There many things in life I am passionate about… writing, photography, my family, social causes… One social cause I am passionate about is reading. I think that all children should learn to read and have access to books, regardless of where they live, their social status or parent’s income. Reading opens up a whole new world. Books are a great resource when it comes to education. They also help to encourage children to have an imagination. I can’t tell you how many books I read as a child that whisked me away to far away lands. That is the beauty of books.
I like the world that Reading is Fundemental does to help get books into the hands of children who might not otherwise have books to read. When I learned that the Gerber Life College Plan was working with Reading is Fundemental on a campaign called the Project Open Book I knew I had to get involved.
If you are unfamiliar with the Gerber Life College Plan, it’s a plan created by the Gerber Life Insurance Company. These are the same people who bring you Gerber products with the adorable iconic baby face.
The Gerber Life College Plan was designed to help busy parents like you save for tomorrow – safely and easily. With guaranteed growth, life insurance protection, flexibility, and fixed monthly premiums payments, this program is the smart choice for your child’s future.
Through Project Open Book, Gerber Life Insurance will donate $1.00 towards Reading is Fundamental (RIF), up to $10,000, for every photo that is uploaded on it’s picture mosaic.
You can even win PRIZES – up to $1,000!
Head over to the Gerber Life Insurance Company Facebook page, www.Facebook.com/GerberLife for your chance to contribute your baby’s photos to the Project Open Book picture mosaic. It’s that easy! By uploading a photo to the mosaic you can help ensure that a child is given books to read, learn and explore with.
To encourage you to participate in Project Open Book I have a $25 Snap Fish gift certificate. At Snap Fish you can create photo cards, photo calendars, photo books and other great products.
To enter please comment on a favorite book of yours when you were growing up.
For extra entries you can do any or all of the following. Please leave a separate comment for each that you have done. Extra entries are optional.
- Subscribe to She Scribes via RSS or E-mail. Both options are found on the right side bar.
- “Like” Gerber Life on Facebook, www.Facebook.com/GerberLife.
- Upload your child’s photo to the mosaic. Please let me know if you did. Remember, ever photo upload is an other $1.00 to RIF.
- “Like” She Scribes on Facebook, www.Facebook.com/SheScribes.
- Follow She Scribes on Twitter, www.Twitter.com/She_Scribes and tweet about Project Open Book and/or this giveaway. Please include @She_Scribes in the tweet so I can see it too. This is limited to three tweets per day.
- Share information about Project Open Book and/or this giveaway on Facebook, Digg, Technorati or other social networking sites/forums.
- Leave a thoughtful comment on a non-giveaway post on She Scribes and tell me which post you commented on. There is a limit of one comment per post, but you can comment on as many posts as you want for an unlimited extra entry option.
- Post information the Open Book Project and/or this giveaway on your site and please link back to this post. Please provide the URL.
This giveaway is open to US residents only and will end on January 30, 2012 at 11:59 PM (EST). The winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator from all eligible entries. The winner will be notified via e-mail and will have three days to reply with a name and mailing address (no PO Box). Failure to do so will result in a new winner will be chosen in their place.
Other cool giveaways can be found on the right side bar under “Win It”.
Kimberly
*I will be receiving a Snap Fish gift certificate as compensation. There is no other compensation. The opinions expressed are my own.
