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Is Your Child Struggling With Weight?

Is your child making an effort to lose weight? Are you trying to help, but wish you could do more? New Image Weight Loss Camps help.

Children ages 10-17 who are eager to live a healthier lifestyle, lose weight, and build self-esteem while having fun, are invited to participate in the Imagine Me! I’m Up for the Challenge: 5th Annual New Image Camp Essay Contest.

Interested applicants will be required to submit an original essay of no more than 500 words, typed and double-spaced with the title, “Imagine Me! I’m Up for the Challenge at New Image Camp”. The contest will be judged by a panel of experts based on elements including compelling nature of the story, clarity, and creativity. Essay entries must be accompanied by a photograph. To download the application and rules, click here. Deadline for entry is June 1, 2011.

The winners will receive a free 3-week campership to New Image’ Camp Pocono Trails location in Pennsylvania.

For more info, you can email Kearney.

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Sample of Dream Angels Heavenly


Victoria’s Secret coupon – Free deluxe sample of Dream Angels Heavenly eau de parfum

Run don’t walk over to the nearest Victoria’s Secret for a fabulous freebie! For a limited time, this printable coupon will net you a free deluxe sample of their Dream Angels Heavenly eau de parfum. It’s a great, and free, way to show off your sexy side with a must-have scent. Offer ends 05/09/2011. (Bottle shown is for display purposes only, and not the deluxe sample you will receive.)

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Drive Less Challenge

Get ready for the Drive Less Challenge 2011, starting on Earth Day April 22.

  1. Set your personal goals

  2. Join teams (work, school, neighborhood)

  3. Track and compare results, win fun prizes!

Take the challenge!

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Get Eco-thrifty With These 5 Easy Tips…

At rubbingnickels.com, we often have the feeling that the “green” movement has stalled a little in the era of the economic downturn. Some of the actions we take to be more green cost money, for example, purchasing a hybrid car or installing solar panels. But what many forget is that “eco” and “thrifty” often go hand in hand. Think along the lines of things your Grandma might have done that you thought were strange: i.e. re-using margarine tubs as tupperware or sewing crazy quilts out of leftover scraps of fabric. Here are a few tips that will help you save the planet and save some cash at the same time (just like Grandma used to do).

  1. Tighten up your gas cap. Yep! According to the Car Care Council, we lose 147 million gallons of gas each year, evaporated into the atmosphere, due to loose gas caps.

  2. Use bar soap instead of pump soap. If you buy bars in brown, biodegradable or re-usable wrapping (like the soap in our picture), you decrease your waste from 20 pounds of plastic each year to zero.

  3. Cool your water in the fridge. Running the water into a pitcher until it is cold can waste many gallons of water. Run the water into the pitcher at room temp (not letting the faucet run first) and then cool it in the refrigerator.

  4. Re-use your scrap paper. It never fails that when you try to print a document, you end up with tons of extra pages with tiny bits of print in the corners or bottom. Don’t recycle this in the bin! Instead, us it for kid’s homework, grocery lists and gift wrap.

  5. Use a toaster oven for baking whenever possible. According to Country Living magazine (April 2009), toaster ovens use half the amount of electricity as electric ovens and they don’t raise the temperature of the kitchen nearly as much.

Get Eco-thrifty!

Darcy Ratner and Julie Arnheim
Founders, Rubbingnickels.com

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Outdoor Entertaining


Enter for a Chance to Win Frontgate’s Outdoor Entertaining Sweepstakes

Remember, each purchase you make automatically enters you to win

WINNER WILL RECEIVE

  • New Frontgate Viking Grill
  • A private party hosted by Chef Dean Corbett
  • $10,000 Frontgate ift Card
  • $500 worth of Robinson’s Prime Reserve Steaks


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Summer Party Sweepstakes

ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A SUMMER PARTY THAT INCLUDES $10,000 IN PARTY SUPPLIES AND EVENT PLANNING SERVICES

Grand prize includes:

  • $5,000 in Pottery Barn decor
  • $1,500 American Express® Gift Card for party food and beverages
  • $3,500 in event planning services from Veronica Whitehead, a top event planner

Enter your Email Address for a chance to win now through May 25, 2011.

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Tennis Court Championships


You could WIN the GRAND PRIZE! The ultimate family trip for four to the 2012 US Open

TAKE A DAILY SWING AT GRAND PRIZE VICTORY!

Enter now and your family could be headed for New York to attend the 2012 US Open Tennis Championships! Trip includes round trip airfare, two nights’ accommodations, four tickets to the US Open, transportation around town, and more.

Plus, EVERY DAY is a new chance to win a Tennis Kit, including four youth tennis racquets and six red felt balls. With one Tennis Kit being given away every day through September 15, 2011, you never know when your lucky day will hit.

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Free Mother’s Day Card!

Make your mom a beautiful, custom Mother’s Day card for FREE at Shutterfly. They have adorable Mother’s Day cards for Grandma too! Just use code MOMCARD at checkout.

You will still need to pay shipping which is about $.99 which is still cheaper than getting a card at the store and way more special!

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Should You Buy a Home in 2011?

A few months ago, we blogged about the benefits of SELLING your home. This week we are talking about whether it is a good time to BUY a home. Many of us still include a house with a white picket fence in our version of the American Dream. As an apartment renter who was once a chronic remodeler/redecorator, I struggle with the lack of opportunities for taking on home improvement projects in my new abode. There is naturally an emotional pull towards owning your own home, but in today’s kooky real estate market, we ask the question, “should you buy a home in 2011″?

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Plant a Rainbow This Spring!

We all know how important it is to have your child eat well balanced meals, especially when it means including vegetables. Aside from french fried potatoes and buttered corn, is your child getting a full range of the nutritionally rich vegetables that are considered the “Rainbow Foods”?

It used to be we encouraged children to eat their greens: broccoli, spinach, zucchini, beans. Now we can expand this color palate to include healthy veggies, all in rainbow colors. We are blessed to live in an area so agriculturally diverse: fresh, organic produce is available at your local farmer’s market, and “U Pick Farms” can be a wonderful day trip for your family. Don’t want to leave the house? You can participate in a CSA, Community Supported Agriculture and produce will be delivered to your door.

Perhaps the best way to encourage your child to eat a variety of vegetables is to put them to work! Have them help plant their very own garden. Many of these vegetables can easily be grown in containers, too. Just 1 tomato, zucchini or cucumber will produce a significant amount of food. Warning: if you send your child out into the garden to harvest beans for dinner, don’t be surprised if they get eaten before making it into the kitchen!

Sample of Rainbow foods to plant this Spring:

Red: red tomatoes, red peppers, beets
Orange: orange peppers, carrots, beets
Yellow: yellow tomatoes, beans, squash, peppers, corn
Green: beans, zucchini, cucumbers, peppers, peas
Blue: potatoes
Purple: purple beans (which turn green when cooked), eggplant, peppers

Happy Gardening!

Debbie Togliatti has her own gardening business: Weed It and Reap: Garden Restoration and Design and is a teacher who gets young children involved in gardening and nature experiences. She lives in the Bay Area of Northern California.

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