My every day is filled with but one wish for my children. That they are healthy and happy. It doesn’t seem like a grand wish, but it truly is everything. My Husband would tell you “Happy Wife, happy life.” and I’d say a Mother is only as happy as her saddest child. As Mother’s we want everything for our kids and at Christmas time, this feeling doubles. Not only do I want healthy, happy children, but I want to tick some of their wishes off their Christmas list too!
As the Holidays approach and those Christmas lists are created our little family checks in with each other. Make sure we are doing well, that our family is happy, that our neighbours are well, and we look for small ways to pay it forward. Shovelling snow for the neighbours, buying coffee for the person behind us in the Timmys line, and purchasing gifts for the local Angel tree.
Recently I was introduced to an initiative I didn’t know much about. Duracell, along with Walmart Canada has partnered with the Children’s Miracle Network and are making a difference in the lives of children. Each year, thousands of children and their families spend time in Canadian hospitals over the holidays. I can’t fathom how difficult that would be. For children staying in the hospital, often something as simple as a new working toy or game can help make a child’s hospital stay a little brighter, by giving them the power to imagine a better tomorrow.
Duracell believes in powering the imagination of sick children by helping to ensure kids can still be kids, and enjoy the magic of the season even in the midst of an illness. For the 10th year in a row Duracell will be donating a year supply of batteries to hospital playrooms across the country to power smiles this holiday season and beyond. Ensuring when children receive their new gifts Christmas morning it will have Duracell power to get them going.
Here’s how you can get involved! Spread the word and make a purchase! For every pack of Duracell batteries sold at Walmart in December 2016, Duracell will donate to Children’s Miracle Network. Their goal this year is to raise $150,000. This is an amazing opportunity to pay it forward. With your purchase, not only will you be powering your family’s holiday joy, you’ll also help make a child’s hospital stay a little brighter. For all the details on how you can support Children’s Miracle Network hospitals to power imagination of kids throughout the holidays please visit Duracell.com/cmn.
I had the fun opportunity to review a toy that truly powers the imagination of children, the ever popular Furby Connect by Hasbro!
Get ready to discover a world of surprises with this Furby Connect!
Geared to children ages 6+ the “Furby Connect friend has colorful eyes that display more than 150 animations to help express what Furby wants. Interact with a Furby Connect friend by petting, tickling, or shaking Furby, turning Furby upside down, or even moving its antenna like a joystick — then see how Furby reacts! ” The Furby Connect creature is one of the best-connected friends around! This amazing Furby Connect friend gets updates from the Furby Connect World app for the latest Furby phrases, music, and videos. This soft, sweet and reactive toy is a powerful way to charge your child’s imagination this holiday season. Furby Connect comes in a variety of colours so you can choose your child’s favourite shade of fun!
This holiday season I want to help one lucky reader of How To Survive Life In The Suburbs power the imagination of their child. We’re giving away one beautiful blue Furby Connect! ARV $99.00
To win simply tell me; How will you pay it forward this season? Hint: You can tell me you will be buying Duracell batteries for a special toy this December!
***And friends, don’t forget to power the imagination of sick children in Canada this season by purchasing a pack of Duracell batteries at Walmart this month. #PowerImagination @Duracell
Then use the Rafflecopter form provided to earn those extra entries. Good luck!
This giveaway is open to Canadians only, excluding Quebec, and to all those who have reached the age of majority in their Province. Closes December 23rd, 2016. NOTE: Prizes will not be delivered in time for Christmas.
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post in partnership the above mentioned brand. All thoughts and ideas remain my own.
I will be donating a couple of toys and donating to the toy drive.
We donated toys… I also won a $5,000 travel gift card, I used a portion to buy my cousin a plane ticket to spend Christmas with her 2 grandchildren she hasn’t seen in over 2 years.
I have already bought Duracell batteries ! So many of the toys need them! And we have donated food items to different places already!
I’m actually going to give a few surprise gifts and see if I could start a surprise-gift-giving-train.
I will pay it forward by volunteering because I’m on a tight budget. I’m unemployed currently and don’t have any money to donate, although I would like to…..
I am planning to do some stockings for seniors that my community is taking part it.
Ive enjoyed doing lots of things this month to pay it forward actually!! I was blessed this year big time and I spent the last couple months donating both money and goods to the humane society, for one thing. But.. I’m SO glad i read this blog because I didn’t know about the Duracell promotion and I got a coupon in the mail for 5$ off duracell also, so what a perfect combination and time to buy!
I will be buying TONS of Duracell batteries for my daughter’s toys this Christmas!
I will be donating toys and food to my local bank!
Wow a Furby! It was something I wanted but never got when I was a kid. Maybe I’ll be able to share one with my son one day. 🙂
I’ve been thinking of ways to pay it forward besides donating to charity but now I know an extra set of batteries for a present is the way to go!
Thanks!
I will be paying it forward with a donation to our first responders’ stuff a bus (toys etc..) as well as buying Duracell batteries for a special toy this December. 😉 Thanks for the chance!
I will pay it forward by donating toys and items to our local community center.
I pay it forward by giving a gift to the Angel tree at the mall.
My friends and I make care packages for our local homeless shelter.
I pay it forward around this time by donating food to my local food bank! In fact I did that today!