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Closed! Pampers Little Miracle Mission $50 American Express Gift Card Giveaway

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In celebration of its 50th birthday, Pampers is recognizing how much parenting has changed over the years, and is sharing their belief that every baby is a little miracle that deserves to be celebrated, supported and protected, by unveiling its Little Miracle Mission campaign – a program that delivers acts of kindness to miracles and their families while encouraging parents to support others.

Pampers has donated care packages to Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) across the country. Celebs Joey Lawrence , Ali Larter, Mark Consuelos and LaLa Anthony were on-hand in New York City to personally deliver care packages and thank you baskets to Mt. Sinai Hospital and their staff. Pampers has already gained thousands of commitments from Facebook fans-Pampers is throwing 1,000 baby showers for expectant mothers across the country & will also be throwing special Father’s Day cook-outs for dads and babies across the country designed to give dads and their babies valuable bonding time. How great is that?! Be sure to check out Pampers’ Facebook Miracle Mission page HERE for more details.

Pampers also generously invited me to participate by giving me a $50 Gift Card to pay it forward & come up with an awesome idea how to do the most good for my community. I had intentions of using the gift card for an entirely different purpose, but when the tornado hit on 5/22/11 here in Joplin, MO where I reside, I handed over the gift card to a family that had lost their home so they could put it to immediate use for their basic needs.

Now, Pampers wants you to have a chance to perform random acts of kindness & wants to giveaway a $50 Gift Card to one of you! So, one reader will win a $50 American Express Gift Card to help do some good & perform a little miracle mission of your own!

Required Entry: Leave a comment on how you would best use the $50.00 Gift Card to pay it forward within your community. 🙂 Possible ideas have included Some ideas using the money to purchase diapers for a family who could use them, using the money to prepare meals for a family, or even using the money to host a larger fundraiser for a family. I can’t wait to hear your ideas!

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Giveaway will conclude on Sunday 6/19 at 11:59pm Central. Winner will be selected by Random.org. Winner has 24 hours to respond, if there is no response, I will randomly select another winner.

Note: I was given a $50 Gift Card by Pampers to “pay it forward” and was not paid for this post. Opinions, as always, are 100% my own.

Comments

  1. Sharon says

    What a great idea! I would use the giftcard at a local senior activities center in town. With budget cuts, gas prices rising and food prices rising there are many people that are being affected at the center. I could take that card and (along with coupons) buy many items and have an essentials bingo party where everyone could get a couple of items for their home.

  2. Mami2jcn says

    I would donate the $50 to a local church that is sending help to Haiti. With $50 a Haitian family would receive a survival kit.

  10. Jessie C. says

    I’d get baby diapers and wipes to donate to shelters and our church for low income new moms.
    tcarolinep at gmail dot com

  22. Janice Cooper says

    My sister recently had her first baby and this would be a big help to her. I would get diapers and other necessities for my new adorable niece.

  27. Doreen says

    I would donate the gift card towards getting more updated technology in the school that I work at. 🙂

    purposedrivenlife4you at gmail dot com

  33. anash says

    I subscribe via google reader anashct at gmail dot com

    anashct [at] yahoo [dot] com

  36. anash says

    Mandatory Entry: i would use this to purchase the basics, flour, sugar, etc etc and bake a bunch of freezable desserts for a friend with a newborn who could use a sugar pick me up when caring for a newborn durig the day
    Thanks for the opportunity!
    Anashct [at] yahoo [dot] com

  37. Kimberly says

    I’d like to put it towards school supplies for the place I volunteer (saving it until the big sales in a couple months, of course) and a little bit to the animal rescue.

  41. Jamie says

    What a wonderful idea! I am in a church group that prepares meals for people who have recently had babies, been hospitalized, etc etc. I would use the gift card (w/ coupons!) to get food for and prepare meals for these people!

  44. tess says

    i would buy diapers for my friends baby- he is 5 months old and she is 30 yrs old dealing with liver cancer, after already having 1 eye removed due to cancer- she needs all the help and prayers she can get
    tcogbill at live dot com

  51. Jennie says

    I also live close to Joplin and went down there a few weeks ago to deliver baked goods and sack lunches to emergency personnel. We also took cold sodas and realized those seem to be highly appreciated! I would take the $50 and purchase sodas and ice and take them to the hard working groups cleaning up the debris there in Joplin.

  54. Karin says

    I’d buy some supplies for the local animal shelter. They are hurting for donations with the ecomomy being the way it is.

  55. Tina M says

    I’d give this GC to my cousin who is going to have baby in Oct. He is only 17. He is just like a star on 16 and pregnant. I think they could use all the help we could give them.

  59. Tabathia B says

    I would donate to either the shelter for abused and battered women to help new mothers or mothers with toddlers/preschoolers purchase baby supplies or the Carolina Pregnancy Center and purchase pampers and baby clothing for low income mothers
    tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com

  64. Gina @ The Crave to Save says

    I would love to use this to make meals for a friend of mine who is due with a baby in a few weeks! This would really help her and her family out a great deal. Thanks so much for the chance!
    gina.m.maddox (at) gmail (dot) com

  70. Wendy says

    I would use it to help tornado victims here in Joplin where I live also. There us so much needed here!!! Thanks for giving yours away! I can’t wait until Dillon’s rebuilds! Thanks for keeping us updated.

  72. Kara says

    I would use it to buy warm winter PJ’s (now on clearance-so I could get a bunch) for the Pajama Program!

    pajamaprogram org

  76. jennifer horn says

    I’d help someone in my community who was affected by tornadoes and flooding.

  90. Jen B. says

    I would use it paired with sales and coupons to buy diapers and baby supplies for the local womens shelter.

  91. Tracey says

    I’d use it along with my coupons to score great deals on items for the food pantry at my church.

  98. Chavonne says

    I would use the $50 gift card to buy lots of stamps & boxes of cards, stickers so I can grant hundreds of card wishes on Wish Upon A Hero and make many children/adults/seniors smile.

  104. Susan Bryant says

    I use coupons all the time, so I would find the best deals I possibly could for diapers, wipes & other baby items to purchase & then I would distribute the items to a family that goes to our church that I know could really use some help! This family has 2 little ones in diapers & the Dad lost his job some time ago, so they have fallen on hard times & jobs are not easy to come by in our area! He has been searching & searching for steady work and has been working any odd jobs he can at this time!
    sbuttercup {at} roadrunner {dot} com

  109. Lisa S. says

    Just weeks after finalizing the adoption of a sibling trio from foster care, my friend and her husband had a house fire. Mom, dad, 4 kids, and 2 pets were safe, but they lost a LOT of personal items and clothes. The kids have almost NO summer clothes so I’d take the gift card to a thrift shop and get them aach a few things to wear now that temps are in the 80’s and all they have are winter clothes.

  111. Lesley M. says

    We like to leave gift cards and bags of food and other necessities anonymously to families we know are going through a hard time financially. That’s what I would do with this card.

  114. Julie L says

    I would take a young lady who is pregnant with her first child shopping so she could select items she needs for the baby thanks

  117. kolpin says

    my postal carrier’s a single mom with a bad back and young kids. i’d buy groceries for her, come over so she could rest in bed, and spend the day with the kids cooking casseroles together to stock up her freezer.

    kolpin4680 at gmail dot com

  122. Audrey says

    I would give it to an area preschool teacher to purchase supplies for her classroom. We all know that teachers spend a significant amount of their own money on supplies for their classrooms. And preschool teachers usually make less money than those who teach older grades. The teacher that I would give this card to has a family of 4 and is back in school obtaining a higher degree in education. This gift card would help spare her family some expense, and the items that she purchases for her classroom would help make learning fun for more than 40 preschoolers!

  124. Heather R says

    I would like use the GC to buy lots of child care items and donate them to a local women’s abuse shelter to help them with their childcare needs.

  129. Donna B. says

    I would make up donation baskets for people in my state who were affected by the recent bad weather Between coupons and sales I regularly score free/nearly free health and beauty items (I haven’t paid for shampoo or deodorant in YEARS), diapers and wipes. I would put this GC towards purchasing these items (coupons, and the OOP).

    I normally donate these to the local food bank but I could drop off these items @ NC State instead. My son goes to school there and even he has been inspired to volunteer with the cleanup effort.

  140. Guyanese_Gal says

    We have a local food bank that is always asking for donations. I would be able to buy a lot of baby food to donate with the giftcard.