Share 5 Things that Would Make Volunteering Easier and Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card

Have you sworn off volunteering just because of reply-all emails clogging your mailbox?

Are you in the midst of a stream of phone calls and emails, coordinating activities right now and thinking, “There’s got to be a better way”?

TwitterMoms has a very special blogging contest for you!

How it Works

Create an original post on your blog about volunteering at your kids’ schools, scout troops or sports teams and tell us what drives you crazy. "Top 5 things that would make volunteering easier.” You can even create a sign up sheet for an event and post a link to your blog. Then send a Tweet to your followers using #volunteer linking to your post and return to this page and follow the rest of the detailed requirements below to submit a qualifying post.

The blogging contest starts at 12:01am PST (in the morning) on April 20, 2010 and the submission window closes at 11:59pm PST on April 23, 2010. We will contact the people whose submissions have been selected on or about April 27, 2010. View official rules here.

Prizes

Ten (10) $50 Amazon gift cards will be awarded to randomly chosen qualified participants.

Requirements

Participating is easy! All we ask is that you:

1. Create an original blog post on your blog sharing "Top 5 things that would make volunteering easier”

These tips should be on the subject of volunteering at kids’ schools, sports teams, scout troops, your favorite local charity or place of worship. It could also include what you do in your neighborhood or your favorite local charity. What works and what does not, what you wish the Organizers would do to make your life as a Volunteer easier. If you have been an Organizer, what did you do to make the life of Volunteers easier?

Include a link to TwitterMoms.com, and notify your readers what prompted your post.

2. You must include the following disclosure notice at the end of your post:

Disclosure:

This post is part of a blogging contest from the TwitterMoms community. There is a chance this post could be randomly selected to win a $50 Amazon gift card, so wish me luck! For more details, you can view the contest page here (http://icomp.ly/volunteer).

3. Log in to your Twitter account, www.twitter.com, and tweet a link to your blog post and include the hashtag #volunteer.

4. Return to this page and post a comment in the comments section below, including an active link to your qualifying blog post and a link to your Twitter tweet. (You can click on the date/time link below your tweet to get the direct link to your tweet.)

Eligibility

No purchase required to participate. You must be a legal resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, have a personal blog and be a registered user of the www.twittermoms.com and www.twitter.com websites to participate and at least 18 years of age or older at time of submission. View official rules here.

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Comment by Heather Lopez on May 6, 2010 at 4:17am: Woohoo! I won! I used the gift card towards purchasing a new camera. My camera went screwy, lost hundreds of pictures, and the lens won't close. Thank you Twittermoms!