Earlier this week, our friend Jeannett from Life Rearranged wrote a sponsored post for Toys R Us, but instead of spending her profit from that post on peppermint lattes and manicures, she and two of her kids spent all of the money buying things to donate to Toys for Tots.
Pretty amazing, right? I thought so.
But then Jeannett took it one step further, because she is awesome.
She decided to give one of her readers $100 to do the same thing. That was $100 of her own money, from her heart. To enter, all her readers had to do was leave a comment telling her the nicest thing anyone had ever done for them.
You guys. These comments? They were amazing, and inspiring. (Jeannett has promised to punch Jenny and me in the face if we call her inspiring, but I think she’d agree that that’s an appropriate description of the comments.) (Also? She is inspiring.)
Anyway, Jeannett’s giveaway ended yesterday, but you should still click over and read the comments on her post. You will be glad you did, I promise. Kate and I read them together, and we had to keep taking turns reading them aloud because we kept getting choked up.
So, because Jenny and I were so moved by this whole thing, we’ve decided to completely rip off Jeannett’s idea and do the same thing here on Mommin’ It Up. We’re going to give one reader $100 to do something good this holiday season. We don’t care what it is (although we do want to hear about it!), just something good.
But we’re going to have to move quickly, because Christmas is like 24 hours away. Or 13 days. Something like that. So we’ll close comments on Tuesday, December 17 and randomly choose a winner.
And to make sure our idea-ripping-off is complete, we are going to have the same rules as Jeannett:
1. You must use the money to do good, however you see that. Toys for Tots, donations to a food pantry, adopt a family – whatever. Just something that is kind and will make someone else happy.
2. You must have a social media account of some kind. Whether its a personal Facebook page, Twitter, Instagram, whatever. Just some way to share at least one photo of what you decided to do.
3. Take a pic and tag Mommin’ It Up (on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter) so we can see what you’ve done and enjoy it with you, and share it with all of our readers.
4. Shady people need not apply. Don’t enter if you’re going to blow it on Mt. Dew and cheez puffs. (Not that I know anyone who eats those things. *cough*Jenny*cough*).
Just leave ONE comment telling us:
WHAT WAS THE NICEST THING SOMEONE HAS EVER DONE FOR YOU?
I cannot wait to hear.
