will help other kids in need!

This Elmer’s 1st Day App is FREE and available for iPhone and Android mobile devices. This app can be downloaded in the iTunes Store or via the QR (Quick Response) codes that can be found on select Elmer’s glue bottles and the Elmer’s School Supply List display like I pictured above.

After downloading the app, it was time to start shopping…

How can you not want to stock up when these are only 10 cents?

Like I mentioned previously, I want to give my daughter’s second grade teacher a bunch of back to school supplies for the #BagItForward movement that she would be able to use in her class next month. This teacher is one of those teachers that are super friendly and always seen with a smile that all the students love. I want to show her some appreciation by giving her my #BagItForward movement donation.

I looked at the second grade supply list and we started to make our way through the Back To School Supplies aisles looking for items I wanted to give as my donation that would  benefit the children in her class. There were so many different quality back to school items that had super low prices, it was a little hard to decide on just what to choose.

When I seen this yellow school bus, I had to grab a box. It was something that was on the supply list, so it made even more sense on why I added a box to our basket.

As we were looking for supplies it was actually a little fun finding things that I think the teacher would be able to use. Knowing how much it is going to tickle her heart that Hannah wanted to choose her as the teacher we donate to was also something I was thinking about. I was also thinking of how easy it is for others to help in the #BagItForward movement like I am doing too!

Not only is my #BagItForward teacher going to receive these cool back to school supplies, I also found a neat little canvas tote to keep them in.

I had some fun putting the donation together and Hannah had fun showing it off in front of the camera. Now we just have to wait for school to start to give this to our deserving teacher at Hannah’s school next month.

We can’t wait to tell our teacher……….

Want to see more pictures? Check out my #BagItForward Photo Album on my Google Plus profile. If you would like to donate to a deserving teacher, be sure to find out more about Elmer’s #BagItForward movement on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest too!

“I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community. This content has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ and Elmer’s. The opinions stated herein are 100% my own. #BagItForward #CBias #SocialFabric

 

Coppertone Prize Pack Giveaway

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Now that summer is in full swing, I have been lathering the sunscreen on the kids and I went when go out in the sun. I like the outdoors, but I don’t like sunburns and I try my best to prevent my kids from getting sunburnt as well.

I have to say that I have always favored the Coppertone products when it comes to protecting my skin from the sun. This is a brand that my mom used to use to protect my skin growing up and I have kept the tradition and use the Coppertone products on my kid’s skin too!

Since I want to help my readers protect their skin too from the harmful sun rays, one of my LUCKY readers is going to win a Coppertone Prize Pack like the one I received below:

This fun Coppertone Prize Pack includes the following items:

  • Beach Bag and mat
  • Coppertone Sport Pro Series 50+ sunscreens stay on strong and move with the skin in hot and humid weather as well as during intense exercise.
  • Coppertone Wet ‘n Clear Kids SPF 45+ simplifies reapplication. There’s no need to towel them off before reapplying and it sprays on clear.
  • Coppertone Water Babies Pure & Simple Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 is a hypoallergenic, oil and fragrance free lotion made specifically for babies’ delicate skin.

To enter my Coppertone giveaway, please use the Rafflecopter below to submit your entries.

Disclosure – I received a prize pack to provide you with this post. This post is not a paid post and the opinions stated herein are 100% my own.

 

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