Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Do You Give Back? Win & Give XO Laptop {Giveaway}

Win & Give{This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations, Kimbuckjr!}

I think it's pretty darn safe to say that every parent out there hopes that their children will grow up to be kind, caring, giving human beings. As they get older we teach them everything, from sharing to washing their hands to looking both ways before crossing the street and hope that it all sinks in.

So where has that gotten us? According to the "Kids' Altruism Indicator," conducted by Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks in partnership with Parenting magazine, it has gotten us to the point where 83% of kids believe that they can help children in other countries in addition to people in their own communities. I, for one, am proud to hear that!

Kids dream big when it comes to charitable acts and they enjoy giving, so the next step for all of us adults out there? To encourage it, of course! And from now until the end of May, a wonderful way to do that is by joining Betty Crocker in making it easy for kids to give back through their Win & Give campaign.

XO LaptopThrough a partnership with One Laptop Per Child, Betty Crocker is helping this great organization in their mission to provide all children in developing countries with XO Laptop Computers. These rugged laptops are not only unique and child-friendly, but they are designed for tough conditions in remote areas.

Built with rugged plastic exteriors, 1 GB of memory and 4 GB of Flash storage, the XO was collaboratively designed by experts to combine technology with learning. By taking into account extreme environmental conditions, the need for easy repair, and local language support, the end result is durable, functional, energy-efficient, responsive, and fun.

Win One, Give OneBy providing laptops for as many children as possible, they will be able to use them at school or take them home and use the wireless broadband capabilities to access the internet for continued learning. About the size of a textbook and lighter than a lunchbox, the XO laptop can be configured in multiple ways (e.g. standard laptop, e-book, reading, and gaming), is extremely easy to use, highly durable, and doesn't even have a hard drive to crash.

What an amazing thing to provide to children across the world to help them succeed - I love this program!

children using laptopsAs well as this great cause, Betty Crocker is making things even better by giving kids in the U.S. an opportunity to instantly win an XO laptop from specially-marked packages of Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored Snacks.

Not only would that be a fun surprise for your child but for each laptop won, Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored Snacks will donate a laptop to a child in Africa. It’s that simple!

Betty CrockerTo find out more about the Win & Give program and how these laptops positively impact the lives of the children, visit Win One, Give One today. And, while you're there, your kids (or you) can "be a hero" by playing a fun game launching a hero to Africa. For every 1500 heroes that land on Africa, Betty Crocker Fruit Flavored Snacks will donate an XO laptop to a child in Africa (up to 442 laptops until May 31, 2011).

Do you give back? Thanks to the generosity of Betty Crocker, one person who does will be able to bring the experience of this program home to their children, because...

One lucky winner will win an XO Laptop! ARV $199!

laptop giveawayTo enter to win: Tell me, in detail, how you give back and/or encourage it in your children.

Extra Entries (available after the mandatory entry above is completed; please leave a separate comment for each entry in order for them to be counted).

1 Extra Entry if you visit Win One, Give One and launch the hero to Africa - it's a lot of fun and a bit addicting! Let me know which launch method you used and if you were successful!
1 Extra Entry (per giveaway entered) - Enter any (or all) of the giveaways running on Thanks, Mail Carrier for the duration of this giveaway.
1 Extra Entry if you follow me on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway by copying and pasting the tweet below and leaving me the link. Tweet daily for an extra entry every day!

Give back! WIN an XO Laptop (ARV $200) and support Win One, Give One - a great cause! #thxmailcarrier http://bit.ly/hfwQ2m #giveaway #win

2 Extra Entries (per follow method) if you follow me publicly with Google Friend Connect, subscribe to my RSS feed, subscribe to Thanks, Mail Carrier by email, become a fan on Facebook, or add Thanks, Mail Carrier to your blogroll.
3 Extra Entries if you put my cute button up on your blog. Please leave an address where it can be found.
3 Extra Entries if you blog about this giveaway linking back to this post. Please leave an address where it can be found.

Giveaway will end on May 17th at 11:59pm CST. Do me the favor of leaving an email address or making absolutely sure it is visible in your profile, I have to have a way to contact the winner. The winner will be chosen by random.org and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to contact me or respond to notification or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.

A big thank you to Betty Crocker for providing an XO laptop for one lucky giveaway winner. The opinions shared are my own and honest and if you really need to see more, click here to see how I roll.

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We donate to the local food bank and to different causes through our church. We also run/walk for a cure for colon cancer in the Dallas Undy 5000. trinitygsd at yahoo do tcom

Delena said...

I take my nephew to environmental pride clean ups at least twice a year


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I volunteer at a local orphanage. I also sometime help out on clean up projects. Thanks.

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Melanie Montgomery said...

I don't give back as often as I should. I help those in need when I see they need it. Offering someone broken down help (only when my fiance is in the car though) and bringing a local homeless man food on thanksgiving.

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We donate our old clothes and toys to the Salvation Army whenever possible.

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Our family gives back by donating food, clothes and toys to our local shelter

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I have my son help me with donating any of the extra stuff we can't use or have to much of from couponing!

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candy said...

We try are best to help out and give back whenever we can and we do our best to instill this in our kids too. We donate clothes and toys to and organization that gives it to families that really need it. We donate to local food drives when ever we can. We donate books to the schools book drive and other events to help out the school. We also volunteer whenever we can. wilcarvic
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We tell our girls not to ruin or throw away toys they no longer play with so that we can donate them to kids who don't have any.
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My husband and I make sure the kids know we feel it is important to donate time and money to charity, and why. They help when they can...especially during the holiday season when volunteer work for the younger crowd is so easy to find.

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I give back by volunteering once a week at the homeless shelter. I serve food to the homeless

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Amanda Starr said...

I donate to my local pregnancy center, as well as all our extra clothes that we have to use for anymore. I always have my daughter help me get things together to donate to "little kids that don't have what we have."

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Roxann said...

We give to charity and the kids have always loved giving to the Angel Tree at Christmas.

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