Would you like to win an iPod nano and help a great charity?
I am giving away a brand new, 5th Generation, 8 GB Apple iPod nano (a $149 value) to one lucky person that reads this article. I’ll even let you pick the color!
How do you enter to win? I have made it incredibly simple and easy to win, but I’ll ask you to read this article first and then I’ll tell you how. Deal? Okay, let’s get down to business for a moment.
Why I’m Giving Away a Free iPod nano
I’m giving away a free iPod nano so I can have the chance to ask you to make a $2.50 donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
One of the key characteristics of Super-Charged Living is being committed to a cause. So, I am stepping out here where the rubber meets the road and practicing what I preach.
Together, we can make a big difference in the life of a child! I hope you’ll join me in supporting this great cause!
Help the Make-A-Wish Foundation Grant Wishes to Children
The Make-A-Wish Foundation has granted the wishes of more than 185,000 children with life-threatening medical conditions nationwide.
These wishes give hope, strength and joy to children that are fighting for their lives.
Typically children’s wishes fall into four categories:
- To Be – a zookeeper, a firefighter, a baker, etc.
- To Meet – a favorite celebrity or athlete
- To Have – a computer, a playhouse, a puppy, etc.
- To Go – to a theme park, Hawaii, a major sporting event, etc.
The most common wish granted is to go to a theme park such as DisneyWorld.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants a wish every 40 minutes! In fiscal year 2009, they granted 13,465 wishes!
Here is a great video from YouTube that documents the incredible impact that Make-A-Wish has in the lives of children. I hope you’ll take a few minutes to listen to these stories.
Will You Give Just $2.50 to Help Make-A-Wish for a Child?
It is less than the cost of a tall latte at Starbucks! However, if everyone of my 3,000 subscribers will make this tiny donation, then we can pay for one child’s wish! Isn’t that incredible! Together we can make a difference.
According to Make-A-Wish, the average cost of a wish is $7,362. It is an audacious goal, but I believe we can raise enough for one wish. Will you help?
I personally guarantee and will prove that 100% of all the money I collect will be donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. I will post a copy of my receipt to this blog as proof.
Click Donate to Contribute Your $2.50 to This Fantastic Cause!
Here is where you can help make a difference in the life of a child with a life-threatening medical condition. This is a completely safe and secure way to give via PayPal!
By the way, you can increase the amount of your donation, if you would like, simply by changing it in the box above before you click the donate button.
How to Win the Free iPod nano and Thank You for Your Support!
Okay, I’ve made this ridiculously easy so I hope you will tell everyone. All you have to do to enter to win the free iPod nano is leave a comment on this post. Comments on other posts do not count. Here are the rest of the rules:
- You must be a U.S. resident and 18 years old to enter.
- You must provide a valid e-mail address so I can contact you.
- Only one entry per person.
- No donation is necessary to win, but greatly appreciated!
- You must share this post with everyone you know (just kidding!)
- Entry into the giveaway will be closed on November 25, 2009.
I will randomly select one winner from all the entries and notify the winner immediately upon closing the giveaway. I will then ship the winner their brand new 8GB iPod nano in the color of their choice.
Be Sure to Follow Our Progress Over the Next Few Weeks
You can check back here on this page anytime to see how much money has been raised for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Also, please be sure to subscribe to receive my articles absolutely free. I will be posting at least one update per week until this giveaway and fundraiser is complete.
Click the green Retweet button below to let your friends on Twitter know about this opportunity!
Thanks again for your support!
Photo by iTopic
Great work for an excellent cause, Jeff! I will donate for both my wife & I, and I’ll definitely let everyone I know to join in.
I love this. Great idea!
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Excellent idea – I just retweeted because I like to see people do things like this.
Pull my name out of the contest, I live in France.
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Great idea – just donated.
Hi Jeff,
This is amazing good for you! My son is a wish kid and so this is very close to my heart. In Canada it’s the Children’s Wish Foundation but same thing really. I just donated here and I hope all of your readers come through. This really does make a difference to the kids and what you’re asking for here is such a small drop in the bucket for most people.
All the best to you and I can’t wait to see how close you get to providing a wish.
Warmly,
Sherri
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What a great idea!
I’ve donated
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Count me in for $25.00 but no iPod necessary. Give it to another one of your readers who donates.
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I just made a donation. I know that you asked for $2.50 but you should have set up the donation so people who wanted to give more could. Avil Beckford
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Hey Avil, all you do is change the amount in the box. I changed mine to $25.00
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This is a great thing that you are doing. I just donated.
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What a great idea!
What a good cause, I’ll spread the word.
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I applaud you for what you are doing. I try to help any charity that I can.
ubrewme@yahoo.com
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A great charity to highlight! Good luck!
Madamerkf at aol dot com
Great way to support such an important cause! I will definitely let everyone of my friends know about this.
Jeff,
You are an inspiration to me! I have always been obsessed with the idea of living a full life, and you embody that in so many ways! Thanks for all you do and how you inspire! I hope that we blow your goal away and make some kid super stoked!!!
Shannon
I love this idea, and I think the Make-A-Wish organization is such a good cause! I hope you help them raise tons of money!!
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This isn’t only a contest, but a great cause! Thanks for the chance to win
hurricaneharinder@yahoo.com
Make-a-Wish is a great cause. I hope you raise lots of money for those kids!
What a great idea! Best wishes and God bless you.
Great Cause, Hope you end up raising lots of money (I tried to help..)
Make-a-Wish is a great organization. Good luck with your fund drive.
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I newly stumbled on your site (less than 2 weeks) and I must say I have been reading it ever since because I too try to live a full life on a daily basis. Great site and you’re a good person too for helping a good cause. Wish there were more people like you in this world!
Jeff, Dustin told me about what you are doing. What a wonderful idea. I know every penny helps, and when it goes towards children, it’s just a bigger bonus to think of the smiles on their faces! Thank you
Great idea, Jeff! This is an excellent way to raise money for a great cause.
Thank you
Awesome Jeff, you continually to bring so many great ideas, I love the Make a Wish Foundation it’s a fantastic cause. Donation sent!
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Just donated Jeff! Great idea man and I love the cause. Keep up the great work!!
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Awesome way to leverage the readers of your site and help some kids in need! It’s amazing what we pay in taxes that are supposed to help but seem to go nowhere, yet if we all got together and chipped in a buck every now and then we could truly change many lives.
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Just donated jeff. Love when bloggers take the initiative to help others! Helping and giving are what it’s all about! Hopefully together we can all make some child’s wish come true!
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OK now that you have me crying and all. Seriously what a great cause! My nephew Caleb had lukemia when he was six. My brother and his family went to Disneyland through Make A Wish. He’s just getting his driver’s license and taking his Pre-Sats.
Just a hint for next time. It may be useful to add even other bigger options for donations as well. By the time I finished the video I could’ve broke my bank! Your awesome for doing this!
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Hey Jeff,
This is a great idea! I hope you don’t mind me “borrowing” your idea for other worthwhile causes!
Blessings,
Betty
awesome idea
Aww, Make-A-Wish Foundation is so cool. I have participated in granting a wish before! Will do it again!
This is a really good cause. I will spread the word.
What a great cause. And what a great idea! I’ll do what I can to help you reach your goal of fulfilling one wish. Good luck!
Lisa
drugstoredivalisa(at)gmail.com
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awesome idea – thanks for a great giveaway!!!
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I donated to the cause.
Hope I win. Thanks for the great giveaway and for promoting such a great cause.
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Great charity! I just donated!
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What a great idea! I love following you on Twitter.
Thank you for letting me donate!!
What a great idea! And even though I’m unemployed $5 can go a long way. WTG!
Great giveaway!
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What a great giveaway! I give to St. Jude’s, and I also have a special needs son, so I am always giving to autism research.
I’m a Canadian citizen so can’t enter the draw but it’s a great cause so I donated anyway…hope others will do the same! Glad I stumbled across your blog…good reading.
What a great post! Make a wish is an amazing charity!
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thank you for making the donation process so easy. I had recv’d gift cards from a local grocery store and was looking for someone to give them to. Gave the amount of the cards to make a wish. Made me happy all day.
What a fabulous idea! I donated $2.50 – my confirmation number is 0FB041409L956994C. So wonderful of you to go to all this effort and expense to raise money for Make-A-Wish. I’m going to tweet this out, hope others get in on this too!
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What a great thing you are doing! I just made my donation.
What a GREAT idea! Happy to retweet!
What an awesome idea!