Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Kohl's Cares for Kids Ducky Review and Giveaway

We are a Kohl's family. We go there all the time for M's clothes, kid clothes, toys, house stuff. You name it, we can probably find it there and have a blast in the meantime.

I didn't need any help to love Kohl's more, but they've gone and done something extra special anyway. They've come up with a neat way to get kids reading this summer. As part of the Kohl's Cares for Kids program, until the end of June you'll find two awesome books by Jackie Urbanovic (New York Times best-selling author and illustrator!) for sale along with their coordinating plus toys for just $5 each.

Duck Soup and Duck at the Door are hilarious books that you and your kids will get a kick out of reading. The coordinating plush toys are really high quality and surprisingly funny and cute.

For just $5 you can get a fun treat, or a nice birthday present for a friend. You and your child could pick out a couple gifts for less fortunate or hospitalized kids, you could even start a pint sized book club for your child's friends! When the price is right and the money goes towards charity it's hard to resist!

Duck books and coordinating plush toys pros:

- Jackie Urbanivic's Duck books have adorable whimsical pictures that will delight even the youngest children and great lessons about caring for others that will interest older ones.
- The stuffed animals are wonderful quality toys - incredibly soft with the greatest facial expressions.
- $5 for a book or a stuffy! Can't beat that!
- Helping others by getting yourself a treat! Even better.

Duck books and coordinating plus toys cons:

- You people are going to stop believing me, but what can I say, I can't think of any negatives here.


Win your very own Duck book and coordinating plush toy!

To enter:
1) Leave a comment telling me about something charitable you and your child have done.
2) Leave a comment telling me how you are going to get your child to read this summer.
3) Visit the Kohl's website and tell me about something you just have to get.
4) Subscribe to this blog's feed. Leave a comment telling me you subscribed.
5) Subscribe to my other blog's feed. Leave a comment telling me you subscribed.
6) Tweet, email, blog about this giveaway.


That's a grand total of 8 ways you can enter! Please remember to leave me a way to contact you. And please, please, please, leave a separate comment for each of your entries. I can't credit you for each of them if you don't.

Giveaway ends Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 10pm PST. This giveaway is now closed. Please visit my other giveaway for more great prizes!

I received two Duck books by Jackie Urbanovic and two plush coordinating toys for review, but I was in other no way compensated for this giveaway. All opinions included in this post are mine and mine alone.

*Through the Kohl’s Cares for Kids program, 100 percent of the net profits from sales of the Duck books and plush toys will benefit children’s health and education initiatives nationwide. Since the Kohl’s Cares for Kids program’s inception in 2000, Kohl’s has turned $5 merchandise into more than $126 million that has made a positive impact on the lives of children across the country.

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52 comments:

  1. IWe give to Donors Choose.

    mj.coward[at]gmail.com

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  2. I follow.

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  3. We join our local library's reading club...weekly meetings..great prizes!

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  4. We always read with our 2 1/2 year old before rest time in the afternoon and also before bedtime.

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  5. Something I would like to get from Kohls is a steam cleaner (like the Bissell QuickSteamer Deep Cleaner). Our family room is carpeted and is a high traffic area. With a toddler and baby, I'd like the floor to be extra clean.

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  6. I started subscribing to the Lemonade Stand feed a few weeks ago - when you were giving away the Nautalis 3 in 1 car seat.

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  7. I need ducks!!

    Every Christmas my family & I go door to door, caroling for the Food Bank. We've raised 1,000's of lbs of food for the past 15 years.

    Last year wee Piper did a water project at school, including a penny drive, and ended up raising enough money to buy clean water wells for 8 villages in Africa.

    Oh, and she's currently working on a project to rescue frogs, in case you were wondering.

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  8. My daughter has done the Walk for Babies for the March of Dimes with me
    jceko77@yahoo.com

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  9. I am going to get my daughters to read this summer by enrolling them in a reading club at our library
    jceko77@yahoo.com

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  10. I just have to get the Youngland polka dot dress set for my daughter:) Too cute!
    jceko77@yahoo.com

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  11. I get a package from the American Heart Association to fill out for all the neighborhood to donate and I send them out in the mail. They send me the cash donations and I sent the donations to them. My grandchildren helped me by putting all the papers together and stuffing the envelopes. Thank you so much!

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  12. I printed out Reading charts from Chuck E. Cheese and when the grandkids read a variety of books I complete the chart and they in turn get tokens for playing games.

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  13. I would love to get the Samsonite® Austonia Spinner Luggage Collection at Kohl's. I really need a new set.

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  14. I also subscribe to your other blog It's My Life.

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  15. I tweeted
    http://twitter.com/kewpiedoll04/status/1951443659

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  16. A's school had a change drive for heifer's international this year. She had a lot of fun scrounging up all the loose change she could find around the house (it was over $10!). And I was amazed that she wasn't upset about giving away all the quarters she found...usually she collects them for her piggy bank or the rides at Westgate.

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  17. We've been going to the library storytimes & we read at home every day. I need to read to K more, but A already loves it & 'reads' books by herself.

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  18. At Christmas time, we picked out a toy, wrapped it together and donated it to Toys for Tots. Thanks.

    kport207 at gmail dot com

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  19. I teach my toddler grandson to share withe others.

    janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com

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  20. I plan to take my grandson to the library so that he can pick out picture books.

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  21. I would like to get the Stone & Co. Gabby Bucket Handbag.

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  22. we helped out at a walk for aids in africa event. it was very cold but very worthwhile!

    melanie(dot)myatt(at)gmail(dot)com

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  23. we will have both girls in the summer reading program at the library. they like to be entered for the prizes, i like all the reading.

    melanie(dot)myatt(at)gmail(dot)com

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  24. i subscribe to this blog's feed through reader.

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  25. i subscribe to "it's my life" through reader.

    melanie(dot)myatt(at)gmail(dot)com

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  26. i would like a $9.99 croft and barrow swim cover-up--the more coverage the better!

    melanie(dot)myatt(at)gmail(dot)com

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  27. My daughters school has a program called Kids for Kenya. We collect aluminum cans to recycle for the group.

    ajcmeyer At go dot com

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  28. We make home-made dog bones and then sell them at our shelter's adoption carnival. We make sure we support Santa's Helpers every year. They adopt families and everyone in the family gets a present and food.
    OUr chuch supports Heifer International and the kids get a kick out of making goodies to sell for this worthwhile cause.

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  29. We joined the reading program at the library. This is a great summer program to keep the kids interested in reading this summer.

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  30. I would like the Garmin™ nĂ¼vi® 205 GPS Navigation Unit from Kohl's.

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  31. We adopted a boy and a girl for the Sharing at Christmas program last year.
    Thanks!
    1bmore @ gmail . com

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  32. We donate the toys and clothes that my kids outgrow to the Salvation Army on a regular basis and participate in the Samaritan's Purse program every Christmas.

    treflea4 at gmail dot com

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  33. In the Summer, we love to participate in our local library's Summer Reading Program.

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  34. I love the Nine & Co.® Alta Mini Top-Zip Handbag at KOHL'S.

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  35. My children and I collect food for the Catholic Charities Food Bank once a month.
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  36. I am going to get my chidlen to read this Summer by using a reward system. When they finish a book they get to choose something from the goody box..
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  37. At Kohl's I would love to buy a new bed set. Like Simply Vera Vera Wang Flora Comforter Set & Accessories
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  38. I am a subscriber.
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  39. we have a lemonade stand each summer and all money gpes to kids with cancer

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  40. they do library programs and they love to read year round- they see you read they will follow

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  41. We donate gently used items and out time to a local charity.

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  42. I subscriber to this blog
    jceko77@yahoo.com

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  43. We donate monthly to Saint Jude's Children's hospital. My mother also adopted a wolf family in my daughter's name. And when we donate a dollar to those causes at the store and McDonald's? We always put the kids names.

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  44. The kids and I do volunteer work at a nursing home on a regular basis.

    marielay@gmail.com

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  45. I actually don't have to do much to get my kids to read -- they both love books -- but to encourage it we go the library at least once a week to get out new books to read together.

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  46. Wow what don't we do.. we volunteer at the animal shelters and a nursing home nearby... My son always gets his old toys and good clothes together so we can give them either to someone we know that needs them or to the local shelter...

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  47. Reading is a daily thing so no need to worry about getting him to read.. The problem is finding new books for his ever growing library...(he has a little trouble giving up his books and I can't blam him)

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  48. my son and I like to volunteer at the animal shelter, walking the dogs and socializing the cats. It's good for us, and for the animals. Thanks for the giveaway

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  49. well my oldest is 3, so we read all the time

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  50. Our entire family, 20months on up contribute to our local Relay for life. We fully participate by hosting bake sales, finding sponsors for the walk, participating in the actual event by walking, and just being there to support the Cancer survivors, the Cancer Fighters, and to honor those who have passed from Cancer.

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  51. Getting the kiddos to read is easy, they love to be read to. We do a lot of our readinge either sitting on our large front porch or we spread a blanket out in the backyard in the shade of the Lilac bush and read books for a while. So much fun.
    Thanks!

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