Back 2 School Bloggie Boogie Giveaway!

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Welcome to the Back 2 School Bloggie Boogie! This is an awesome event that I am so happy to be a part of! Please be sure to enter my giveaway, visit other participating blogs, and enter the grand prize giveaway!



 Help get your back-to-school shopping taken care of by entering the grand prize giveaway, sponsored by Save and Make Moola! Find the best coupon codes, savings, and deals to your favorite online stores at Save and Make Moola (SAMM). From back-to-school clothing to school supplies, you can save big with SAMM.
  Enter the $300 Amazon Gift Card Grand Prize Giveaway!

Here at The Life Of A Coast Guard Wife there is an amazing giveaway from TerraCycle! One winner is going to win a package that will sure to have you ready for back to school!

About TerraCycle:
{Text in italics is taken from TerraCycle}

TerraCycle's purpose is to eliminate the idea of waste. We do this by creating national recycling systems for previously non-recyclable or hard-to-recycle waste. Anyone can sign up for these programs, called the Brigades, and start sending us waste.

TerraCycle then converts the collected waste into a wide variety of products and materials. With more than 20 million people collecting waste in over 20 countries TerraCycle has diverted billions of units of waste and used them to create over 1,500 different products available at major retailers ranging from Walmart to Whole Foods Market.

Our goal is to eliminate the idea of waste by creating collection and solution systems for anything that today must be sent to a landfill.

Founded in 2001 by Tom Szaky, then a 20-year-old Princeton University freshman, TerraCycle began by producing organic fertilizer, packaging liquid worm poop in used soda bottles. Since then TerraCycle has grown into one of the fastest-growing green companies in the world.

I am thrilled to be able to work with TerraCycle! They work towards a greater good and THAT is something to be proud of! If only everyone would do their part, this world would be a much better place!


Without further ado, I will let you know what the prize package is!

An upcycled backpack, lunchbox, and pencil case!

That is a $39 value! Good luck to all and I hope you have a great school year!
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Disclosure: The WiC Project and the Back 2 School Bloggie Boogie bloggers are not responsible for sponsors that fail to fulfill their prizes.


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Book Review: What's It Like Living Green? & Giveaway

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

These days, there's a lot of talk about living green, but doesanybody actually do it?

In What’s It Like Living Green? You’ll learn how other kids live green, along with tips on recycling, reusing and environmental awareness. Learn clean energy ideas as simple as putting on a sweater rather than turning up the heat. You’ll see how kids like you can save the earth. Meet a teenage girl who learned to drive with a car fueled by used cooking grease. Read about a boy who raised funds to build his first well to provide clean water for a whole village, when he was only seven years old. You will learn simple ways to help the environment, help others, and even earn some money.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Library of Congress Control Number: 2009900172

ISBN: 1-4392-2477-3

Printed in the United States of America on 30% recycled paper

Cover and Illustrations by Emma Austin

Cover format: Clarck Stewart

Book format: Jt Hollister

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jill Ammon Vanderwood is the 2008 Writer of the Year for the League of Utah Writers. She is the author of four children’s books: Through the Rug; Through the Rug 2: Follow that Dog; Stowaway: The San Francisco Adventures of Sara the Pineapple Cat, and she hopes to build environmental awareness with her first nonfiction, kid's book—What’s it Like Living Green: Kids Teaching Kids by the Way They Live. This book is the winner of the National Indie Excellence Award; The Teen Development Award and the Best Books 2009 Award. Jill grew up in Oregon, the third of eleven children. Jill and her husband Bill are parents of four and grandparents of six. They make their home in Utah. Jill loves going on adventures with her grandchildren, she loves to travel and tries to write something every day.

MY THOUGHTS

The book says for ages 9 and up. My boys are 4 and 5. It was still good though. I'm going through and reading it to them and expaining things the best I can to them. They really are learing from it. I think it's good to teach your children about living a more green lifestyle so that they and the generation after them can live in a more beautiful and healthy world. The book has 141 pages filled with lots of information. There are wonderful stories of kids who have made a difference. It really is inspiring.

BUT IT

The book sells on Amazon for $14.99

WIN IT

Jill is giving one of my readers the chance to win their very own copy of What's It Like, Living Green?!

**Mandatory Entry**

Go to Jill Vanderwood's website and leave me a comment telling me something that you learned, either about her, or the book. Please be sure to leave your email address in the first entry, or that it's visible on your profile.
*You MUST do the mandatory entry! All bonus entries will be deleted if it's not done first!*

**Bonus Entries**
{Leave separate comments for each entry}

1. Follow me on Twitter {1 entry}
2. Follow Jill on Twitter {1 entry}
3. Become a fan of Jill on Facebook {1 entry}
4. Subscribe to my blog {1 entry}
5. Grab my NEW button (old one doesn't count) and leave a link to where it's at {2 entries}
6. Follow my publicly on google friend connect {2 entry}
7. Blog about this giveaway and leave me a link to the post {5 entries}
8. Enter another one of my giveaways {1 entry per giveaway}
9. Add my blog to your blog roll {1 entry}
10. Tweet about this giveaway {3 tweets per day} Please don't tweet them all together! You can use this:

@USCGWifey is giving away a copy of What's It Like, Living Green? from @JillPickle11 ends 4/24 http://bit.ly/a5x31G

**Rules**
•Giveaway ends Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 12 (noon) CST
•Winner will be chosen via Random.Org., and contacted my email
•Winner will have 48 hours to respond to the email or another winner will be chosen
•Open to US

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Mr. Furry Fur Fur DVD Review & Giveaway

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It's Tree's birthday! Yup, that's right! Mr. Furry Fur Fur and his friendly earth friends are throwing Tree a birthday party! Don't you want to be there for all the fun, and to find out how old tree is!?

This was such a cute DVD! I have a 4 and 5 year old and they LOVED it! By the end of the show, all three of us were singing the song (catchy!). My 5 year old really loved it when Mr. Furry Fur Fur turned into a super hero. Oh, and one of the tiny tale's about guessing the animals.

Mr. Furry Fur Fur and his earth friendly friends help teach children about why we love the Earth and all it's creatures. They show to them how and why to recycle. In my honest opinion, I thought it was great. It kept my kids attention, and they really listened. I asked them after it ended if they liked it, and my 5 year old told me that he wanted to go in the TV and be there because it's fun! If my kids can learn how to take care of this Earth and have fun at the same time, that's a win-win!

The DVD is made from 100% recycled materials, and vegetable inks! How great is that! I can't wait for the next DVD to come out! But until then, I know my kids will be playing this one over and over!

~Win It~
I bet you are still wondering how old Tree is aren't ya!? Well, you could be the lucky winner who receives a Mr. Furry Fur Fur DVD! But, you have to enter if you want to win!

**Mandatory Entry**
Go to Mr. Furry Fur Fur's website and take a look around. Come back and tell me what his 4 earth friendly friends names are. Please be sure to leave your email address in the first entry, or that it's visible on your profile!
*You MUST do the mandatory entry! All bonus entries will be deleted if it's not done first*

**Bonus Entries**
{Leave separate comments for each entry}
1. Follow me on Twitter {1 entry}
2. Follow Mr. Furry Fur Fur on Twitter {1 entry}
3. Become a fan of Mr. Furry Fur Fur on Facebook {1 entry}
4. Subscribe to my blog {1 entry}
5. Grab my button and leave me a direct link to the site you posted it to {2 entries} {leave separate comments}
6. Follow me publicly on google friend connect {1 entry}
7. Blog about this giveaway and leave me a direct link to the post {5 entries}
8. Add my blog to your blog roll {1 entry}
9. Enter another one of my giveaways {1 entry per giveaway}
10. Tweet about this give away {3 tweets per day} You can use this:
@USCGWifey is giving away a DVD from @MrFurryFurFur ends 3/20 http://bit.ly/cnWtSx

**Rules**

• Giveaway ends Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 12 (noon) CST
• Winner will be chosen via Random.Org., and contacted by email
• Winners will have 48 hours to respond to the email, or another winner will be chosen
• Open to US and Canada only

Photo courtesy of Mr. Furry Fur Fur. These are my opinions, yours may differ.

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