This giveaway is now closed.

Thanks so much to the hundreds of you who participated in the giveaways this week here at Pass the Torch, as well as the businesses who donated their excellent products!

Congratulations to the Announcements Galore winner — Playful Professional, comment #15

Announcements Galore features a wide variety of photo cards, collages and magnets for any occasion!

They offer birth announcements, graduation invitations, birthday and baptisms invitations, wedding announcements and save-the-date cards, as well as photo collages, magnets and a u-print option.

They describe their photo cards as, “high quality, real, 4×6 matte finish photographs.” And their designs are completely customizable. All fonts, colors, photo placement, and wording can be changed to fit the needs of the customer. If you don’t see exactly what you are looking for, Announcements Galore can custom design a product for you at no extra charge.

The photo cards and magnets come with free, white, square flap envelopes for mailing, and they offer quantity discounts on both our collages and magnets.

This giveaway is for a $30 gift certificate for Announcements Galore. To enter the contest, please visit the Announcements Galore website, and then come back here to leave a comment telling us specifically the type of announcements you hope to win. You can participate even if you don’t have a blog. Just make sure you leave a working email when you leave your comment. I’ll choose the winner at random after 9 p.m. CST on Friday, April 25. Thanks for participating!

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Please check out our other current giveaways here and here.

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This giveaway is now closed.

Thanks so much to the hundreds of you who participated in the giveaways this week here at Pass the Torch, as well as the businesses who donated their excellent products!

Congratulations to the Hidden Treasure of Assets Boardgame – Stacy, comment #33 and Jenny Up-the-Hill, #24

The Hidden Treasure of Assets is a game that teaches the 40 Developmental Assets and the consequences of risky behaviors in a fun, easy-to-use, board game format. My husband and I invented this game and have distributed it internationally since 2001. It’s so rewarding to facilitate this game with students, or to listen to the parents and educators who use it to generate discussion with kids. It’s really fun, and sends powerful messages at the same time.

If you’d like to be considered for the contest, please click over to the website and read the sample game cards. There are two links to the left of the game photo. Then come back here and leave a comment describing your favorite sample card. You can participate even if you don’t have a blog. Just make sure you leave a working email when you leave your comment. I’ll choose the winner at random after 9 p.m. CST on Friday, April 25. Thanks for participating!

I host regular giveaways for parents and educators. Please consider signing up for updates by email or feed. I will never spam you or give out your address.

Please check out our other current giveaways here and here.

For more awesome giveaways, be sure to check out Bloggy Giveaways!

It was a blur, that’s for sure. More on Craig’s birthday party next week.

Find more Wordless Wednesday participants here.

The editor for our county-wide Family First newspaper asked to to do a feature article on Darla’s BookWorm Wednesday. The paper comes out in May, so I’ll update you after it’s published. It was so fun to listen to my 11-year-old respond to the editor’s interview questions. She’s so confident and knowledgeable about it — truly in her element.

Between 9-15 children have continued to meet on a regular basis all year long, despite the fact that initially, neither my husband nor I thought it was a viable project. She fully plans to continue the weekly gatherings next fall after summer vacation, and she even hopes to create a curriculum of sorts, while she’s on summer break.

She could be the poster child for my book. Maybe she could do a book tour for me?

Thank you to those of you who have used our Amazon searchbox and other links to support Darla’s efforts! This small, but steady budget has allowed her to be creative with crafts that reinforce the book themes she’s chosen.

BookWorm Wednesday Series:

A Teacher in the Making
A BookWorm Wednesday Halloween
BookWorm Wednesday Potion Recipe
Buy with Amazon and Donate to BookWorm Wednesday
BookWorm Wednesday Gets Some Press

You can join me each week by sharing a time kids make you proud, or a way adults are teaching, sharing — passing the torch. Blog your story or share it in comments.Former PTT posts.

It’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to participate in Pensieve’s Poetic License, but I couldn’t pass up the Haiku challenge! Only in places like Wisconsin can one write about an April blizzard.

Waiting to sprout
Spring life remains hidden
Beneath an April blizzard.

Giveaway news:

Two winners have been selected for Parenting Preschoolers with a Purpose – find them here. And remember you can still enter the Parenting Preteens with a Purpose giveaway through April 17. Author Kate Thomsen dropped by to offer inspiration in comment 34!

I host regular giveaways for parents and educators, and have THREE giveaways scheduled in the next couple of weeks. Please consider signing up for updates by email. I will never spam you or give out your address.

And my column has been published at Blissfully Domestic. I write about the value of play dates.