Announcing a Great Prize for the Blog Carnival!

As many of you know, I will be doing a blog carnival on 3.31.09. This weekend my mom and I started to think about the prize thatI will be giving away. This morning, Woot was running a really good deal on the Flip Video Camera. I have enough money saved up in bottle returns from this winter to pay for this camera, and so my mom and dad said I could get it and I WILL BE GIVING THIS CAMERA AWAY TO ONE LUCKY PERSON OR CLASSROOM WHO BLOGS TO SPREAD THE WORD TO END THE WORD ON MARCH 31ST!!!!

Here are the rules for the carnival:

• To be entered you MUST have at least one blog POST that focuses ending the use of the r-word.
• Your post MUST be on how the r-word makes you feel, how you will help Spread the Word to End the Word, or have to do with the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign.
• Your post MUST be entered on 3.31.09.
• Once your post is up, please leave a comment here so that I know you are entered. It would be great if you could leave your name or the name of your class/school and a link to the post. I will create a new post on my blog that day with a list of all of the bloggers who have spread the word!
• Everyone who posts and leaves their link here will be entered into a random drawing to win the Flip Video Camera! I will draw the name of the winner on April 1st!

If you have any questions, just let me know! Please spread the word about the carnival so lots of people will spread the word to end the word!

:-8) (guy with a moustache)

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An Update for the Blog Carnival

Soeren Palumbo is a teenager who has a sister with an intellectual disability. Sometimes, he hears people use the r-word, and he feels terrible about it. A while ago, Soeren made a speech to his class about all of this, and without knowing or trying, and it was spread all over the internet. Tim Shriver Jr. is a college student who was inspired by his grandma, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, to help with the Special Olympics.  Tim and Sorean are friends, and they are very nice too. I got to get to know them both better when I was in Idaho. They were leaders of the Global Youth Summit, and they are heading up the Spread the Word to End the Word is a campaign.

In my last post, I talked a little bit about one of the things that I plan to do to participate in this campaign. I’ll be doing a blog carnival. Lots of people have already told me they’d like to help out, and I”m really excited about this. As you get ready to do this, you might want to think about using some of the resources here to get more information and share it with others.

If you plan to take part in my blog carnival, make sure you visit my blog this week! I plan on explaining more about the rules and telling what the prize will be. I am going to do a random drawing of all those who participate. This is going to be fun! Let me know if you plan to do this. Thanks!

A Blog Carnival for Spread the Word to End the Word

On March 31, 2009, it will be Spread the Word to End the Word day for the Special Olympics. Spread the Word to End the word is trying to get kids and adults to STOP saying the r-word. The Special Olymics has asked me to help out with it and I am deciding to host a blog carnival.

A blog carnival is where there is a specific topic that people blog about on a certain day. Then, the host links back to those posts, sort of  like booths at a carnival. I will be hosting a blog carnival on 3-31-09. So, I am asking you  to blog  about the r-word on March 31, 2009. If you do this, I will link back to you here. I also plan on giving away a prize by doing a random drawing.

I’d like advice about making my blog carnival more successful. If you have any suggestions, please leave them in the comment section or email them to me. In addition, I will be having some games because when I think carnival I think games so, if you know of any charity games, please think about sharing the links with me.

Thank You!!!!!!