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Our Final Hallmark Recordable Storybooks Giveaway!

October 1, 2010 by Janice

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here.

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Over the last three months, Susan and I have been sharing with you how much we LOVE Hallmark’s new Recordable Storybooks — and giving you a chance to win one for your family and ten to donate to a local charity of your choice!

First, I showed you a video of Olivia squealing with delight over the book I recorded for her, All The Ways I Love You. She adores her “special book” and I love how I was able to capture her joy in this video. She is SO adorable and she LOVES her recordable storybook!

Second, Susan shot a video of her recording her girls’ voices on a recordable storybook to send to their Nonna (Grandma) in Italy. Sophia and Julia loved recording their voices and their “Nona” was thrilled to receive such a treasure!

Finally, I was going to show you a video with my eight year old son creating a recordable story book. I was so excited to have him read and record the Thank You God For Everything recordable book by Hallmark.

I definitely want us all to remember his sweet can-read-all-by-himself voice.

But…

When I went to grab the book so Jackson and I could shoot the video together, I couldn’t find it anywhere!

It had been sitting on the kitchen table before I left on a trip last week.

To my horror, I found out that our puppy AJ had decided HE wanted a taste of the action too!

Yes — my dog ate my homework!

I was so sad because I wanted to make this video for you with Jackson, BUT I love these recordable storybooks so much I will need to buy another one! They are just so fabulous!

So, I suppose I’ll forgive my puppy for his naughty-puppy-ways and head off to the store to pick up another copy of Thank You God For Everything.

Win for you AND for Charity!

If YOU want to win — we have one Hallmark Recordable Storybook to giveaway, PLUS ten more copies for a local charity of the winner’s choice!

(But seriously, don’t just wait to win one! I think the Hallmark Recorable Storybooks can be the perfect gift! With Hallmark’s fantastic artwork, story-telling and quality — with the personal touch of adding your own voice or your children’s voice, these books are brilliant!)

As these Storybooks have touched lives from coast to coast, Hallmark wants to share all the Storybooks have to offer with members of your community, particularly those who may be separated from family or in need of gifts to share with loved ones.

Hallmark is providing 10 copies of a Recordable Storybook (selected by Hallmark) to donate to a local charity of our randomly selected winner’s choosing.

The selected charitable organization must be local to the winner, serving their area, (for instance, a military base, children’s hospital or shelter).

Because these books record voices, people who are separated from loved ones, such as children or people in the hospital, military families, or families in crisis, would be wonderful receipients.

Enter To Win

To enter, simply leave a comment letting us know the local charity to whom you would like to donate the ten additional copies if you win.

The winner will be chosen by random.

This giveaway will close on Friday, October 15th. We will announce our winners on Saturday, October 16th. This giveaway is open to US residents and is void where prohibited. Please see our site’s terms and conditions of use for more information.

We have decided to once again accept extra entries! For extra entries you can share this contest on Twitter, sign up for our newsletter, or add our feed to your reader. And don’t forget to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter if you want to keep in touch with us and receive reminders about all of our giveaways, etc!

Written by Janice Croze, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom.

Please Note: Hallmark provided prizing for this giveaway along with product samples. This post is part of a sponsored campaign with Hallmark. As usual, my opinions are completely my own!

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68 Comments

  1. Karen Jones says

    November 28, 2010 at 12:31 am

    I would give the books to my local foster carers asssociation.

    Reply
  2. Rupa says

    November 13, 2010 at 9:03 am

    Everybody wins! Atlanta – they run a weekly Power Lunch program where reading mentors volunteer a lunch hour to read to a child at her school…teachers handpick children who they believe will benefit the most or need to be read to at least once a week. Recordable Storybooks would make great gifts for these kids on behalf of Everybody Wins…the children form a close bond with their reading mentors and it would be nice for them to be read to by the mentors even on days when they don’t meet or after they’ve grown out of the program.

    Reply
  3. Cindy Benson says

    November 4, 2010 at 11:08 am

    I would donate to Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, AL.

    Reply
  4. Stephanie says

    October 15, 2010 at 9:22 am

    What a blessing! We would donate the books to Lutheran Childrens Hospital. Those childen would really benifit from these books!:]

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  5. Joseph says

    October 12, 2010 at 11:57 pm

    i would donate them to Ronald McDonald House Charity

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  6. Marie says

    October 12, 2010 at 11:36 pm

    i would donate the books to CMN Childrens Miracle Network

    Reply
  7. Idaho Jill says

    October 12, 2010 at 5:58 pm

    tweet, thanks! http://twitter.com/#!/idahojill/status/27177202496

    Reply
  8. Idaho Jill says

    October 12, 2010 at 5:57 pm

    I am an email subscriber, thanks!

    Reply
  9. Idaho Jill says

    October 12, 2010 at 5:56 pm

    I would love to donate them to our children’s hospital!

    Reply
  10. Linda M. says

    October 12, 2010 at 3:04 pm

    Oh I love this & I love the donation part the best! I would be thrilled to give the books to our local hospital for their Children’s floor. Wellington Regional Hosp. would really be able to use these for the families that come from all over. I have my fingers & toes crossed for this one……………again! LOL

    Reply
  11. Sarah - PS Mom Reviews says

    October 11, 2010 at 9:37 pm

    I would give these to a local after-school program I used to work for in a low-income housing complex.

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  12. Kristinia says

    October 11, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    I would dontate to the Boston Children’s Hospital here in Mass or to our local USO. I believe this is a wonderful gift and would also help the children who’s fathers are also deployed (military families), my fiance is in the USMC and this would be a way to still keep “Mommy” or Daddy reading to their angels at bedtime even when they are far apart!

    Reply
  13. Christina says

    October 11, 2010 at 10:21 am

    reach out and read…

    Reply
  14. Melissa Handlovitch says

    October 9, 2010 at 11:15 pm

    I would donate my book to PIttsburgh’s Children’s Hospital.

    Reply
  15. Rebecca says

    October 7, 2010 at 7:26 pm

    I would donate to “Kuddle Kids”

    Reply
  16. Marlena U. says

    October 7, 2010 at 11:28 am

    I would choose oure local Gilda’s Club as they have a kid’s program called “Noogieland” and the kids would love these.

    Reply
  17. Melissa P. says

    October 7, 2010 at 7:50 am

    Tweet
    http://twitter.com/#!/Mel4Him/status/26641081058
    Mel4Him777{at}gmail{dot}com

    Reply
  18. Melissa P. says

    October 7, 2010 at 7:48 am

    I’m a Twitter follower (Mel4Him)
    Mel4Him777{at}gmail{dot}com

    Reply
  19. Melissa P. says

    October 7, 2010 at 7:47 am

    I “LIKE” 5M4M on Facebook (Melissa P./Mel4Him)
    Mel4Him777{at}gmail{dot}com

    Reply
  20. Melissa P. says

    October 7, 2010 at 7:47 am

    I’m a Feed/Reader Subscriber
    Mel4Him777{at}gmail{dot}com

    Reply
  21. Melissa P. says

    October 7, 2010 at 7:46 am

    I’m a newsletter subscriber
    Mel4Him777{at}gmail{dot}com

    Reply
  22. Melissa P. says

    October 7, 2010 at 7:46 am

    I would love to have my 10 donated to Hope Alive, Inc. http://www.hopealiveministries.org. Thank you for the opportunity.

    Reply
  23. Vickie Couturier says

    October 5, 2010 at 4:01 pm

    email subscriber
    vlbelk(at)hotmail.com

    Reply
  24. Vickie Couturier says

    October 5, 2010 at 4:00 pm

    tweeted]
    http://twitter.com/vickiecouturier/status/26485828579
    vlbelk(at)Hotmail.com

    Reply
  25. Vickie COuturier says

    October 5, 2010 at 3:58 pm

    Like you on facebook vickiecouturier
    vlbelk(at)hotmail.com

    an I love the extry entries

    Reply
  26. Vickie Couturier says

    October 5, 2010 at 3:56 pm

    follow you on twitter @vickiecouturier
    vlbelk(at)hotmail.com

    Reply
  27. Vickie Couturier says

    October 5, 2010 at 3:55 pm

    I would donate them to the local foster care group,these kids would love to have something like this to have

    vlbelk(at)hotmail.com

    Reply
  28. Cassandra D. says

    October 5, 2010 at 3:51 pm

    I have your feed on my google reader.

    Reply
  29. Cassandra D. says

    October 5, 2010 at 3:50 pm

    I get your newsletter.

    Reply
  30. Cassandra D. says

    October 5, 2010 at 3:50 pm

    I would donate them to our local Catholic Charities. this is wonderful.

    Reply
  31. Ann C says

    October 5, 2010 at 7:50 am

    My charity is “Everybody Wins” in Atlanta. I am a reading mentor for this program, and it would be amazing to win these books for the program.

    Reply
  32. Randi K says

    October 5, 2010 at 3:34 am

    I follow you on Twitter!

    Reply
  33. Randi K says

    October 5, 2010 at 3:33 am

    I would love to have these donated to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia! They have taken care of my son and my cousins child who actually is in there now and has been for the past week after his third surgery 🙁 He is only 4 mths old).

    Reply
  34. sarah says

    October 4, 2010 at 6:40 pm

    I would donate the books to Urban Impact, a local charity that tutors local kids. Love these books!

    Reply
  35. sarah says

    October 4, 2010 at 6:38 pm

    I retweeted the giveaway!

    Reply
  36. sarah says

    October 4, 2010 at 6:38 pm

    I follow you on twitter!

    Reply
    • sarah says

      October 4, 2010 at 6:39 pm

      Ignore this one, thought following was an entry…oops!

      Reply
  37. Debra says

    October 4, 2010 at 6:29 pm

    Ronald McDonald House or Hmmm Childrens Medical Center in Dallas I think! So many worthy local charities that could use books.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  38. Angie says

    October 3, 2010 at 6:51 pm

    I subscribe to the newsletter: pricousins at aol dot com

    Reply
  39. Angie says

    October 3, 2010 at 6:50 pm

    Tweet; http://twitter.com/#!/pricousins/status/26308145800

    And THANKS for the extra entries again!

    Reply
  40. Angie says

    October 3, 2010 at 6:49 pm

    I would give these to the local homeless women’s shelter in my area. They have tons of kids that would love these!

    pricousins at aol dot com

    Reply
  41. Krista says

    October 3, 2010 at 3:27 am

    feed reader (not liking the extra entries again)

    Reply
  42. Krista says

    October 3, 2010 at 3:26 am

    I would donate them to our local pregnancy center! I think they’d be great for new mommies!

    Reply
  43. Sandra Joseph says

    October 2, 2010 at 11:01 pm

    My son in law is leaving for deployment soon and I would donate the extra books to his unit.

    Reply
  44. stacy says

    October 2, 2010 at 7:40 pm

    I follow you on google reader.

    Reply
  45. stacy says

    October 2, 2010 at 7:39 pm

    I follow you on FB.

    Reply
  46. stacy says

    October 2, 2010 at 7:39 pm

    I tweeted! searching4

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  47. stacy says

    October 2, 2010 at 7:38 pm

    I’d donate them to our crisis nursery.

    Reply
  48. Karen Propes says

    October 2, 2010 at 6:52 pm

    I would donate mine to Duke Children’s Hospital, it would be great for those poor little babies that are so sick to be able to hear their parent’s voices when they can’t be there.
    [email protected]

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  49. Kathy Stevenson says

    October 2, 2010 at 4:46 pm

    I would want the books donated to Arms of Love in Godfrey, IL!

    Reply
  50. tennille says

    October 2, 2010 at 4:41 pm

    NOTE THIS IS NOT AN ENTRY AS I AM EXCLUDED (Canadian) but I had to comment on your dog-naughty and he looks like he knows it-you made smile!

    Reply
  51. Christie J. Freeman says

    October 2, 2010 at 1:26 pm

    I would like to donate to a Ronald McDonald House, if there is one in our town/area, or if not- to a local battered women and children organization.

    Reply
  52. Jenn C says

    October 2, 2010 at 11:33 am

    I would donate them to the Evergreen Hospital in Kirklands PICU – The docs in the NICU helped save the twins and get them home healthy and happy , and I bet these books would be great for the older kids in the hospital.

    Reply
  53. Sherry hart says

    October 2, 2010 at 11:07 am

    I would donate them to our local Toys for Tots program.

    Reply
  54. Jennifer James says

    October 2, 2010 at 9:09 am

    Oh my gosh! That is so hilarious. Not really… but your puppy is so cute and adorable all I could do was smile 🙂

    Reply
  55. Kristy Oberts says

    October 2, 2010 at 5:29 am

    WWWW.thelittlestheros.com would be my choice. Love this jammn’ giveaway!

    Reply
  56. Simone G. says

    October 2, 2010 at 12:14 am

    I would like to donate to the Warrior Kids Workshop aboard Camp Pendleton! Great program for kids where they learn to cope better with deployments.
    http://www.usmc.mil/unit/basecamppendleton/Pages/News/2010/Workshophelpschildrencopewithdeployment.aspx

    Reply
  57. Kelly Ann T. says

    October 1, 2010 at 9:25 pm

    I would like to donate them to Santa’s Helpers who adopt families for the holidays

    Reply
  58. Carrie Z says

    October 1, 2010 at 8:59 pm

    I would donate to our local Ronald McDonald house. I think it would make both a parent and child smile:)

    Reply
  59. Kristie says

    October 1, 2010 at 6:16 pm

    I subscribe to your newsletter.

    Reply
  60. Kristie says

    October 1, 2010 at 6:16 pm

    I think I would donate to Eva’s Place…an organization in my community that helps battered women.

    Reply
  61. queen-sized funny bone says

    October 1, 2010 at 6:12 pm

    luckily he didn’t eat the recorder or he’s be walking around talking

    Reply
  62. queen-sized funny bone says

    October 1, 2010 at 6:10 pm

    facebook friend

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  63. queen-sized funny bone says

    October 1, 2010 at 6:09 pm

    follow you on google

    Reply
  64. Rena says

    October 1, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    I’m also a new subscriber

    Reply
  65. Rena says

    October 1, 2010 at 5:39 pm

    I’d donate it to CASA,
    http://www.casaforchildren.org/site/c.mtJSJ7MPIsE/b.5301295/k.BE9A/Home.htm

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