Holiday Prize Pack Giveaway: $50 Target Gift Card, Mega Bloks & General Mills Cereal!

No matter what's on you holiday shopping list, you would love this fantastic prize pack, with a good mix of gift card, toy, and food! One winner will take them all and that lucky one could very well be YOU!

Hosted by: Queen of Savings, Tammie's Reviews, Giveaways & More, Bridget's Blog, Sandy Springs Macaroni Kid, Busy Mama Reviews & NYSaving Specials

Sponsored by: Mega Bloks & General Mills & Target

One lucky person will win a Holiday Prize Pack, consisting of
a $50 Target Gift Card,
a Mega Bloks Collectible Car Kit &
General Mills Cereals

Whole Grain First Ingredient Cereals Prize Pack Giveaway (Ends 3/12)

The Dietary Guidelines recommend choosing products with a whole grain listed as the first ingredient, but it's not always easy to identify whole grain products. Shoppers usually need to read the ingredient list to know if they are getting enough whole grain. To make things easier for health conscious consumers, General Mills has included the white check as shown above on their packaging to suggest cereals with more whole grain than any other single ingredient. You will see “whole grain” as a part of the first ingredient on the ingredient list, indicating that whole grain is the first and most prevalent ingredient.

In addition, General Mills has introduced “Fast Lane for Whole Grain,” an online educational game that allows players to navigate virtual grocery store aisles and identify products that have whole grain as the first ingredient. You're also given the option to enter a weekly sweepstakes to win all 50 cereals with the white check!

Dr. Travis Stork, emergency room physician and host of “The Doctors,” has some great advice on how to include whole grain easily into your diet:

• Start Early! The Dietary Guidelines recommend people get at least 48 grams of whole grain in their daily diets. Get a jump-start on the day’s nutrition by incorporating whole grain into your morning routine. For instance, when choosing cereal make sure whole grain is listed as the first ingredient. One easy choice is cereal with the white check, which have more whole grain than any other single ingredient.
• Make Simple Swaps. Choose whole grain versions of the foods you love. Great options include whole wheat pasta and whole wheat bread or even whole grain crackers. Also, try different types of whole grain. Use brown rice instead of white rice as a side dish at dinner or popcorn, which is a whole grain, for a snack.
• Don’t Judge a Food by Its Cover. The front of food packages provide good nutritional cues, but don’t forget to read the ingredients and check the nutrition label and side labels for additional health information. Cereals with the white check even include the amount of whole grain per serving on packaging.

I received five boxes of General Mills cereal with the white check for review. We love all of them for their great taste and nutritional value. Lucky Charms and Honey Nut Cheerios are my son's favorites while my hubby likes Total best.

The Giveaway

MyBlogSpark and General Mills have generously offered to give one of my lucky readers a Whole Grain First Ingredient Cereals Prize Pack! It's the same as the one I received, including a total of five boxes in varieties as pictured above. Yum!

Disclosure: The prize pack, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark.

48 Hours Only! Box Tops For Education $25 Walmart Gift Card Giveaway!

~~The giveaway is now CLOSED~~

Box Tops for Education, a free program offered by General Mills, gives you the opportunity to turn your grocery shopping into easy cash for your school. All you need to do is clip the Box Tops logo on any participating product that you buy and send it to your school’s Box Tops coordinator. Each one is worth 10¢ for your school. Box Tops for Education has helped schools earn over $300 million, with an average of $3,200 per school!

As your one-stop shop for this back-to-school season, Walmart is helping you save more and earn more with the Box Tops for Education brands you love. From now through August 31st, you can find 4 Box Tops on participating General Mills products at your local Walmart and quadruple the cash you earn for the participating school of your choice! With over 20 great brands and more than 40 products participating, I'm sure there are some that you love and would buy regardless of the promotion. So why not take this opportunity to help your school?

Here are a few hot buys that include 4 Box Tops that you can find at Walmart this August: Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, Pillsbury Toaster Strudel pastries, Trix Yogurt, Hamburger Helper skillet meals, Totino’s Pizza Rolls snacks, Nature Valley Granola Bars and Betty Crocker Fruit Roll-Ups snacks. Be sure to keep an eye out for Box Tops on great products from Kleenex, Ziploc, and Hefty too!

The Giveaway

MyBlogSpark has generously provided me with a $25 Walmart Gift Card to shop for Box Tops products. I bought 4 boxes of Cheerios, 2 boxes of Nature Valley Granola Bars, and 2 Pillsbury Toaster Strudel pastries. Now one of my lucky readers will win a $25 Walmart Gift Card to help cover her last minute back-to-school shopping!

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Giveaway ends at 11:59 pm Central Time on 8/30/10

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Winners will be chosen using random.org and will have 24 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.

Thanks for entering and good luck!

Disclosure: General Mills provided me with a gift card, information, and giveaway opportunity through MyBlogSpark. No monetary compensation was offered and the sponsor will be solely responsible for shipping the prize directly to the winner.