Have you seen those commercials on TV for Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks where you could win an XO Lap Top on specially marked boxes? The commercial features a young boy carrying a green and white lap top across his town, then across the plains of Africa to hand to another young boy in an African school. My kids get a kick out of that commercial, not only for the cool green and white computer but also because they think it’s neat to see what school is like in Africa.
Did you know that 83 percent of kids believe that they can help children in other countries in addition to people in their own communities? That’s according to the “Kids’ Altruism Indicator” conducted in partnership with Parenting magazine. Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored Snacks wants to make it easy for kids to give back locally and globally.
Now through May kids in the U.S. have an opportunity to instantly win a laptop from specially-marked packages of Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored Snacks. For each laptop won, Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored Snacks will donate a laptop to a child in Africa. It’s that simple.
I honestly feel that community service should be encouraged in our schools. I know some organizations like the National Junior Honor Society require community service. I also know that some churches require community service before a child can be confirmed.
Our middle school has a beach clean up once a year. Groups of volunteers from the school (children and teachers) wear gloves and grab some trash bags and clean up a beach area within walking distance of the school. My kids have done it a few years now. It’s amazing the stuff they find from car tires to shopping carts tossed into the Hudson River.
Last year my daughter put up signs in the buildings in our condo complex looking for donations of used blankets, sheets, pillow cases, cleaning supplies, office supplies and new or used pet products and food to donate to our local animal shelter. She was able to collect a few things including a huge dog crate. We love animals and often donate food and other supplies whenever we can.
In our community there is not many organizations that will take children under the age of 14 or 15. That makes it hard for younger children to find aways to help out in the community. So far all we’ve found is the summer reading program at the library. My daughter signed up to be a reading buddy where she read to a younger child or had an older child read to her to help them practice reading. To be a Ready Buddy you need ot be in at least 6th grade.
I know many children like to help out others in their community. Therefor you really need to get creative to come up with something your child can do before they are old enough to volunteer elsewhere. Ideas such as collecting food to donate to a local food bank, helping to promote a community blood drive and collecting stuffed animals to donate to children who are faced with tragic situations (house fire, car crash, parent’s arrest) are fantastic for younger children and for the whole family.
To learn more about the Win One, Give One campaign please visit www.WinOneGiveOne.com. There you can find out how the laptops positively impact the lives of the children and to learn ways parents can talk to their kids about giving back.
Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks wants to know how YOU and your family give back to your community. One lucky She Scribes reader will win an XO Lap Top ($199.00 value). Thank you Betty Crocker!
The XO Lap Top are built with rugged plastic exteriors, 1 GB of memory and 4 GB of Flash storage. They have built in wireless broadband and are designed to be extremely power efficient. It’s the very same computer that is sent to children in Africa. It’s about the size of a small textbook. It has a unique screen that is readable under direct sunlight for children who go to school outdoors. The screen even swivels back and forth. It’s extremely durable, brilliantly functional, energy-efficient, and fun.
To enter please tell me about how you and/or your child gives back to you community. If you prefer to do a video explaing how you give back you are welcome to e-mail it to me or the link at SheScribes “at” Optonline “dot” net.
Normally I give extra entries if you subscribe to She Scribes, Connect on Google Friend Connect, Like on Facebook and Follow on Twitter. This time around I want entries to be more focused and I want more emphasis put on the main entry requirement rather then extra entries. This is a very important compaign so I think having people tell me ways they give back is more important then whether or not you follow me on Twitter. I hope you know what I mean? You are more then welcome to subscribe, connect, like or follow me. I would l♥ve that very much.
This giveaway is open to US residents only and will end on April 2, 2011 at 11:59 PM (EST). The winner will be chosen from all eligible entries by impartical voters (my kids!). The winner will be notified via e-mail and will have three days to reply with a name, mailing address (no PO Box) and a phone number (for shipping only) or a new winner will be chosen.
Other great giveaways are found on the right side bar under “Win It”.
Kimberly
*I was not compensated forthis post, nor did I receive anything in exhange. I posted this for the benefit and enjoyment of my site readers. Betty Crocker will be supplying the prize.
About Kimberly
I give back I guess alot of ways- I volunteer daily (M-F) at the food giveaway (got off early since we had unpacked it all on Friday!) To the same food giveaway, I am a gardener, and donate fresh items straight out of the garden.
I donate to Locks of Love when my hair is long enough- so does my husband- he raised $200.00 when his hair was auctioned off at the local Eagles Club!
The same place runs Toys for Tots.. all year long I enter contests in order to donate as much as I can. This is one of those contests. I think this would be an awesome first computer for some lucky child. This could really make a difference in some kids life.
My own daughter is grown- but when she was home, we volunteered together and I hope I taught her to give back. She is now an RN and cares for other people.
I think giving back is important not only to others but to ourselves. We were put here to be part of the solution and being kind to others. Thanks for the chance on behalf of Toys for Tots!
I give back to the community by volunteering for the Minnesota Humane Society (www.mnhumane.org) at about 75% of their adoption days and expo events (at the booth raising money for them). I love doing this and using my marketing abilities to give these wonderful cats and occasional dogs good homes. Thanks for the chance to win this! I also babysit many kids, on the side of my fulltime career. So, if I win I’d give it to one of the kids I babysit for.
We make sure to buy toys for Toys For Tots every year and all of our used toys, baby clothes and adult clothes get donated to a place called Casa House, which assists women and children who are running away from abusive homes. I also give money every year to Hospice.
We try to encourage our children to help out at church and to help our at school when they are asked. My husband and I try to help out wherever we can, to help set examples for our kids and to show them what giving of yourself means. My husband also joins a team yearly, pulling a large airplane to help raise money for sick children. The whole family and some friends go each year to cheer him and his team on.
We may not be able to give much money at times for needed causes, but we feel that giving some of our time to help out is also important.
Thanks so much.
rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com
My child and I give back to our community by working with children at a local non-profit organization during the weeknights. We teach children the importance of good sportsmanship, conflict resolution, teamwork and caring for one another. We also give theim snacks and encourage each of them. thank you, Jack Palmer jcpalmer@localnet.com
As ham radio operators, my husband and I give back to the community by helping with communications at fund-raising events by health organizations and charity groups, by being trained storm spotters always on alert, and by being prepared to provide emergency communications in the event of a disaster or terrible weather event.
I don’t have any children, we’ve been unable to have children but I taught special needs kiddos until 2008 when one of them gave me viral meningitis and now have an incurable illness that I’m trying to bring awareness to through my good deeds. I have what is called Intracranial Hypertension. I work with a nonprofit, called Kids Defense Team and we send teddy bears, blankets and other items to children that are ill. This allows me to give back to the children that I miss so much. I hope to be able to start a chapter here in Texas where we can go read to them in the hospitals or help with their school work when they are home sick or in the hospital.
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We give back to the community via the schools. My husband is on the Board of Education (volunteer position). He dedicates a lot of time to this as he wants to see our school system do well. We are both on the PTO at our boys’ elemntary school and we try our best to participate in every fundraiser they have.
Now that we are done having children, we have donated a lot o baby toys and clothes to our Goodwill store here in town.
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We donate as often as possible to a local shelter which provides temporary housing for women & children who are in abusive relationships… everything from food to baby clothes.
rmelton[at]hotmail[dot]com
give ime and use of property to handicap kids
I volunteer at the library as well being as vice-president of the Friends of the library. Also, I belong to a volunteer group that goes out in pairs from 10:00 pm to 3:am on weekend nights to act as extra eyes and ears for our local police department.
volunteer at the va and local shelter..donate clothes and food
We volunteer at church.
nickieisis3atgmaildotcom
My daughter gives back to the community by volunteering at REINS…a nonprofit horse back riding ranch that caters to autistic and other disabilities. She loves the kids and of course the horses. She is only 13 will be 14 in July.
She has been there for a year and she wants this to be her life work. She is my hero.
I have fibromyalgia and when she was younger I thought since she saw me have my bad days she would be turned off with people with disabilities. Not so…she say she loves to help them have some amount of joy in their lives and even some of the kids even ask for her as a side walker. We just brought a whole bagful of bubbles for the kids. It works with their eye hand coordination. Can you tell how proud of her I am??
We do everything, volunteer and donate food, clothes and time and I bake at our church Nettleton Baptist Church, GOD BLESS YA’LL
We donate food and clothing to the shelters.
we are active in the relay for life and in our community we do a trash cleanup in our village.
Food drives, give money, give away clothing
I try and give back in different ways. Right now, I help with my local chapter of GLSEN. That is the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network. They do a lot of good to help people that identify as LGBTQ, especially when they are underage and still in school.
I also volunteer with the teens at my local library. I love to read, and I love that these teens are spending time at the library and having fun with the activities and sharing their love of reading (for the most part) and even writing and just having fun.
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I’m doing the same with my grand-kids that I did with my son–we buy a couple of extra things every trip to the store–extra can of something, extra boxes of mac and cheese–then save them to go to the food pantry once a month. We’ve contributed many items like jewelry and small electronics to fundraisers for various causes. In my old neighborhood, we took household items to the Pregnancy Assistance Center, where young couples can get help to start their own households–I also organized donation drives at my school to help the same cause. I’ve always included the kids in these activities–now the grown ones are very active in their communities, too.