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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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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.

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Thank you all for participating and congratulations to the winning comments:

number 2 - Julie
number 58 - Mama Zen
Thanks to Random.org for its integer generator.

(Check out our Parenting Preteens giveaway too.)

I purchased the book, Parenting Preschoolers with a Purpose, when I went back to work last fall as a school counselor. I thought it would give me good insight for tips to share with the parents of the four-year-olds in my classrooms. After reading it, I only wished I had it as a resource when my kids were that age.

I think this comment on the back cover is right on:

Parenting Preschoolers with a Purpose will steer you from the turbulent threes through the finicky fives with warmth, imagination, and common sense.

With an easy, conversational style, author Jolene Roehlkepartain connects with parents, and encourages them to take care of themselves, in order to do the best job of caring for their kids. With common-sense, she offers clear, do-able strategies to address preschool child issues (like discipline, naps or dealing with hitting.) Each chapter spotlights at least one Developmental Asset that is promoted by the strategy. And I especially like the “Bonus Ideas” that are peppered throughout the book - fun or informational suggestions to help parents find joy with their kids.

Search Institute Press will give away a copy of this book to TWO readers. To be eligible for the giveaway, please visit Search Institute and come back here to tell us another title that looks interesting as well. (Scroll to the very bottom of this post to find the comment form.) I’ll randomly choose the winners on April 11.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO JENNY, COMMENT NUMBER 48! YOU’RE THE WINNER - PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR ADDRESS AND DEBORAH WILL SHIP YOU THE BOOK! Thanks to all who participated - this was lots of fun.

Shannon at Bloggy Giveaways is hosting a giveaway link-fest, and author Deborah Reber is generously offering to give one of my lucky readers her new book, In Their Shoes: Extraordinary Women Describe their Amazing Careers.

Deborah had asked me to review In Their Shoes and I have have truly enjoyed it, reading much of it over the shoulder of my 11-year-old daughter.

In Their Shoes is a fun, easy-to-read resource book for girls starting to explore career options. Deborah interviewed 50 women in various careers — from senator Barbara Boxer to a forensic scientist to educational psychologist Alice Wilder (Think It Ink It.) Some of the careers are well-known, while others help girls to think outside of the box — like “actionist” or “environmentalist” — encouraging them to find their passion and figure out what career might relate.

In addition to interview quotes and basics about the career, Deborah gives insight to dress code, stress factor, and the nuts-and-bolts of what it takes to get to where these women are in their careers. And at the end of each profile, she lists additional related career titles to help girls consider other paths that might fit their interests. She’s also enlisted young women to pose questions to those profiled, getting to some meaty details relevant to youth, that might otherwise go unrevealed.

In all, I see this as an outstanding resource for girls. It’s been fun to watch Darla flip back and forth through the pages - checking the table of contents and index to find the answers to her questions — her interest perked in avenues she hadn’t previously considered.

To be included in the drawing, please just click over to Deborah’s site, Smart Girls Know and come back here to comment about what you like about the site. You can participate even if you don’t have a blog. Just make sure you leave a working email when you leave your comment. A winner will be chosen at random on Friday, February 1. US addresses only please. Thanks for participating!

I’m also hosting a giveaway for the Career Expedition Boardgame. Check it out!

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