I love great fabrics ... did I mention this giveaway is for a designer fabric ... and one topic on this blog is fire safety (you can read why here).
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The purpose of National Fire prevention week (Oct 9 - 15, 2011) is increased fire safety education and awareness.
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Offering a fabric giveaway with the opportunity to (re)learn something about fire safety and show support for National Fire Prevention week seems a natural fit for this blog.First, here's the fabric for this giveaway:
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| {My photo of the actual giveaway fabric: "Sonriza Print", a screen print designed by Trina Turk, exclusively for SCHUMACHER, in the Pool and Marine colorway.} |
Now for the fire safety education piece of this giveaway:
Fire safety today is much more than checking the batteries on the smoke detector twice yearly (but you still need to do that too). Just in case you want to brush up on your fire safety knowledge, here's some great resources:
- Children can learn about fire safety with your guidance by visiting the Sparky The Fire Safety Dog activity page, here or you can visit the Henrico County (Virginia) Child Safety learning page here. I bet you'll also find other children friendly learning activities if you visit your Fire Department's website.
- Adults might find the updated 2011 "Educational Messages" from the official Fire Prevention Week website an interesting read, here. It's not the snappiest title for an article, but it has lots of great info all in quick read bullet form.
- Seniors, or those who care for and about a senior, might be interested in an article about the changing needs of seniors in terms of fire safety due to mobility and hearing related issues, which can be found here.
And finally, the Giveaway Details and Eligibility Rules:
To enter this giveaway, leave a comment to this post describing what you'll do to support National Fire Prevention week ... something related to fire safety education or enhancing your own fire safety practices. Examples:
- holding a run-through of your home escape plan
- checking with your PTA about planned fire safety presentations
Additional Bonus Entries
After leaving your comment to this post, Blog and link back to this post, or Pin the above "Designer Fabric Giveaway" image with a description of this giveaway ... then leave additional comments here letting me know about your Bonus Entries. That's up to 2 additional entries!
PRIZE SHIPS: via USPS flat rate small package service, U.S. and Canadian addresses only
WINNER SELECTED: I'll use random.org to select the giveaway winner.
WINNER ANNOUNCED: On October 9, 2011 I'll post the winner of the giveaway on this blog. Good luck everyone! Let's learn and share lots of fire safety information so we're all winners!
Alright, it's comment time! Thanks for participating and being good sports! And I guess I do need to say that comments are moderated, and any comment not complying with the giveaway rules will not be entered. Also, comments may not appear immediately; we will publish comments several times daily. Feel free to email me if you have a specific question or concern.
Disclosure: This is not a sponsored giveaway nor was the prize fabric given to me for any promotional purpose. I wasn't paid or perked to host this giveaway, I'm just doing this on my own in support of National Fire Prevention week. I'm providing both the fabric and shipping for this giveaway. Neither this giveaway nor my blog are affiliated in any capacity with National Fire Prevention Week or Schumacher fabrics. If there's anything I missed in this disclosure, please email me so I can update this statement.
4 comments:
Robin -- we recently learned that, when living in condo buildings, it is crucial to register your baby with the condo so that, in the event of a fire, they make sure the baby is accounted for. Since we lived at our place a while before having our son, he wasn't originally listed as a resident. We just remedied this and he is now officially listed. This is something that other condo-dwellers should look into if they haven't already!
Jenny
www.simcoestreet.blogspot.com
Hi Robin, thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving such sweet comments.
I always learn so much from you. One thing I do at least once a month is discuss with my son what and where he should go if there is a fire in the house. If he can not get down stairs, go to the guest room, climb on the porch roof, then jump. He is 14, and when you posted about children not hearing alarms, well that set off alarms in my head!
Did not mean to write a book...have a great weekend.
Hi Robin,
Thank you for your informative post! In response to your giveaway question, for National Fire prevention week, I am going to repost a few fire safety posts I have posted in the past (http://www.homesavvyatoz.com/this-weeks-20-minute-challenge-fire-ready/). I try to offer lots of home maintenance tips on my site and feel that safety is the most important aspect of any home. I LOVE that you address the same. If you are interested, I would love to guest feature a safety post from you for National Fire Safety week. Let me know if you are interested!
Hi Robin, I really enjoy reading your blog! I couldn't imagine going through what you and your family did and I think it's great that you are 1) trying to put it behind you and move on and 2) helping to educate others about fire safety! My husband gave me the 'are you serious' look when I said I wanted to discuss our home's evacuation plan but once I told him about you and your story he realized it was a good thing to discuss. We now have our escapes routes planned for ourselves and our pup and I feel much more prepared in case of an emergency! Thanks!
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