Category : News and Updates
Gulf Coast Wings of Hope, an organization that I have mentioned before, is near and dear to my heart because it was founded by friends of mine. They are currently collecting donations for their fundraiser, the Gulf Coast Wings of Hope Garage Sale. If you are spring cleaning, please consider calling them to come pick up your donations. They will accept anything except for outdated computer equipment and adult clothing. They will be happy to schedule pickups if needed. For more information or to schedule a pickup, please call Russell at 324-1807 or the Wings of Hope number at 607-7294. They will give donation letters to serve as tax receipts. Donations will be accepted until July.
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You probably drive past this on a regular basis. You may not have noticed it or you might have seen it wondered why it is there and what it represents. Do you know?
We hope you will play along! If you know where/what this is, leave a comment in this post. I will post the answer tomorrow!
Congratulations, Carmen! You were the randomly selected winner, via random number generator, with your comment:
“The monkeys are just too cute! My kiddo would love them! I think it’s a great idea with her business idea! Rock on! I like the idea too of something other than flowers. Good luck to all those in the pool to win!”
Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the giveaway and to all of you who stopped by The Gracious Basket website. Thank you so much to The Gracious Basket for their generous donation!
Carmen–Email me at jennifer (at) pensacolawithkids (dot) com or use the Contact Form. Be sure to include your address so that The Gracious Basket can get your Valentine’s Basket in the mail! Enjoy!
**This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who participated!**
Everyone has had some experience with fundraising whether it was manning the whole event or just taking out your wallet to write a check for your little one. We all know how difficult fundraising can be when you are trying to secure the funds for a school, church, or other organization. My dear friends have created this socially responsible organization, The Gracious Basket, in response to this issue. The Gracious Basket donates 25% of the basket price to any nonprofit organization. At The Gracious Basket, there is no fee to run your fundraiser. All that is required is to let other supporters know of this opportunity. The Gracious Basket is open all year with gift baskets for every occasion. Great Baskets. Great Causes.
You can follow them on Twitter: GraciousBasket or Facebook pages: The Gracious Basket
As a way of introducing themselves, The Gracious Basket has generously donated this gift basket to us to give away to one lucky reader:
Contents:
Plush 5″ Hanger Monkey
White Valentines Pail
Sweetheart Conversation Hearts
Asst Valentines Tootsie Rolls 4pcs
Asst Valentine Hershey Miniatures 5 pcs
2 bags Miniature Hershey Kisses
Valentines Miniature M & M candies 2 bags
2 Valentine Reese’s
Asst Valentines Candy Bars 4 assorted bars(Snickers, KitKat, Twix, Hershey)
We will be giving away ONE Valentine’s candy gift basket to ONE lucky winner (shipping to US residents only). If you would like a chance to win, leave one comment in this post before 5:59pm CST on Thursday, January 28th, and tell me which basket you would purchase and why! Stop by The Gracious Basket to browse the different baskets available! Don’t worry about being creative with your comment, the winner will be chosen by a random number generator. Please make sure that you fill out the required fields by putting your first name in the name field and your email address in the email address field. I do not share email addresses and you will not receive mail from Pensacola with Kids unless you win.
Winners
We will choose ONE winner randomly and announce the results here on Pensacola with Kids on Thursday, January 28, 2009. Thank you so much to The Gracious Basket for your generous donation!
Rules
One comment per person per giveaway post. Duplicate comments and anonymous comments will be discarded. Please make sure that the email address in your comment form is valid so that we can contact you (email addresses are never made public). Shipping to US residents only. Winners must claim their prize within three business days after the date of notification of such prize. We will disqualify any entries that we believe are generated by scripts and other automated technology. No substitutions including for cash are permitted, except that Pensacola with Kids reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater monetary value for any prize. Winners shall be responsible and liable for all federal, state and local taxes on the value of their prize. Relatives of Pensacola with Kids are not eligible to win.
Because this is a family site and we get a lot of spam comments, all comments on this site are moderated. If your comment doesn’t show up right away, don’t worry!
Better late than never, I always say! I finally had a chance to sit down and update the Calendar of Events for the rest of January and February. We also added a few dates in March. We are constantly updating the calendar so if you know of family friendly events that are coming up and would like to have them added, please email me at jennifer (at) pensacolawithkids (dot) com or use the Contact link on the navigation bar.
Theresa was right! Thanks for your comment, Theresa. This warning sign can be found at Perdido Kid’s Park.
Read about our adventures at the Perdido Kid’s Park here.
Thanks for playing along! Stay tuned next Monday for the third installment of Mystery Photo Monday!
If you have been to the site before, you will have noticed that there have been lots of changes this week! Today we are unveiling the new and improved Pensacola with Kids! The new look is more of a clean magazine/news look and I hope that it will make it easier for you to find what you are looking for. Let’s take a tour!
When you load up the site, you will see this:
On the navigation bar you can return to the homepage, check out our calendar, subscribe to the site via a reader or your email, and contact me.
On the left side of the screen, you will see the latest post and below that you will see a featured post. The featured post will be one of my favorites for the week or a post that is informing you of an upcoming activity.
To the right of that, you will find the five latest posts and the categories. The categories are the same categories that you have come to know and love.
If you can’t find something that you are looking for or if you have some suggestions for the site (or activities for us to try/write about) then please contact me! Thanks again for all of your support over the last year. We look forward to many more adventures!
Today is the first installment of one of our new features – Mystery Photo Monday. We hope you will play along!
Do you know who this adventurous guy is or where he can be found? Leave a comment on this post if you think you know who it is and where to find him!
We haven’t been blogging about exploring Pensacola with your kids for a full year yet, but what a year 2009 was for Pensacola with Kids! We wanted to take a moment to say thank you for all of the support you have given Pensacola with Kids. The emails informing us about family friendly activities, the kind email compliments, the guest posts and passing our website address to your friends and family have helped us get to where we are today! December has been very busy and we haven’t been blogging a lot, but we are ready to kickstart 2010 and get back into full gear!
We will be adding a few new features to the site and we are still in the process of a site makeover! One of the new features that I am looking forward to is Mystery Photo Monday! We will have a photo from somewhere around Pensacola and readers will have a chance to comment on where they think the photo was taken! We will also have some more posts in the overnight trip section. There are some great cities to visit nearby and we want to share our favorites. I am also going to be more diligent about taking our camera with us when we eat out! We don’t eat out very often, but we love finding restaurants that might not look kid-friendly on the surface but actually are!
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Thanks again for all of your support and kind words. We are looking forward to exploring Pensacola with you!
Ps. Look for a post later today with our top 5 family friendly favorites from 2009. My kids are picking their favorites!
