Thanks to those that entered my newest giveaway for a Nature Valley National Parks Project Package! I used Random.org to choose a winner and it came up with #61. So APRIL won with the comment that said...
subscribe via email left on September 19, 2010 2:55 PM


I have emailed the winner and April has 2 days to get back to me or I will have to choose a new winner.

Have you entered my VERY LOW ENTRY newest giveaway for a Nature Valley National Parks Project Package?! If not you should enter! Today is the last day to enter!!!

I LOVE the package I got! It is a fantastic prize with many ways to win amd VERY low entries right now (right now only 77). Please go enter here.

Have you entered my VERY LOW ENTRY newest giveaway for a Nature Valley National Parks Project Package?! If not you should enter! I LOVE the package I got! It is a fantastic prize with many ways to win amd VERY low entries right now (only 47). Please go enter here.

Have you entered my newest giveaway for a Nature Valley National Parks Project Package?! If not you should enter! I LOVE the package I got! It is a fantastic prize with many ways to win amd VERY low entries right now (only 28). Please go enter here.

Have you entered my newest giveaway for a Nature Valley National Parks Project Package?! If not you should enter! I LOVE the package I got! If you have done at least the mandatory entry,  you can get a bonus entry today only!!

Since it is my birthday, I am going to give you all a present. TODAY only you can have an extra entry in my giveaway. All you have to do for your extra entry is go to the giveaway blog post here and leave a comment about your best birthday memory. Make sure you leave the comment today to get this bonus entry!!

I am so excited to tell you all about this fantastic National Parks Project and to be able to offer a giveaway along with it! Thanks to MyBlogSpark and Nature Valley for providing the information and prize package.

Did you know that Yellowstone was the World's first National Park when it opened in 1872? And now there are 392 National Parks in the United States? Can I tell you on a personal level that I LOVE the National Parks. I grew up in Utah where National Parks are a plenty, and they are certainly areas or inspiration and wonder! I cannot wait to take my kids to more and more National Parks!

Of course, these parks require care and support to continue flourishing. But, years of underfunding and environmental problems are threatening our National Park system. So, Nature Valley has teamed up with Patricia Shultz, author of “1,000 Places to See Before You Die,” to support the parks through The National Parks Project.

And guess what? It is easy to get involved! Just purchase a box of specially marked Nature Valley Bars and mail in your wrappers to the address below:

National Parks Project
PO Box 450328
El Paso, TX 88545-0328

Nature Valley will recycle the wrappers AND they will contribute $0.10 to the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) for every wrapper received (up to $600,000 in total). Wow! That can really make a Difference! Please go read more about this project at PreservetheParks.com today!

Now, I was lucky enough to receive a fantastic package from Nature Valley and MyBlogSpark yesterday that contained a box of Nature Valley Oats ‘n Honey Granola Bars, mini backpack, a compass, a solar-powered key chain flash light, a reusable water bottle, and a copy of Shultz’s book "1,000 Places to see in the USA & Canada Before you Die".

A couple of things about this package. First, I LOVE this book and have hardly put it down since I got it. Great recommendations of places to see-separated by State-I have been reading about all the states we might move to in 2 years!! Second, my 4-year-old is a particularly eater (he claims to only like bread and meat) and will not touch granola-he has this morning eaten half the box of Nature Valley Oats 'n Honey Granola Bars. I had to wrestle the rest of the box away to I could eat them (I LOVE them).

NOW about this Giveaway: Nature Valley and MyBlogSpark are going to give one of my lucky readers a package just like mine! And here is how you can enter (PLEASE make sure to leave an email address in each comment so I can reach you should you win):

MANDATORY ENTRY: Just leave a comment letting me know which National Park you would most like to visit with your family and why?

Once you have done that, you can get up to 4 extra entries by doing the following things (Just make sure to leave a separate comment for each entry, and leave me your email address in each comment so I know how to contact you should you win):

1. Become a Google Friend follower of my blog (You can do this over on the right side of the blog where the followers box is). If you are already a follower, just let me know that in your comment.

2. Subscribe to my blog via Email or an RSS feed/reader. (Yes-you can use this entry if you are already an email or RSS subscriber- just let me know how you subscribe to my blog).

3. Refer a friend to this blog and leave a comment after they become a follower or subscribe.

4. Become a Facebook fan of the blog here.

5. Tell me how you found this giveaway/blog.

This giveaway is for USA and Canada residents only.

Be sure to leave a comment for each entry with your email address. The winner will be chosen using Random.org on Monday September 20, 2010 at at about 11:59 PM Central Time.

***Please note that I was sent the above mentioned package from Nature Valley through MyBlogSpark along with information about this Project, but any opinions expressed are my own.***