Haylee has chosen the

winner

of

our Generation Cures:

Zebrafish book Giveaway

Congratulations M!

By visiting their website at Generation Cures you can certainly see fine examples of young people who have taken that belief and are making it a reality, changing the lives of sick children, giving hope that research they helped fund will someday find a cure.

In just visiting the site myself I learned of Rachel, a youth who at 14 was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor who is giving back in an amazing way – $10,000 to cancer research.  I learned about the Zebrafish and its importance in the study and research of disease. There are special areas set up For Kids, For Teens, For Parents and For Teachers, webisodes, online games – all in a safe online place to learn, play. For teachers there are lessons and activities that work in conjunction with the webisodes. What a wonderful resource for teachers to teacher character development, social responsibility and how to give back to the community along with math and science concepts.

Zebrafish, (published by Simon & Schuster and endorsed by the Junior Library Guild and American Library Association-for kids in middle grade) is an extension of the Generation Cures animated series Zebrafish, which as I learned is a small, transparent fish used for studying disease, and tells the story of five friends who form a rock band who use their music to make a difference in the world and encourages kids everywhere to do the same.
If you’d like more information on Generation Cures please visit their website at GenerationCures.org , like them on facebook or follow them on Twitter.

Little Hand Big Heart will be giving away a copy of Zebrafish to you, one of our readers courtesy of  Generation Cures.

To be entered to win simply leave a comment below.

Disclosure: The giveaway item will be provided free of charge for the giveaway as well as the complimentary copy I will receive. No monetary exchange took place.

Katie Bennett and the Precious Girls Club want to make some sad sick kids at the Shine Community Hospital happy. And the only way they can think to do that is by putting on a puppet show but something is stopping them. Mr. Boxer! Mr Boxer is the president of the hospital and he refuses to say yes.

Katie and her friends learn some important lessons along the way not only from another club member but also from Katie’s gaurdian angel Faith.This is a book you and your little ones will not want to put down until you find out just how the girls do on Operation Kindness.

So one luck winner will win the book Operation kindness and will also win a mini plush paws dog and even better you are going to get access to the companion website. www.preciousgirlsclub.com.

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on who you would give the book and the plush dog to.

To receive extra entries:

• follow me on twitter and leave a comment
• Tweet about this giveaway

Plus everyone that enters will also receive a special web access code so that your precious little one can go and join the Precious Girls Club once the giveaway is all done. (I have to say my 7 year old loves the Precious Girls Club Website and there are so many great lessons that involve God!)

Giveaway Ends September 9th at 12 PM CST.

I could not tell you how exicted and happy I was when I found Holiday EPlanner by Listplanit.com.  I seriously could not wait to get my hands on it.  And once it was in my hands I could not wait to get started working on it. Holiday EPlanner had everything I had hoped for, wanted and needed to get my holiday action plan in motion.

Once I had it printed off and safely tucked in my home binder.  I was on a mission.  I started feeling out the pages.  I want to share with you my favorite pages:

• The December Calendar (started writing in important dates on it right away)
• Cards to Send (I got out my list from last year of people who sent us cards and started adding)
• Cards Received ( can’t wait to start receiving cards)
• Wish List (this is an awesome list and I have already started adding to it)
• Gift List (A,B,C) I have already started filling these out
• Holiday Meal Planner (this is awesome because I have already started planning my meal and actually I am going to use it to plan my Thanksgiving meal too)
• Holiday Gifts Received (now why did I not think of that.  This year I get to write down what we received and send out thank you cards)
• Holiday Memories (What a great tradition I can start by writing down my favorite memories every year)
• Holiday coolies and candy planner (this year is my first year I am making cookies and candy so I needed this)
• Advent Activity Planner (this is awesome and she has an example one too.)

Those are just my favorites and there are still tons more that I did not even mention.  I know I know now you are wishing you had one.  Well Listplanit.com has given me permission to give one away.  So all you need to do is GO visit http://listplanit.com and leave me a comment here on  on how much you would love a Holiday EPlanner and how you would use it and on Nov. 21st I will give away a free Holiday EPlanner to One Lucky Person.

The new Turtle Chex Mix Bars combine crunchy Chex pieces, pretzels and peanuts with chewy and indulgent ingredients like caramel and chocolate. They have less than 150 calories per bar and provide at least 8 grams of whole grain per serving.

Now for the really good stuff, she is giving away three Baskets of Indulgence which include a box of tasty Turtle Chex Mix Bars, chocolate candles, caramel lotion and spa essentials (loofah, hand massager, nail brush and spa towel)

Seriously how much better of a giveaway can there be. Head on over to Free Birthday Treats Blog and enter to win.