In case you missed it, I launched my 2009 Holiday Gift Guide on Sunday. I’m really excited about all the products included and hope you find it useful. Many of the merchants kindly offered to give their products to you so I’ll be hosting giveaways all week and into next week too!
Today, the giveaway is for the 2010 Hope Calendar. You’ll find these featured in the Gifts that Give Back section HERE.
Adorable children are featured in this inspirational 12 month wall calendar, themed “Hearts of Hope”. ALL proceeds are donated to a congenital heart defect organization, It’s My Heart, based in Houston, Texas. These are real children from across Texas who are affected by congenital heart defect. Buy yours online HERE. Or through Friday 12/11, shop through the secret link HERE to get 30% off!
Why I Like This Product: This one hit close to home for me since this is an organization here in Texas and features Texas kids. In fact, I have it on good authority that one of the Misters July is from here in Austin. If you need a calendar or like to give calendars, I encourage you to give this one. The children and beautifully photographed and the proceeds go to a very good cause.
Today I have a one calendar to give away. Ready to win? As usual there are 3 methods of entry:
1. Leave a comment telling me your favorite way to give back. I enjoy helping with food drives to benefit my local food bank.
2. Subscribe to Saving with Shellie via RSS feeds, email or Facebook. If you already subscribe, leave a second separate entry saying you do so.
3. Follow me on Twitter and feel free to Tweet about the giveaway. Be sure you leave a separate entry with your Twitter address.
The giveaway will end on Friday 12/11 at 11:59pm CST. I’ll announce the lucky winner on Sunday 12/13.
Good Luck!
Shellie loves to share her frugal living tips as well as deals and bargains to help you get more with less. A spender at heart, she balances her frugal lifestyle with the occassional splurge. 
I like donating all my extras/goodies to the local food pantry.
My daughter and I like to make cookies for the local soup kitchen.
with all the great deals I get using coupons paired with good sales, I love to donate my extras to local shelters and charities. Although this year with 2 new grandkids and 2 daughters out of work, the exras have not been much.
I also follow on Facebook and subscirbe to emails
We like to adopt an angel for Christmas. My baby is spoiled so it’s nice to give to other children who have real needs.
Beautiful! I subscribe.
I give back by donating to places I support such as St.Jude’s and I run online auctions for First Book-
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I follow you on twitter: @shootingstarmag
My favorite way to give back is by donating food to local shelters as well as making cookies with my children and sharing them with our neighbors who are so helpful throughout the year.
I always try to participate in local food drives and donate to Goodwill
I’m an email subscriber too
I take groups to India several times a year to work in orphanages. Love helping the kids have hope for the future!
WE do food drives through our church, as well as donating money and clothes to a local homeless shelter.
I subscribed via Facebook as well.
Every year I buy the Make a Wish gifts that donate proceeds to the Make a Wish foundation for friends and family for Christmas.
I always participate in local food drives
I subscribed via Facebook
I’m an email subscriber
We like to give back by helping do Christmas for families in need locally.
I ‘m subscribed via RSS feeds
Every couple of months we go through the house and make a trip to goodwill.
I enjoy participating in food drives and other donation events.
I like giving food to the Food Bank
I’m a subscriber
I try to always give to the food bank each year.
I give my extras to co-workers who are struggling and to my local food bank.
Every year just before the holidays my family and I pick a worthy cause to give to. This year we picked the military support goup Soldiers’ Angels. I’ve been a member of the org. for several years now and I know that they do great work. Money has been a little tight for us this year, so we came up with an idea to helps us raise funds for our charity. I wrote and published a cookbook of dog treat recipes for us to sell. I make homemade treats for our dogs and I thought a cookbook of recipes would sell very well. The cookbook has been selling well and I hope that we have a nice donation for our charity by the end of the year. It will make us feel good to give back to the men and women of our Armed Forces who give so much of themselves for our contry.
I subscribe with bloglines
i buy extra canned food, and donate it to shelters
I subscribe via e-mail and facebook
I love to get my coupons together and I stock on the things I know I can donate to the local womens shelter. Everything from food to toiletries.
i like to do some of the local gifting programs in are area the two i did this year where be a Santa to a senior and the adopt a angel program at out Church, all the stuff I’m gifting is stuff i got with coupons and savings so I’m able to give lots…
i subscribe via email…
I donate to Dell Children’s Hospital through events around town.
I subscribe via e-mail.
I donate my clothes and my kids old toys to shelters.
I am a nurse at the local hospital. The my kids and I enjoy donating clothes, toys, DVD’s etc. to the pediatric unit. The kids (and parents) really appreciate the donations. Thanks!!
My daughter and I bake extra cookies and cake, and hand them out to people living on the streets as we’re waiting at the lights.
It’s better to give than to recieve!
I get your emails!