Where Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting, & Life Collide
Giving Back, Receiving, and Winning with #GivingChristmas in a Flash
The Kat’s Cafe Gift Guide for Special Needs Families Coming
And Flash Campaign for #GivingChristmas Set to Commence
We delayed the start of our impromptu Giving Christmas campaign as well as the amazing Gift Guide for Special Needs Families here at Kat’s Cafe out of respect for the tragedy of late last week.
While everything we do is and will be tempered with respect, grief and love for families dealing with this tragedy, we want to take the opportunity to spread a bit of joy and fun for a few days as we celebrate family, unique gift ideas, giveaways, and a very special chance to give back.
In a Flash – Kat’s Cafe and Special Needs Families NEED YOU
Because we’re starting this campaign late, we still want to reach as MANY people as possible, spread the word about some great ideas for last minute gifts (and gifts for next year!) for your favorite special needs family AND put together Christmas for a very deserving family with our Gift of Christmas – we desperately need YOUR help to spread the word!
Beginning tomorrow morning (That’s Thursday, Dec. 20th) and continuing through this weekend until Christmas Eve morning, we’ll be posting in a flash here at the Cafe.
- We’ll be sharing our amazing Gift Guide (In Html AND PDF format) which will be great for sharing ideas throughout next year as well!
- We’re also going to be sharing reviews, giveaways, and updates on the Giving Christmas campaign. With so many updates coming, and so many opportunities to win gifts perfect for your special needs family (or someone close to you!) the posting will be fast and furious.
- And we’ll also be accepting further nominations for our Giving Christmas campaign, as well as YOUR donations or toys, money and/or other products to help ANY of the nominees with Christmas this year – they understand many gifts will arrive in time for a belated celebration.
But to make all this happen, we’ll need your help!
- If you are a blogger, feel free to repost ANY of the associated posts (just drop me a line to let me know!) – and be entered into a special *helper’s giveaway* where you can win a goody for your blog (new header or blog button? A set of social media icons? Your choice!).
- NO matter WHO you are – your sharing means a TON to me and to the Kat’s Cafe family … to that end …
SURPRISE!
I’m beginning ONE small giveaway early for ALL you helpers out there – and I’m not doing it through Rafflecopter – though most of my others will be! Here’s how to enter:
- Share to Facebook, copy and paste the post URL and comment here with the link = 1 entry!
- Tweet about it, copy and paste the URL from your tweet and comment = 1 entry!
- Share to Google+, copy and paste the post URL and comment here with the link = 1 entry!
- Pin to Pinterest, copy and paste the post URL and comment here with the link = 1 entry!
- Share to ANY OTHER social media site, copy and paste the post URL and comment here with the link = 1 entry!
- Repeat over the next 48 hours and repeat the above!
- 5 ENTRIES – leave me the link to your favorite post from the Cafe and leave me a comment on THAT post too!
- 5 ENTRIES – sign up for my awesome and amazing Kat’s Cafe Newsletter/subscription (at the top of the site, right side) AND reply to your welcome email
- Donate at least $1 to the Giving Christmas campaign to give a special needs family Christmas spending money for 10 ENTRIES!!!!
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My hope is there will be a TON of folks sharing the campaign – and if we get at least 100 comments I’ll throw in another prize!
So What Will you Win?
A $10 Target Gift Card! (I am happy to give the code off the back to the winner so you can use it immediately at Target.com)
I know it’s not much, but it’s a bribe all the same!
Please Share the Giving Christmas Campaign, the Gift Guide and Flash Campaign
Make a note to be back to visit, share with everyone who will listen, and if you can spare EVEN a $1, consider donating – all raised funds (minus Paypal fees only) will go directly to the Giving Christmas Gift of Christmas Recipient.
Thank you for being an amazing family here at Kat’s Cafe, thanks for sticking with me despite the crazy kind of campaign we have going here, and thank you for being YOU!
Katrina Moody
Graphic Designer, Wordpress Addict, Blogger at Kat's Media & More
I'm a special needs parent before just about everything else in life, but also a passionate advocate for my three boys and husband, who all have a bit of awesomeness about them. Awesomeness = Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome, Autism, Epilepsy, Dyslexia, Cerebral Palsy, and more. It all adds up to some awesome kids and an amazing family.
@KatrinaMoody
Wife; Mom to 3 guys w/ARS, autism, epilepsy & awesomeness; Advocate. Writer, Graphic Designer, Wordpress addict, social media nut. Site: http://katsmedia.com &
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Hi, I’ve had one heck of a year and would just love to receive a little joy in this terrible year. My Family is having a hard time this year for Christmas. Since 2012 started we’ve been going through a really terrible Storm. My Brother died Jan 8th, Followed by an aunt that lived in Indianna whom we didn’t get to say goodbye to. One Joyful moment was the Birth of my daughter, whom my Brother didn’t get to meet. 1 month after she was born my oldest had to go through eye corrective surgery to correct her wondering eyes. 1 month after that My 2 year old was Diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis, which causes Tubers in the vital organs such as the brain, eyes, kidneys, heart, lungs, and Skin, it also causes skin leasions which is dry patches on his skin. Also with this diagnosis he was also diagnosed with Epileptic Seizures, I beilieve he also has a Sensory disorder, because to go to sleep he rubs his hand against something for comfort. He was also diagnosed that he’d have autism, Followed by that we couldn’t make our family reunion because the nero told me to up his meds cause he was still having seizures, they wanted it upped from 3.5~ 5 but when I gradualy upped it to 4 he started staggaring around like a drunk vomiting and could not stand up, so meds had to go back down to 3.5 and adding Keppra to 2 ml both 2xs a day. Followed by all this 2 more Aunts Died in Indiana, and 2 more were diagnosed with stage 4 Cancer, One aunt has the Cancer on the Brain, which is causing her to be in a vegtable state, the other takes meds all day long, and is very weak. We probably wont make it to see them before they go. My mother in law had a Stroke for Thanksgiving, My father in law has an annurisym in his aorta for Christmas, this could be their Last. My mom and all of us are Greiving so much for my Brother and my moms sisters. We havent really felt the spirit of Christmas, but are trying to hold it all together for the kids. There are a total of 11 kids in our family. We all live next door to each other. We are very Close and this is our first year without my brother. Who lived with my mom next door as she took care of him. I’d like to recieve Fleece Sheets for their beds, Weighted Blankets, Things that they could use. Please Consider us. We havent got much money, and if you don’t choose us please I just ask that you Pray for my Family. God will provide and Find a way. Praise the Lord for all the Stregnth he has given us. Amen God Bless you for all you do for Families in need, could use Learning tools as I have 7 kids of my own all with learning Delays, and 4 neices and nephews. Both my boys are Epileptic and nearly blind without their Glasses. They have trouble sleeping, so I’d like to try these weighted blankets for them. They could use Puppets, Vacuum with hose, Tomy Pic N’ Pop cause they love balls lol