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November Events & Happenings

Win a $10,000 "Green" Nursery!

The Big Bundle of Joy $10,000 Nursery Giveaway, sponsored by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute, will award one lucky grand prize winner a suite of certified low-emitting nursery products from manufacturers like Anderson Floors, Bona, Naturepedic®, Shaw Floors, Q Collection Junior™, and Young America by Stanley. The grand prize winner will handpick $10,000 worth of GREENGUARD Certified products from one, some, or all of these manufacturers, allowing for a completely customized nursery.

Five second-place winners will receive a GREENGUARD Certified Naturepedic mattress valued at $400, and 30 third-place winners will receive a GREENGUARD Certified Bona Hardwood Floor Cleaning System.

To enter, visit www.greenguard.org/sweeps, fill out an entry form, and click submit. The contest runs through January 31, 2011.

Sports Authority Move It Challenge

The ‘Sports Authority Move It Challenge’ is a national invention competition designed to uncover exciting new youth-created sporting and backyard games. The national competition kicked off on October 1, 2010 and will run through January 3, 2011 at www.Moveitchallenge.com. A grand prize of $10,000 will be awarded to the winner, with four finalists each receiving $1,000. All finalists will also have the opportunity to nominate the teacher or mentor who was most supportive to their creative process, and each dedicated professional will receive a $500 Sports Authority gift card. Entries will be accepted online or by mail using the official entry form.

It's Shoebox Time!

Each year, Samaritan's Purse collects shoeboxes filled with toys and hygiene items to ship to children in need around the world. National collection week is November 15-22. This article from Threads, LifeWay's Young Adult division, talks about hosting a fun shoebox-packing party! Threads and Operation Christmas Child are also offering a "prize trip" to a group who submits a story about their shoebox-packing party.

Teachers Need Help!

Del Monte Fresh Produce is launching a program to help support kindergarten through 12th grade public school teachers across North and Central America with cash to purchase school supplies and fresh fruit in the “Teacher Monday: Cash for Classrooms” campaign. One hundred prizes totaling $1,000 each will be awarded to teachers who get the most votes in the “Teacher Monday: Cash for Classrooms” online contest at www.fruits.com.

To be eligible to win, teachers must register for the “Teacher Monday: Cash for Classrooms” online contest at www.fruits.com. After teachers register their name and school, they can get all their fans — from parents to students, to friends and family — to vote for them. Ten winners will be selected each Monday for five consecutive weeks in October/November, 2010, for a total of 50 winning teachers North American teachers. Winners are based solely on the number of votes they receive. Winning teachers will receive $750 in cash to purchase school supplies and $250 in Del Monte fresh fruit coupons for classroom snacks and to use in fruit educational activities.

Any other contests or interesting events going on we should know about? We like to keep our readers informed!