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.
This Christmas, like the previous Christmas, we pay it forward by adding Duracell batteries for the toys we give to kids! We know what it’s like when it doesn’t come with a battery and you have to wait to play with the toy!!
Adding batteries to gifts is a must, and adding a little gift card or cash to a purse or wallet is nice too…..
We’re paying it forward by bringing clothes and toys to a local charity.
My son loves nerf guns – so he’ll need some batteries for the motorized ones!
I will pay it forward buy adding Duracell batteries to all the toys I give this year!! And I will also make some yummies for my husbands office cause they treat him so good 🙂
I just payed it forward this morning with coffee for the next car in line at Timmies! I also bought Duracell batteries for Thomas the train for one of my grandsons!
I will definitely buy some batteries and donate to the local food bank.
I try to do little things each day – like yesterday in the snow storm. When I got to the after school program to pick up my 2 girls (at the school they go to), I cleared all the windshields of the cars in the parking lot for the teachers that were still at school. 🙂
I will pay it forward by donating to the local food bank.
I will be buying Duracell batteries for a special toy this December!
I will be paying it forward this season by giving toys to the children in our local hospital.
I pay it forward by donating to our local food bank and santas annonomys and I always make sure if I buy toys that require batteries, that I include a pack of duracells
Miss R paid it forward this season by purchasing a toy and an outfit for a the Angel Tree at church for a little girl around the same age.
I like to pay if forward at Chrismas time by buying presents for kids in our local women’s shelter, donating to the food bank and other worthy causes. I would definitely add some Duracel batteries to the Furby as well!
I know my daughter would love a Furby. They are so cute!