Givit's iPad Mini Contest and $50 VISA Giftcard Giveaway

It’s time to remember what we are thankful for. Do you want to have the chance to win an iPad Mini? All you have to do is simply download Givit for free, record a video of anything – kids, dog tricks, your Thanksgiving meal, or whatever you are thankful for.

Here is how you do it and the requirements:

Create a fun video* with the Givit app that shows off what you’re most thankful for, making sure your video includes the following elements:

Between 15 and 90 seconds long

At least one effect (Either a Motion Effect, Transition and/or Music)

Share your Highlighted video masterpiece through the Givit app, via private share email, with Givit at ThanksGivit@givit.com (be sure to keep the ‘Allow Private’ and ‘Allow Public’ boxes checked and include your name, email address and either a Facebook or Twitter account for them to reach you at if you win).

Finally, as a last step, either “Like” the Givit page on Facebook OR Follow them on Twitter

Submissions will be judged on creativity and the best use of Givit’s Highlighting and effects features.

So, what are you waiting for? Enter ThanksGivit as many times as you like and show us, through video, all the great things there are to be thankful for!

Check out some examples of great entries on Tumblr: http://givitvideo.tumblr.com

The contest runs from Nov. 12 through Dec. 7

Here are the Official Rules.

Download the app for iPhone or iPad: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/givit-video-highlighter/id560803488?mt=8

I definitely want to enter this contest!  It sounds like so much fun.  I really have so much to be thankful for. I hope you enter too. I would love to see your videos.

I have a special giveaway just for my readers.  One of you will win a $50 VISA gift card. I am so excited to have the chance to give this away because I am sure it will be helpful for holiday shopping.

Mandatory Entry: Tell me what you are thankful for

You must do the main entry to receive the bonus entries.

Bonus Entries:

Like the Givit page on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/GivitVideo 

Follow Givit on Twitter

Please remember to include your email address so I know how to contact you for your prize.

This giveaway is open to US Residents only. My giveaway will end December 3, 2012 at 11:59 pm ET

Good Luck!

I received a gift card and one to give away from Givit.  All my thoughts and opinions are my own.

PBS Sprout Thanksgiving Call-in number

As I mentioned before Sprout is having their phone lines open so your Sproutlet with the permission of a grown up Sprout can call in and tell the on air host of The Sunny Side Up Show what he or she is thankful for LIVE!

Please note that the phone number will not be active UNTIL 8:45 am Eastern Time on Thanksgiving Morning.

The number is 1-877-91CHICA

Noah and I look forward to hearing what your Sproutlets are thankful for!

I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving!

Be Thankful!

Today I was on twitter and I saw that a man tweeted about something that a big company did for people in Kenya. I tweeted him back and said how wonderful it was, and he responded with a link with pictures of the trip. I looked at them and my heart sank. The tears started flowing it was so sad. The streets were filled with trash and the people had sores on their feet. The houses were what looked like cardboard shacks. It was devastating to me.

I watch the 700 club a lot so I know what it is like in third world countries. It is so depressing. I find myself not wanting to watch those stories because it is so upsetting.

So I just wanted to remind everyone to be thankful. Be thankful you have a place that keeps you dry when it rains and keeps you warm in the cold. Be thankful for the clean water you drink and bathe in. Be thankful for the food you eat and that you and your family have full bellies. Be thankful that your children can go to the doctor when they are sick even if you don’t have the money to pay for it. You still have the OPTION to go. There are qualified people to take care of us when we are sick. They also can help prevent it. Be thankful for your nice warm bed. Be thankful to your children’s schools and teachers for providing an education for them. Be thankful for all you have.

Sometimes it is hard to focus on what we have vs. what we want. Unfortunately we live in a society where people always want more or better. More Money, More things or Better Cars, Better Electronics or Bigger Houses. Everyone is trying to keep up with the Joneses and trying to have a better status symbol. While you do that you carelessly forget about those little things that sound like no big deal. You know those little things like food, water and shelter? To those people in third world countries we live like KINGS and QUEENS.

Some of them work their fingers to the bone for a week for what we get for minimum wage an hour. Some walk miles for water, not clean water mind you but dirty disease ridden water, it’s wet. Parents are being killed by other people or disease which leaves 12 year old sometimes younger kids to take care of their brothers and sisters because they have no one else to take care of them. There isn’t foster care; there isn’t much help at all. Those children that are now responsible for their siblings, they don’t eat so they can feed the younger kids.

The diseases they get are horrible. They don’t have proper medical care. They don’t have proper protection of the elements. Thousands of people die each day. Sometimes all it takes is $5 dollars worth of medicine to save them and they don’t even have that.

So please remember to BE THANKFUL for what you have vs. what you don’t. After all you have a lot more than some.