A Starbucks Giveaway

I'm a coffee lover and tea lover and hot chocolate lover and generally I like weird paper cups and overpriced beverages. Especially coffee that tastes anything like coffee. 

The kids and I decided to share the love while, at the same time, helping to bring Katya home to the Dueck family. They are currently raising funds to get to her in Eastern Europe, and to help them raise the funds faster, I'm giving away a $15 Starbucks gift certificate. (In the UK or other countries where Starbucks gift certificates can be purchased online, the equivalent in the local currency based on my bank's conversion chart shall be given.)

To get a chance, you should donate $2 to the Dueck Family's adoption fund. You can see the the Chip In button on their site. Preferrably use the method in which you transfer funds from your PayPal account, because in that case PayPal won't be taking out their fees. For $2 you get one chance, $4 gets you 2, but $6 will get you an extra chance with your name getting on the list 4 times!

But... there are other ways to get additional tickets! Post a link to this fundraiser on your blog or Facebook for an additional ticket! If you do both, you get two more! So a $2 donation and a link on your blog and one on your Facebook gets you three chances to receive this gift certificate. 

Please comment below with the donated amount and (if applicable) where you posted the links and how many times your name should be on the list. Please make sure you mark your donation "Coffee giveaway"! 

The drawing will be done on March 15.

Anyone, who donates $6 or more will receive a free PDF "cookbook" with various favorite recipes of my family and friends, with some lovely photography. These will be mailed out on April 1.

100

Read on. There's a giveaway.

This is my 100th entry on this blog.

A little statistics:

The first entry was was dated October 12, 2008, so a little over a year ago.

There have been 149 comments left on the first 99 entries to date.
The most commented post has 9 comments.
The fewest comments (0) usually are left on the entries I like the most.

At its peak my blog had 14 blogger/google followers (before I moved) and 23 followers on Networked blogs.

The shortest entry was 21 characters, including punctuation, excluding spaces.

There have been 4 re-posts of earlier entries, some are from different blogs.

I have updated this blog from 6 countries on two continents. (Israel, Hungary, UK, Netherlands, Ireland and Ukraine.)


As I never got around to introduce everyone in the first 99 entries, here is a proper introduction to the people I mention frequently:

Book Giveaway!

Would you like to win a copy of Maggie Anton's book Rashi's Daughters: Rachel?

Then please do the following:

1. Join the Michal's Tefillin forum.
2. You can choose from the following actions:
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Post the link of your blog to the Book Giveaway topic on the forum.

b) Write an entry in your blog, linking back to Michal's Tefillin or one of the articles in our first issue. Share your thoughts, feelings, or just that you like it.

Post the link to your blog entry to the Book Giveaway topic on the forum.

c) Friend Michal's Tefillin on MySpace and add it as a top friend.
Post your MySpace link on the Book Giveaway topic on the forum.

d) Write a note on Facebook about Michal's Tefillin.
Post the link to your note on the Book Giveaway topic on the forum. Please make sure that you make the note visible to everyone.

e) Post 5 meaningful and relevant posts on the Michal's Tefillin Forum. Only the first 5 posts count and we reserve judgement on what's meaningful and relevant! Post on the Book Giveaway topic when you are done!

If you do each of the 5 things, you get entered into the drawing for the book 5 times.

The drawing will be done with a random number generator on October 30th. To be eligible you have to post your link by October 28th.

Questions? Suggestions? Ask on the Book Giveaway topic or email admin@michalstefillin.com.

The giveaway, like the forum, is open to anyone regardless of age, gender or religion.