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Because It’s Christmas 2 – Let’s Get This Party Started!

6 November 2009

Hard to believe but it is time – time to start our 2nd annual Because It’s Christmas Kids and Charity Giveaway!

Today is THE Day!! The day we are kicking off our Christmas giveaway event, Because It’s Christmas 2 that we are doing as a partnership with Kim and Lori from What’s That Smell? The event will be run here, on 3 P’s in a Pod AND on Kim and Lori’s What’s That Smell? Talk about a party!

Let me give you an intro post about the charitable organizations we are supporting and some basic info on our giveaways.

The first group we are supporting is right here in my home town of Anna, Texas. It is the Angel Tree from SE Rattan Elementary School being coordinated with Sr. Pedro Aleman, one of our favorite Dual Language Kindergarten teachers. The goal of the Angel Tree, in case you are not familiar, is to help provide for kids in need, right here in our town. What with the Economic situation and just life in general, we feel there is an even greater need for this than ever.

The second group we are supporting is located near Kim in Indiana. It is the Household Pantry at the First United Methodist Church in Lowell, Indiana. The Household Pantry provides food and other items for low-income families in the area.

Tomorrow – Saturday, November 7th – we will be starting our giveaways. Woohoo!! We have LOTS of individual toys to give away and have divided them into 5 different age groups and created “prize packs.” We will be taking entries for these prize packs over the next 3 weeks. Almost every day we will be “unwrapping” a new gift from the prize packs and will be taking entries until Nov. 30th. On Dec. 1st we plan on awarding the prize packs!

The 5 prize packs are as follows:

Toys for roughly a 2 year old age range (boy or girl)
Toys for roughly a 3 years old age range (boy or girl)
Toys for roughly a 6 year old (more geared towards boys)
Toys for roughly a 7 year old (more geared towards girls)
Toys for roughly a 8 year old (more geared towards girls)

The wonderful sponsors are still sending in their products so we will have more information regarding our sponsors and gifts later. The awesome sponsors we have lined up are also donating the exact same prizes to be divided up between the charities we have listed above! Isn’t that terrific? That means we have the same amount of individual toys going to charity! I don’t know about you, but that just makes me smile!

When we set out to do a Christmas giveaway, we started with the intent to find toys that will help inspire kid’s creativity and encourage their imaginations to flourish. We searched for toys with a message, toys made from natural and organic materials, toys that encourage pretend play, and toys that will last and create lasting memories. Most importantly, we sought out toys that kids would just simply have a great time playing with and we think we have found some of the best toys out there!

We hope everyone is as excited as we are to get this ball rolling. Remember, you can earn extra entries for all the giveaways by posting our Because It’s Christmas button on your sidebar and make sure that you come back here AND stop by What’s That Smell? tomorrow for your first chance to enter!

Buon Natale!

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Alyson is the Mama in Charge around these parts - owner, editor and chief ponytail wrangler. She enjoys a challenge that allows her to share part of her multi-faceted background and personality from working for Disney to traveling to China to reading Shakespeare to raising cattle. Her 3 amazing daughters and loving husband keep her on her toes as well. If she is not here, try looking for her 3PsinaPod on Twitter and Facebook.

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1 Because it’s Christmas 2: Barbie (prize group 5 giveaway) | 3Ps in a Pod said:

[...] Families of Rattan Elementary via the Angel Tree in Anna, TX. As I mentioned previously in our intro post, with the Economic situation and just life in general, we feel there is an even greater need for [...]

9 November 2009 at 2:09 am