WEEK 3 WINNER: “TaraJean56” (We’ll be in contact shortly via email) Updated 12/22/2010

WEEK 2 WINNER: “It’s just the Internet, Silly” (We’ll be in contact shortly via email)

What an amazing two months we’ve had with the General Mills I <3 BKFST campaign. Last month we gave away four iPods and this month we’ve given away 2 iPads so far with the third on deck. The truly inspiring part of the entire process is that for each person that takes the pledge to eat breakfast money is being donated by General Mills to Grace House, a home for girls in Alabama. We’ve enjoyed the great comments that you’ve left over the past two months sharing how you think the focus of the campaign is important and how you plan to eat breakfast each day with your children as well. As we bring everything to a close in it’s final week we we want to thank everyone that entered the contests and helped young girls in the process.

We still have one   FREE iPad that needs to be shipped to someone’s home so don’t give up yet, this could be your chance. You can enter in just 3 easy steps!

CONTEST ENTRY AND RULES:

1. You must join the “I Heart BKFST” Facebook page and paste this week’s phrase, “I helped feed young girls by taking the I <3 BKFST pledge -BlackandMarriedWithKids.com!“ on their wall. (www.facebook.com/iheartbkfst)

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)

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 during the previous week just leave “I helped feed young girls by taking the I <3 BKFST pledge -BlackandMarriedWithKids.com!“ on the I Heart Breakfast Facebook Fan Page as mentioned in step one and leave us a comment.

Extra Entries:

1. Tweet: “win a FREE iPad and help girls in need with General Mills and @blackandmarried https://tinyurl.com/29zozaa #iheartbkfst“ Then leave us a comment letting us know. Each tweet is one extra entry.
2. Also you can Follow Us On Twitter at @blackandmarried and leave us a comment letting us know for an extra entry.
3. Hit the Facebook Like button to share this on your Facebook page and leave us a comment letting us know for an extra entry.

Contest ends at 11:59PM on Tuesday Dec. 21th. We’ll select a winner via random.org and will announce them next Wednesday. Must be a US resident to win.

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*