Do You BELIEVE? Giveaway * Macy's Make- A-Wish Foundation
Saturday, November 14, 2009
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It all started with a letter from Virgina O'Hanlon to the New York Sun Newspaper in 1897, in which she was seeking advice on whether Santa Claus truly existed.
The editor responded with that now well known phrase "Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus", and a whole lot more. Visit the Macy's Believe website to see the rest of his answer.
This holiday season Macy’s BELIEVE campaign is inspired by Virginia's letter and the editor's response. If you visit a Macy's location you will see letter-writing “Believe Stations” where children can send a note off to Santa. For each letter received, Macy’s will donate $1 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, up to $1 million.
On Friday, December 11th, Macy’s will celebrate the first National Believe Day to recognize and reward acts of kindness and generosity from coast to coast. Also that day, CBS will premiere a new original animated special called, “Yes, Virginia.” on that same day, at 8 p.m. ET. Check out the trailer.
Macy's is also holding a contest. Tell them why you Believe, and you could win a trip to the 2010 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. View the details HERE. You could also win a $500 Macy's gift card by voting for those already entered (once per day), so even if you don't want to submit an entry for the trip contest, in the spirit of the season, you could help someone who does.
So have your kids write their letters to Santa, bring the stamped letters to Macy's and drop them in Santa's special letterbox. Then Macy's will take care of getting them to the post office to mail to the North Pole. Just think that you can do something you may have been doing anyway (writing Santa letters), but by taking the extra step of dropping them off at Macy's you could be a part of raising up to $1 million dollars for the Make-A-Wish Foundation! There is even a downloadable template for stationery to get you started.
To thank my readers for helping them out in the Believe campaign, Macy's is giving two of my readers a $25.00 gift card to Macy's.
To enter this giveaway tell me what your child(ren) will write on their letter to Santa that you are going to drop in a Macy's Santa letterbox to help raise money for Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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Open to US residents, ages 13+, ends November 28, 2009 at 11:59 pm cst. Winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. Email must be in comment or available in profile. By entering this giveaway you are stating that you have read my **About Reviews and my Privacy/Rules statements and agree to them.
I received no compensation from Macy's or M80 their media representatives to post about the Macy's Believe campaign or host the giveaway on my blog.
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my daughter is a big animal lover and will write asking that all homeless pets and the pets in the shelters find new homes this holiday. I believe if we all open our hearts we can make this happen
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My guys are going to ask Santa to make sure that he remembers to stop by their new baby cousin's house this year!
Knowing my granddaughter, she will probably only ask for one thing for herself. During the holidays she enjoys choosing gifts for children less fortunate than herself. She always says that she has a lot of toys already!
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My son is going to ask Santa for a PS3 slim and the Little Big Planet game and also to bring his dad a job lol!
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my girl will ask for a donation to the ASPCAbecause she loves animals intime@myself.com
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They will write about the toys that they want. I know that my oldest will also ask for her daddy's work to get better so that he can get his full pay back. Thank you!
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My daughter would ask for some DS games.
I don't have children, but imagine if I did they would tell Santa they've been good all year in hopes that other children can Make A Wish :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!
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After having my boys help with Blue Santa, they are going to ask him to make sure every boy and girl receives a gift this year :)
My son will write this: I'm giving some of my allowance to help others. Thanks
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My daughter will ask Santa to make sure that every little boy and girl gets to have a wonderful Christmas day meal.
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I don't have kids, so they can't drop a letter in the mailbox for Santa.
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my 7 year old grandson will write that he wish peace for everyone and the love of jesus.He is concerned because some kids can not go to a doctor and some don't have any food..he collects pennies and aluminum lids to donate..
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my son is going to write,how he wants himself and all kids to get at least one present!
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We will be writing that we hope all of the children that have no toys will get some for Christmas.
Can you tell we have been shopping for a the toy drive? He is all about picking out cool toys for the little boys and girls with none. So Sweet! Makes me proud!
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They only have one wish to ask Santa this year. Both of my kids will be writing to ask Santa to make their Dad's cancer go away forever. Thanks for the contest.
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My little boy will ask them to help out a family in our town, who has nothing! :( We are finding things to help them too!
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They'd probably write about wanting new cars and dolls
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My kids are asking for video games! Thanks for the chance to win!
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He will ask for a Wii and a new keyboard.
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My niece will definitely write that she wants a kitten.
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My son can't write yet so I'm going to help him write a letter telling Santa that he is welcome to our house for milk & cookies. He'll also ask for some board books & blocks!
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My daughter's going to write a letter to Santa telling him how good she was this year and ask for a dollhouse!
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My nephew is still really little but would probably ask for a toy bus because he is obsessed with busses!
My granddaughter will be asking Santa for an iPod and gifts for all the other children in the world. garrettsambo@aol.com
My kids will write they they've been good and want some cartoons on dvd.
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They would send a wish list.
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She'll probably say, can you cure ADHD and can I have some pokemon figures? lol
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My daughter will be writing that she believes that all kids should have a family and get to laugh all the time.
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