A Child You Know Could Follow in the Inspiring Footsteps of the Long Brothers, Winners of the 2012 SportsKid of the Year Award!

We received a promotional item as a thank you for taking the time to participate in this campaign.  All opinions expressed are my own.

Our 9 year old Jake has been receiving the Sports Illustrated Kids Magazine for nearly a year now and enjoys it very much. I don't know how many times he interjects and corrects me regarding a host of sports-related facts and trivia, always pleasantly surprising me. It is not uncommon to see Jake reading SI Kids well-past his bedtime after a new issue arrives.

Each year Sports Illustrated Kids awards a kid between the ages of 7 and 15 their SportsKid of the Year award and it is time to start nominating candidates for the 2013 award. What a fun way to celebrate kids who show great sportsmanship on the field and off. The award helps show other kids that sports aren't just about what you do on the field by rewarding kids who excel in all parts of their life as well as on the field.

The winner will appear on the December 2013 color of Sports Illustrated Kids. In addition, the winner will receive a special SportsKid of the Year jacket and a trip to New York City to accept the award at a special ceremony!

Meet the inspiring winners of the 2012 SportsKid of the Year award:

To nominate your favorite kid athlete, please visit www.sikids.com/skoty by October 7, 2013.

Giveaway: The Energizer Hall of Fame [CLOSED]

It's that time of year again! Energizer is on the look-out for its next Energizer Hall of Fame inductee. This year's inductee will receive a $10,000 cash prize plus $5,000 to be donated to the charity of his or her choice.

If you know of an inspirational person who shows determination and perseverance, you can nominate them to be considered for this honor. It does not need to be someone famous . . . just someone who can "keep going" to achieve his or her goals. Just fill out the Keep Going Hall of Fame nomination form and share their story with Energizer.

To read the inspirational stories of the Energizer Keep Going Hall of Fame inductees from past years, visit EnergizerKeepGoingHallOfFame.com .

All nominations must be received by April 23rd, 2010.

Thank you to Energizer for providing the information shared in this post as well as the prize for this contest. Energizer also sent us a pack of batteries as a thank you for sharing this information with our readers.

What you can win:
One lucky reader will receive a 24pk of AA Energizer Max batteries.

Limitations:

This giveaway is open to U.S. entries only. You do not need to be a blogger to enter, but you must have a valid email address and be age 18 years or older. If you enter anonymously and do not include a valid email address in your comment entries, I will not be able to notify you should you win this random drawing.

How to Gain Entries:

Leave a comment telling me who you find to be inspirational (either someone you know personally or someone who is famous). You MUST do this to be eligible to win this contest.

Extra Entries:

1) For 5 extra entries, leave a relevant comment on one of my non-giveaway posts. Then leave FIVE separate comments with the name of the post on which you commented. You will earn 5 extra entries for each different non-contest post you comment on.

2) For 5 extra entries, enter one of my other contests. Leave FIVE separate comments here telling me which contest you entered. You will earn 5 extra entries for each contest you enter.

3) For 10 extra entries, blog about this contest linking back to this post AND EnergizerHallOfFame.com . Then come back here and leave TEN separate comments with the link to your blog post.

4) Friend me on Facebook. Then leave a separate comment with the link to your Facebook profile.

5) For 2 extra entries, share the link to this contest post on Facebook. Then leave TWO separate comments with the link to your Facebook profile.

6) Follow me on Twitter. Then leave a separate comment with the link to your Twitter profile.

7) Tweet about this giveaway linking back to this post. Then come back here and leave the link to your tweet in a separate comment. You may do this once per day until the end of the contest.

8) Subscribe to this blog's feed. Or you can follow me through Blogger or subscribe via email (widget is on sidebar). Then leave a separate comment telling me you did so.

9) Subscribe to A Blog of Goodies' feed (the sister site to 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires). Then leave a separate comment telling me you did so.

10) Add my button or blog link to your blog's sidebar. Then leave a separate comment with the link to your blog.

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(All entries will be verified prior to awarding this prize.)


Random Drawing:

This contest will be closed on Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. A random number drawing will be held shortly after. The winner will be announced here and will be contact via email or through their blog. If the winner does not respond within 48 hours, a new number will be drawn.

Good luck in the drawing!

"Extraordinary Measures" and $10,000 For Your Cause

Extraordinary Measures, the highly anticipated film which brings Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser, and Keri Russell together on the silver screen, opens on Friday, January 22nd. This movie tells the inspirational story of two men who put everything on the line to find a treatment for an incurable childhood disease, a disease with which Fraser's and Russell's characters' two children have been diagnosed.

In keeping with the spirit of this film, through January 26th, 2010, you can enter to win $10,000 for the charity of your choice by submitting a short video of a moving story to be included in the Inspirational Quilt. Your video can be a dramatic one or simply a photo slide show. The number of votes each video receives is directly related to the number of entries into this sweepstakes the entrants will receive. Even if you do not submit a video of your own, you can help someone else win $10,000 for their chosen cause by just voting for the videos that inspire you.

You can read the official sweepstakes rules here.

Thank you to YouCast Corporation for providing the information on which this article is based.