It’s Week 3 Already! We’ve already had two very lucky winners and are going to have at least two more. If you didn’t know we’ve teamed up with General Mills to giveaway 4 FREE iPod Touch “I <3 BKFST“ gift packs as a part of their wonderful I <3 BKFST campaign that will raise awareness that young girls need to eat breakfast each day. (Check out our interview with Keke Palmer announcing the campaign.) We’ll be giving away one FREE prize pack each week for the next four weeks! You can enter in just 3 easy steps!
We’re also happy to announce that last week’s winner was…. Stephanie. We’ll be in touch soon via email so you can claim your prize.
CONTEST ENTRY AND RULES:
1. You must join the “I Heart BKFST” Facebook page and paste this week’s phrase “I Support Grace House along with BlackandMarriedWithKids.com“ on their wall. (www.facebook.com/iheartbkfst) If you’re already a fan just paste the phrase.
2. You must take the Pledge to eat breakfast on their Facebook page (For every pledge, General Mills will donate $0.25 to Grace House, a foster home for girls in Birmingham, AL, to help purchase groceries for their morning meal, up to $10,000 with a minimum donation of $5,000.) (https://www.facebook.com/#!/iheartbkfst?v=app_7146470109) The pledge is on a different tab of their FB page.
3. Become a member of our email list. (https://blackandmarriedwithkids.fanbridge.com/)
Once you’ve done all three just leave a comment below letting us know! The comment will serve as your entry number. If you already did all three last week just leave “I Support Grace House along with BlackandMarriedWithKids.com” on the I Heart Breakfast Facebook Fan Page as mentioned in step one and leave us a comment.
Extra Entries:
Tweet: “@blackandmarried and General Mills are feeding girls in need & giving away an iPod Touch https://tinyurl.com/2b7gj6o #iheartbkfst” Then leave us a comment letting us know. Each tweet is one extra entry.
Also you can Follow Us On Twitter at @blackandmarried and leave us a comment letting us know.
Contest ends at 11:59PM on Sunday Nov. 14th. We’ll select a winner via random.org and will announce them next Monday when the next contest starts. Must be a US resident to win.
iPod Touch Gift Pack Contains:
iPod Touch, I <3 BKFST T-Shirt, Scarf, Apron, 4 Glasses, 4 Bowls and a Carafe!
More info on I <3 BKFST:
Did you know that when African American girls eat breakfast great things can happen? Researchers followed African American girls and their peers for 10 years! They learned that eating breakfast is an important start to your day. According to the research, girls who ate breakfast were more likely to have healthier weights and had lower total cholesterol.
Plus, breakfast gives you energy to start the day!
You can pledge to eat breakfast, and make good-for-you choices like milk, fruit, yogurt and cereal.
Not only will your pledge be a positive step for YOU, but you’ll also impact a girl in need. For every I<3BKFST pledge, General Mills will donate $0.25 to Grace House, a foster home for girls in Birmingham, up to $10,000, with a minimum pledge of $5,000. The money will be used to help Grace House purchase groceries for the girls’ breakfast.
After you pledge you will have access to fun downloads!
FACTS To Know
Did you know that among African-American girls ““ ages 14 to 17 years old”...
“¢38% skip breakfast on any given day;
“¢89% of the cereal the girls consume is eaten with milk;
“¢61% of all the milk consumed in their diets comes from
that eaten with cereal (Ref 1);
“¢In addition, a recent report indicates 24 percent of
African American girls ages 12 to 17 are overweight,
compared to about 15 percent of white girls (Ref 2).
Did you know that overall according to a 1998 study,
kids who ate breakfast ““ compared to children who
skipped the morning meal “...
“¢Performed better at school;
“¢Recorded higher test scores;
“¢Reduced absenteeism and tardiness (Ref 3);References:
1. NHANES 2007-08
2. Federal Interagency forum on Child and Family Statistics. America’s Children:Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007. Table HEALTH5.
3. Murphy JM et al. The Relationship of School Breakfast to Psychosocial and Academic Functioning: Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Observations in an inner-city School Sample. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1998;152:899-907
*This giveaway is part of a paid campaign*
Glenda Crennel says
I have completed all three steps. Thanks for the chance to win.
erica best says
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11-12 tweet https://twitter.com/simplydab/status/3123936829112320
erica best says
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Denisha LeSene says
Tweet:
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Becky Horn says
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erica best says
i tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/purplelover04/status/3156193484738560
Denisha LeSene says
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debraM says
https://twitter.com/MissingLynxx/status/3170153072168961 happy weekend!
debraM says
https://twitter.com/MissingLynxx/status/3182547412459520 have a blessed day!
Denisha LeSene says
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debraM says
https://twitter.com/MissingLynxx/status/3195933684670465 tweet !
erica best says
i tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/purplelover04/status/3202469945413632
debraM says
https://twitter.com/MissingLynxx/status/3207146388848641 happy thoughts 🙂
Jillyrh says
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Anonymous says
Friday @ 5 tweet 🙂 https://twitter.com/simplydab/status/3208908470489088
Jillyrh says
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Nancy Krsulic says
I tweeted about your giveaway: https://twitter.com/peatheski/status/3212540133773312
erica best says
i tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/purplelover04/status/3217543573536768
debraM says
https://twitter.com/MissingLynxx/status/3223901077250048 tweet tweet about breakfast 🙂
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Tweeted
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erica best says
I TWEETED https://twitter.com/#!/purplelover04/status/3257921542557697
Anonymous says
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chirping for breakfast 🙂
debraM says
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breakfast is where it’s at! a good foundation
Becky Horn says
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Anonymous says
https://twitter.com/tannawings/status/3297269260488704
Momma told me to always eat breakfast- now come to find out- she was right!
debraM says
https://twitter.com/MissingLynxx/status/3299628703285248
Tweets 2 eat breakfast!
Anonymous says
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yummy breakfast
debraM says
https://twitter.com/MissingLynxx/status/3304530754146304
Love is all you need – The Beatles (& breakfast!) 🙂
erica best says
i tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/purplelover04/status/3309284137902080
Anonymous says
late night tweet 🙂 https://twitter.com/simplydab/status/3310664491732992
debraM says
https://twitter.com/MissingLynxx/status/3312479455150081
breakfast is the start of great things!
Deborah Curan says
I haven’t posted my comments in days – sorry
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Anonymous says
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chirpy
Jillyrh says
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night owl tweets
Jillyrh says
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chirpy
Cheryl Waide says
I’ve done all 3 and posted https://www.facebook.com/#!/iheartbkfst/posts/167362356617945
Cheryl Waide says
I did all 3 and posted here https://www.facebook.com/#!/iheartbkfst/posts/167362356617945
Cheryl Waide says
Not sure if I’m doing this part correctly, but I followed @blackandmarried on Twitter and I also tweeted this info on my page. 🙂
Becky Horn says
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Jillyrh says
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Anonymous says
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chirping