tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72360503783938103822024-03-14T01:05:57.417-07:00Delicious popcorn, fantastic fundraisingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-51225282901638199502012-01-10T09:29:00.000-08:002012-01-10T09:47:32.782-08:00Pick our fundraising winner!For the last three months, Popcorn Palace has been picking a monthly fundraising winner in our "<a href="http://popcornpalacefundraising.blogspot.com/2011/10/pictures-are-worth-thouand-dollars.html">Pictures are Worth a Thou$and Dollars</a>" contest and now <b>you get to pick our grand prize winner!</b> Each month’s winner has won $250 for their cause and the winner you pick will win an additional $250!<br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Review the winners and pick your favorite!</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P8nAoFo4l9I/Twx42LlrErI/AAAAAAAAACM/SUvgZQ4zhcE/s400/Fairmont%2BMusic.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696060500935905970" /><div><b>OCTOBER: Fairmont Preparatory Academy</b></div><div>The Fairmont Music program is trying to raise $180,000 so that they can perform at the London Festival of Music in April 2012. ““Our biggest challenge every year is money. We do not receive financial support from our school beyond classroom necessities, so it is up to the students to raise money for their uniforms and competition costs.” - <a href="http://popcornpalacefundraising.blogspot.com/2011/11/october-fundraising-photo-story-winner.html">read more.</a></div><div><br /></div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D8d1J38UaUQ/Twx46y5_VcI/AAAAAAAAACY/05r4eVCWV-U/s400/Port%2BHuron%2BNorthern%2BBands.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696060580209579458" /><div><b>NOVEMBER: Port Huron Northern Bands</b></div><div>The band raises money so that everyone has the same opportunity to go to trips such as New York City, Disney World and Detroit’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. ”Our dedication goes beyond driving the band members to competitions, games, concerts, and community work.“ - <a href="http://popcornpalacefundraising.blogspot.com/2011/12/novembers-pictures-are-worth-thouand.html">read more.</a></div><div> </div><div><b><br /></b></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-02AzVVHEzo0/Twx5BmuLhII/AAAAAAAAACk/gVrnhLY6r30/s400/POPF254879.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696060697197905026" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 120px; " /><div><b>DECEMBER: Midwestern Christian Academy Cheerleading</b> </div><div>Located in Chicago, Illinois, Midwestern Christian Academy’s cheerleading team has been raising money to offset the costs of hotels room and travel expenses to their national competition in Maryland in February. ”It is group where children can come together to compete in the sport of cheerleading with a strong emphasis on having fun and developing self-confidence.“ - <a href="http://popcornpalacefundraising.blogspot.com/2012/01/novembers-pictures-are-worth-thouand.html">read more.</a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/arlottamcm.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dERPUHdPTGFCZ2I3V0ZPcFN3Ti10Wnc6MQ#gid=0"><span >Click here to vote for your top fundraiser!</span></a></b></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-30439844141211377752012-01-10T09:25:00.000-08:002012-01-10T11:39:36.824-08:00December's "Pictures are Worth a Thou$and Dollars" Winner: Midwestern Christian Academy's Cheerleaders<span>Chicago Mom, <b>Lori Miller</b> decided to head up Midwestern Christian Academy's fundraising efforts as a way to become more involved in her daughter's cheerleading team, the Lightning Junior Cheerleaders, "<i>It is group where children can come together to compete in the sport of cheerleading with a strong emphasis on having fun and developing self-confidence.</i>" </span><div><span><br /></span><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 166px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M3f3wagChN8/Twx1OzspQeI/AAAAAAAAABo/uc89r2MM1ZA/s400/POPF254879.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696056525972914658" /><span>Located in Chicago, Illinois, Midwestern Christian Academy offers excellent Christian educational curriculum for Jr. Kindergarten through 8th grade students. Serving as an educational ministry of Midwest Bible Church, <b>MCA has provided a balanced traditional academic program with a Christian emphasis for over 50 years.</b> As stated in their Mission Statement, MCA is focused on developing the whole child.<br /><br />"<i>We depend on outside resources, such as fundraising, to maintain our programs and make improvements to our school</i>," said Miller. So the cheerleading squad started selling Popcorn Palace popcorn and pretty quickly had raised enough to offset the costs of hotels room and travel expenses to their national competition in Maryland in February. "<i>The customer service I had received was absolutely amazing!</i>" raved Miller.<br /><br /><b>For more information on The Midwestern Christian Academy, click here: <a href="http://midwesternchristianacademy.org/">http://midwesternchristianacademy.org/</a></b><br /></span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-46895263739324900552011-12-21T07:29:00.000-08:002011-12-22T07:14:51.640-08:00Fundraising for a growing family - Pt. 1<div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto"><span class="Apple-style-span">Alabama native, <b>Bonnie Silvey</b>, wants to adopt a baby boy or girl and <b><a href="http://www.popcornpalace.com/">Popcorn Palace</a> is helping her raise the money needed to make her family's dream a reality.</b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zb-sQJVrg0s/TvNIaYfa5TI/AAAAAAAAABY/wEpIIj4LoaA/s400/photo%2B%25286%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688970372387104050" /><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto"><span class="Apple-style-span">For more than a year, Bonnie and her husband, <b>Kevin</b>, had been looking for just the right adoption agency. After $30,000 of failed fertility treatments, they were leaving nothing to chance and wanted to be certain that the agency they went with would be a perfect match.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto"><span class="Apple-style-span">As the parents of an eight-year old girl (from Kevin's earlier marriage) working with an international agency was out of the question. In addition to the nearly $20,000 in fees, they would be required to travel out of the country for weeks at a time, something that they couldn't do. <b>Thankfully they found Open Door, an American adoption agency that was a little more affordable and a lot more flexible.</b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto"><span class="Apple-style-span">They officially started the process in September and, because of the financial demands that adoption puts on families, decided to look for ways to raise some money for their cause. It wasn't long before an internet search brought her to Popcorn Palace and <b>even though she's only been fundraising with it for a month, she's already had great success.</b> "I started selling it at a local bank and the response has been amazing!" Bonnie told us.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>While the whole family is very hopeful and positive</b>, "<i>our daughter can't wait for a baby brother or sister</i>," they are realistic about the time involved. "<i>We are not in a huge rush and are willing to be patient</i>," said Bonnie in regards to both raising the money and getting their new family member. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto"><span class="Apple-style-span">Popcorn Palace will follow the journey of the family as they get closer and closer to their new baby.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>For more information about Popcorn Palace's fundraising program, email us at <a href="mailto:fundraising@popcornpalace.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">fundraising@popcornpalace.com</a> or call at <a href="tel:800-873-2686" value="+18008732686" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); ">800-873-2686</a></b></span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-84139694579452570072011-12-08T11:25:00.000-08:002011-12-08T11:40:26.085-08:00November's "Pictures are Worth a Thou$and Dollars" Winner: Port Huron Northern Bands<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U--UkUgz8sY/TuESA4UKhwI/AAAAAAAAAEY/m7Z4i3_U4u0/s1600/Port%2BHuron%2BNorthern%2BBands.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U--UkUgz8sY/TuESA4UKhwI/AAAAAAAAAEY/m7Z4i3_U4u0/s320/Port%2BHuron%2BNorthern%2BBands.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683844011044538114" border="0" /></a><br />Shannon Smith became a “band-mom” when her daughter joined the Port Huron Northern Bands. According to Shannon, the parents are a very close knit group and view the band members as ‘our’ children.<br /><br />The band raise money so that everyone has the same opportunity to go to trips such as New York City, Disney World, and Detroit's Thanksgiving Day Parade (http://www.youtube.com/user/PHNMarchingBand#p/a/u/0/4LP_qMjwBfA).<br /><br />"Our dedication goes beyond driving them to competitions, games, concerts, and community work," says Shannon, "We open our hearts and our homes to them, give them moral support in band and in life. We have ears to listen, shoulders to cry on, and arms for hugs."<br /><br />For more information on Port Huron Northern Bands, visit www.phnbb.com or www.phnbands.org.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-55990206298846389252011-11-30T07:56:00.000-08:002011-11-30T08:05:27.585-08:00Thanksgiving Winners<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Congratulations to our Thanksgiving contest winners, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/popcornpalace">Twitter</a> followers, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/2doxies2">2doxies2</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/SLThrun3">SLThrun3</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/LoveMyVDub">LoveMyVDub</a>. Meet our Thanksgiving popcorn characters!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y637z0zYRbs/TtZTisUh-WI/AAAAAAAAABM/yheY6jGCp3Y/s400/ThanksgivingFeast_Pop.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680819835452389730" /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>We hope that you and your family had a great Thanksgiving weekend!</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><a href="http://www.twitter.com/popcornpalace">Follow Popcorn Palace on Twitter for other great contests and giveaways.</a></b></span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-81231880478685788582011-11-25T07:17:00.000-08:002011-11-25T08:35:37.780-08:00It's All About Execution!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XWvKtJNB5QU/Ts-_VxVOcyI/AAAAAAAAADc/XsE5BM9LxIU/s1600/finger%2Breminder%2Bno%2Bbackground.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XWvKtJNB5QU/Ts-_VxVOcyI/AAAAAAAAADc/XsE5BM9LxIU/s200/finger%2Breminder%2Bno%2Bbackground.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678968035878007586" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Arial","sans-serif"font-family:";" >With the busy season upon us, execution becomes more important to ensure that your customers receive their order in time. Below are a few things to keep in mind to avoid delays: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Arial","sans-serif"font-family:";" >Order Forms: </span></b><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="Arial","sans-serif"; background:whitefont-family:";color:black;" >Make sure they are filled out correctly before separating payment. Provide a correctly filled out sample to each of your sellers.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Arial","sans-serif"font-family:";" >Tabulating/Ordering: </span></b><span style="Arial","sans-serif"; background:whitefont-family:";color:black;" >Be sure that each order is double-checked for accuracy</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="Arial","sans-serif"; background:whitefont-family:";color:#333333;" > before it is forwarded to the fundraising company. Make sure you take a look at the order verification to double check your quantities as there may be some companies that will not offer replacement orders or returns.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";color:#333333;" ><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="Arial","sans-serif";background: whitefont-family:";color:#333333;" >Payment:</span></b><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="Arial","sans-serif"; background:whitefont-family:";color:black;" >The form of payment will determine when your order ships. If you pay with an organization check or electronic payment, be aware that your payment will b<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sQUo6iso0do/Ts-_vNK5cnI/AAAAAAAAADo/2auSRJMJhVU/s1600/UPS%2BShipping%2BMap.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sQUo6iso0do/Ts-_vNK5cnI/AAAAAAAAADo/2auSRJMJhVU/s320/UPS%2BShipping%2BMap.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678968472847610482" border="0" /></a>e held for a few days until it clears the bank. If you are mailing your check, take into account the transit time.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";color:#333333;" ><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="Arial","sans-serif";background: whitefont-family:";color:#333333;" >Delivery:</span></b></span><span style="Arial","sans-serif"; background:whitefont-family:";color:black;" > Consider the date that you would like to receive your order. Calculate the time your payment needs to clear, transit time, and order processing. For example if a company has a 10 business day policy and you place/pay for the order on December 2<sup>nd</sup>, your delivery date will be December 16<sup>th</sup>.</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";color:#333333;" ><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="Arial","sans-serif";background: whitefont-family:";color:#333333;" >Force Majeure: </span></b><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="Arial","sans-serif"; background:whitefont-family:";color:black;" >There are instances that are beyond your fundraising company’s control that may delay your shipment. Especially during the winter season, blizzards may shut down offices and shipping carriers may not be able to pick up or deliver orders. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Also note that once an order is picked up by UPS or Fed Ex, companies do not have control of how it is handled.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="Arial","sans-serif"; background:whitefont-family:";color:#333333;" ><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="Arial","sans-serif"; background:whitefont-family:";color:#333333;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Arial","sans-serif"font-family:";" >By having a flawless execution, you will able to have a stress free fundraising!</span></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-53439818033659460842011-11-17T12:29:00.000-08:002011-11-25T08:34:18.565-08:00Comrades in Sweat<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >The San Pro Baker to Vegas relay team consists of many volunteers and runners who participate in the Challenge Cup Relay/Baker to Vegas Relay which is largest law enforcement event of its kind. </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">The 120-mile running relay from Baker, California to Las Vegas, Nevada </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">is endured annually by law enforcement officers around the world. </span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:arial;"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >The original ideals of the race continue: teamwork, </span><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-size:100%;" >camaraderie, physical fitness and competition.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">In the beginning, 19 teams competed, mostly LAPD and LASD stations. Over the last 25 years, this cherished event has grown to include 277 teams from agencies all over the world. Nearly 100 thousand officers/runners have competed in this event since its inception.</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Categories have grown to include Probation Officers, District Attorneys, US Attorneys and full time civilian police personnel.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QWgDPzIuqPc/TsVvxQxjeMI/AAAAAAAAADQ/RIa1h-D0lJc/s1600/POPF234405.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 166px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QWgDPzIuqPc/TsVvxQxjeMI/AAAAAAAAADQ/RIa1h-D0lJc/s320/POPF234405.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676065797477464258" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It takes a huge commitment from the runners and support personnel to even get the team to the race. All members of the team use their own time to attend the race. This means that if your regular days off don’t fall on the days of the race, you have to use vacation to attend. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-size:100%;" >“Officers maintain a physical fitness program to help them better perform their duties in providing community safety, reduce crime, and assist victims through offender accountability and rehabilitation. ” says Linda Yoakum-Latimer, “All fundraising profits goes toward the race expenses, entry fees, vehicles, gas and administrative cost. There are no monetary profits… just the ability to say WE DID IT.”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family:arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-size:100%;" >To view event pictures, visit http://sdprob.shutterfly.com.</span></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-71717749985745795192011-11-07T09:58:00.000-08:002011-11-07T11:49:58.137-08:00October's "Pictures are Worth a Thou$and Dollars" Winner: Fairmont Music<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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Despite being only 6 years old, the program has competed and earned many personal awards-1st place trophies, national rankings of gold and silver, and many other top honors. The program is extremely diverse with students from the United States, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea, and China. Invitations have taken the team to places such as San Francisco, New York, Hawaii and now London.</div>
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The organization is working aggressively towards the goal of raising $180,000 this year so they can perform at the London Festival of Music in April 2012. This is an inaugural event and they are hoping to upgrade their status from "National Champions" to "International Champions."<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Our biggest challenge every year is money. We do not receive financial support from our school beyond classroom necessities, so it is up to the students to raise money for their uniforms and competition costs which costs from $1,500 to $3,000 each year depending on where we are going for competition,” says Stacey.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">When planning your fundraiser, the first question to ask is "when?" Timing is very important and depending on the kind of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">fundraiser you want to hold, certain times of the year of the year are better than others.</span></div>
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For over 15 years, Dream Dancers Studio has been offering dance classes from tap to tumbling. Their goal is to help build confidence, skill and an appreciation for the art of dance. The dancer's hard work paid off as the competitive dance team was invited to perform in the Orange Bowl in Miami, FL.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The dance team was very excited about the opportunity as this was a big deal to a small group of kids from Montana and they were the first team from the state to perform in a bowl game! Naturally the team was very proud to represent their state. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Fundraising coordinator Heidi Lamoreaux said, “We were looking for any fundraiser to do to help us achieve our goal. Your product looked amazing so we thought we would give it a try. We all made great money doing your fundraiser and will do it again because after people tried your product they told us to come back and they would buy more!!”</div>
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Heidi’s team has been invited back to do another bowl game and will be flying to San Diego, CA on December 25<sup>th</sup> for the Holiday Bowl!</div>
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“We have done your fundraiser again already. It has really helped us reach our goal. We will do it again in the future to raise money for our dance competitions since so many people we delivered to loved your product. THANK YOU!!”</div>
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</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-19327995254269309612011-11-02T09:30:00.000-07:002011-11-02T09:30:01.293-07:00Meet our #Popcornmonsters!<div><b>Congratulations to Michelle, Sameer, Dan and Lisa for naming our #popcornmonsters!</b></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xJuAVuCQpaE/TrC9FmeTnKI/AAAAAAAAABA/vPzcFZERS34/s1600/Graveyard.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xJuAVuCQpaE/TrC9FmeTnKI/AAAAAAAAABA/vPzcFZERS34/s320/Graveyard.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670239834784111778" /></a><b>We had a lot of fun creating them and got some amazing entries.</b> We hope you enjoyed playing along as much as we enjoyed choosing their names from your entries.<div><br /></div><div><b>Stay tuned, our popcorn creatures are sure to return soon!</b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><br /></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-810463159455553172011-10-24T07:35:00.000-07:002011-10-24T12:01:10.150-07:00Best Boo Wins!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NwevDapVxMU/TqV6qN_uzAI/AAAAAAAAAAo/UusWCWCkY5U/s1600/PopcornWitch.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667070571845700610" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NwevDapVxMU/TqV6qN_uzAI/AAAAAAAAAAo/UusWCWCkY5U/s320/PopcornWitch.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 276px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Halloween is all about treats (and tricks) and we at Popcorn Palace want to share some of our treats with you. <b>Share your best Halloween pics </b>(costumes, houses, Jack-O-Lanterns, etc.)<b> with us on our Facebook wall and you could win our<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_620040825"> </a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.popcornpalace.com/Home/HolidayGift/PopcornPalace6FlavorGiftBox">Popcorn Palace 6-Flavor Gift Box</a></span>!</b></span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">No purchase necessary to enter.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">You may only enter once.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Photos must be posted by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">midnight (CST) on Nov. 7, 2011.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Voting (liking) will close at 5 pm (CST) on Nov. 8, 2011.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Winner will be announced on Facebook on Nov. 9, 2011.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Winner will be contact via Facebook.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Once notified, winner is responsible for responding with their postal addresses, email addresses and phone numbers (for our shipper).</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Postal addresses must be submitted within one week (seven days) of notification.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Blogger or Twitter. You understand that you are providing your information to Popcorn Palace and not to Facebook, Twitter or Blogger.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Employees, interns, contractors and vendors, as well as their immediate families, of Popcorn Palace, its affiliates, and any representatives or agencies of Popcorn Palace or other persons professionally connected to the Contest are not eligible to participate.</span></li>
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<br /></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-45379498694729386162011-10-14T09:01:00.000-07:002011-10-20T12:48:45.755-07:00"Pictures are Worth a Thou$and Dollars" Contest<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">Does your organization have a compelling story to tell? If so, enter in our “Pictures are Worth a Thou$and Dollars" Contest. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">We will be selecting a winner for the month of October, November and December! Monthly winners will receive a check made out to the </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: black;">organization for $250. Then it will be up to the Popcorn Palace fans to vote o</span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v4uR15PPl14/TphjfSPNTEI/AAAAAAAAABY/_GiL-ZUZrqA/s1600/camera.jpg" style="color: black;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663385920541117506" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v4uR15PPl14/TphjfSPNTEI/AAAAAAAAABY/_GiL-ZUZrqA/s320/camera.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 192px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 320px;" /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: black;">n which organization will receive the grand prize of an additional $250!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">To enter, fill ou</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">t this o</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">nline survey at </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_2033911338">http://bit.ly/pkTcov</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://bit.ly/pkTcov"> </a>AND send an organization picture to </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">patty@popcornpalace.com</span><span style="color: black;">.</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">If we do not receive a picture, your entry will be null and void.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">As a token of our appreciation, every complete entry will receive a gift!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">We look forward to reading your st</span><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">ories!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rules</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">•</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Your entry is not complete until a picture is sent to patty@popcornpalace.com</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />• <span style="color: #cc0000;">Only fundraisers that completed a fundraiser during 2011 are eligible</span><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">• </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;">All submissions become the property of Popcorn Palace<br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">• </span></span></span>You may only enter once<br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">• </span></span></span>October entries are due on the 31st. October winner will be announced Nov. 7th<br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">• </span></span></span>November entries are due on the 30th. November winner will be announced Dec. 7th<br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">• </span></span></span>December entries are due on the 31st. December winner will be announced Jan. 9th<br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">• </span></span></span>Voting for Grand Prize winner ends January 31st, 2012. Winner will be announced Feb. 4th<br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">• </span></span></span>Prize is non-transferable<br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">• </span></span></span>Winner will be contacted via email<br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">• </span></span></span>Once notified, winners are responsible for responding with their postal addresses, email addresses and phone numbers (for our shipper)<br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">• </span></span></span>Postal addresses must be submitted within one week of (seven days) of notification<br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">• </span></span></span>This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Blogger nor Twitter. You understand that you are providing your information to Popcorn Palace and not to Facebook, Twitter nor Blogger<br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">• </span></span></span>Employees, interns, contractors, vendors, as well as their immediate families, of Popcorn Palace, its affiliates, and any representatives or agencies of Popcorn Palace or other persons professionally connected to the Contest are not eligible to participate<br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">• </span></span></span>Judges’ decision is final</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-40920861358059001372011-10-06T08:39:00.000-07:002011-10-07T06:33:08.542-07:00Passing the Torch<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">It’s a common occurrence. One day you have a key point person in your organization and th<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_7IKtPSqMuA/To3QqcTPAcI/AAAAAAAAAA4/oC4VcCb_W2w/s1600/panic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 173px; height: 170px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660409734244532674" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_7IKtPSqMuA/To3QqcTPAcI/AAAAAAAAAA4/oC4VcCb_W2w/s200/panic.jpg" border="0" /></a>e next day he/she is gone and the organization is left scrambling trying to pick up the pieces. If you've ever been unlucky enough to take the helm of a group or its fundraiser with no preparation, no records, and no help, you know how important smooth leadership transitions are.<br /><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></p><p><b>Find Your Replacement</b></p><p>• Recruit potentials actively! This will give you time to test the<br />waters to see how much the person can handle and quickly learn<br /></p><div><p>• If your organization does not have a structured team in place, make sure you have a back-up in place even if it’s a family member</p></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Train Your Replacement</b></span></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Invite successor to attend any ‘wrap-up’ meetings for current fundraisers. This allows the person to be involved in discussions pertaining to successes, improvements, and issues</span></p></div><div><p>• Assign a task that is important, such as recording and tallying sales or distributing orders to get their feet wet. Ideally go through a dry run so they are prepared for their upcoming role</p></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Keep Good Records</b></span></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Include essential information and responsibilities which can serve as a check off list. Items can include an event calendar, guideline outlining each step of the fundraising process from beginning to end, and past fundraising sales figures</span></p></div><div><p>• Keep an address book of contacts that the new coordinator can use as resource</p></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Be Courteous</b></span></p></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">• Alert your preferred vendors of the coordinator change</span></p></div><div><p>• Introduce the incoming coordinator to key contacts as often as you can, even if it's via email or phone</p></div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color:white;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p></span><p></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></div></strong>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-7752541821433955012011-09-28T10:16:00.000-07:002011-09-28T15:17:56.241-07:00Guess and win!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hba7KkEvwGQ/ToOcEv8L1yI/AAAAAAAAAAg/VudWiJ47F1w/s1600/PopcornTin.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 249px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hba7KkEvwGQ/ToOcEv8L1yI/AAAAAAAAAAg/VudWiJ47F1w/s320/PopcornTin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657537162309785378" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; " ><b>Change is good and popcorn is delicious! We've changed some of the names of our delicious popcorn and you can win some just by guessing the new names to some of your favorite Popcorn Palace flavors!</b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >The person who correctly guesses all 10 flavor names wins a bag of each. Thats 10 BAGS OF POPCORN! Five runners up win a bag of each flavor they get right (7 correct answers wins 7 bags, 3 correct answers wins 3 bags, etc.). </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/popcornpalace.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&pli=1&formkey=dGF1RTQwVVJMUXBCR2ZOWlRWSk5CYXc6MQ#gid=0">Click here to enter.</a> Entries close in one month - October 27, 2011</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>RULES: </b></div><div><ul><li>No purchase necessary to enter</li><li>You may only enter once</li><li>Contest runs until October 27, 2011</li><li>Winners will be announced on Facebook on November 1, 2011</li><li>Grand prize winner will be user to correctly guess all 10 flavors first.</li><li>Runners up will be judged by number of correct guesses. In the event of a tie, runners up will be decided by time entered. </li><li>Only residents of the U.S.A. are eligible</li><li>We will contact the winners via Email</li><li>Once notified, winners are responsible for responding with their postal addresses, email addresses and phone numbers (for our shipper).</li><li>Postal addresses must be submitted within two weeks (fourteen days) of notification.</li><li>This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Blogger nor Twitter. You understand that you are providing your information to Popcorn Palace and not to Facebook, Twitter nor Blogger.</li><li>Employees, interns, contractors, vendors, as well as their immediate families, of Popcorn Palace, its affiliates, and any representatives or agencies of Popcorn Palace or other persons professionally connected to the Contest are not eligible to participate.</li><li>Judges decision is final.</li></ul></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-46434091115195049892011-09-14T11:18:00.000-07:002011-09-16T14:06:52.403-07:00Fundraising with a Computer<div><span><span>The computer has allowed all types of organizations to elevate traditional marketing approaches and keep organizations on top of minds among donors, volunteers and the community, before, during and after our event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Best of all, many tools are free or require low investment. Whatever you choose, make sure that people stay connected to the organization throughout the year.</span></span><span><br /></span><br /><span><strong>Internet<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e4mJEOq3V54/TnD0arTSi6I/AAAAAAAAAAw/joAQPv2lSYM/s1600/iStock_000006197460Small.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px; height: 200px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652286271487380386" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e4mJEOq3V54/TnD0arTSi6I/AAAAAAAAAAw/joAQPv2lSYM/s200/iStock_000006197460Small.jpg" /></a></strong></span><br /><ul><li><span>Post reminders onyour Facebook page. Or create a separate Facebook business page dedicated to your event. Upload photos, post videos, and network!</span></li><li><span><span>Choose a Twitter hashtag for your fundraiser or event. Use the hashtag to keep followers informed about how much money was raised, announce order pick up dates, recruit volunteers, etc</span></span></li><li><span><span>Create a Facebook poll or survey. You never know what kind of interesting information you can discover!<span><br /></span></span></span></li><span><span><span></span></span></span></ul><span><span><span></span></span></span><span><span><span></span></span></span><span><span><span></span></span></span><span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span>Web Page</span></b></p><ul><li><span>Show what your organization does. The stories most likely to inspire action are those that leave feelings or create images in the audience’s mind. Illustrate the benefits your organization provides to the community.<!--?xml:namespace prefix = o /--><o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span>Create a blog using Google’s Blogger (it’s free). Have your volunteers, teachers,participants contribute an article pertaining to the fundraising experience.<br /></span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span>Email</span></b></p></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 15pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span>Keep an email contact list (an excel sheet will do!) up to date based upon purchase date & item purchased. This way you can segment your email list and tailor your messages.</span></li><li><span>E</span><span>mail a “Save a Date” for your fundraiser. This allows your recipient to save some funds for your fundraiser and share the information with their social networks. You may receive extra orders!</span></li><li><span>S</span><span>end a personalized “Thank You” email. Remember this is a bridge to future support. Don’t forget to include a link to your organization’s page! </span></li></ul></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-34453756799687204412011-08-23T12:50:00.000-07:002011-08-30T12:21:15.242-07:00Reduce Your Fundraising Noise<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-67JvQBwPKSk/TlQMspjn3gI/AAAAAAAAAAo/jxM9KA9KNuI/s1600/No%2BMoney.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-67JvQBwPKSk/TlQMspjn3gI/AAAAAAAAAAo/jxM9KA9KNuI/s200/No%2BMoney.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644150194211118594" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >One of the biggest challenges that organizations face today is raising money in a weak economy. Unfortunately, multiple activities all generate fundraising noise. In today’s economic climate, it’s vital that your group reduce its fundraising noise. Supporters are already apprehensive about spending or contributing more money. Once your supporters develop apathy, it becomes even tougher to meet your fundraising goals.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span ></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; " >According to the Association of Fund-Raising Distributors and Suppliers, “We learned that school groups that limit the number of fundraising projects conducted throughout the year tend to earn more money with a single fundraising drive. That’s probably because their supporters know they’re only going to be tapped a couple of times and, therefore, they’re more willing to reach into their pockets when it counts.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; " ></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span >Focus on programs that are most efficient and yield the most funds- while limiting the time-commitment from volunteers. If you are considering school wide programs, you should think twice about adding too many fundraisers to the calendar. By putting a greater effort into a fewer number of fundraisers with very specific goals, it is easier to successfully raise the money needed and get greater participation from school families and the community.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Moderation is key!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p></p><div> </div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-59241018386111669262011-08-17T09:34:00.000-07:002011-08-18T11:40:17.697-07:00What did you do this summer?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Summertime is the best!</b> Road-trips, water parks, museums, BBQs, bike rides, amusement parks, picnics, swimming pools and more are what make up summer. With school vacations and great weather, taking a trip (even to the next town over) with your friends and family to do and see new things is a must.<br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Popcorn Palace took a trip to nearby Galena, Illinois</b> (see below) for the weekend. Now we want to know what you did. <b>Post your holiday memories in the comment section by September 23, 2010 and our favorite will win an old fashioned tin of gourmet popcorn!</b></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The Contest Rules are at the bottom of this post, but first, here’s our holiday in Galena:<br />
</span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Home to the 18th President. Ulysses S. Grant, the historic city of Galena is situated in the lush Mississippi valley and was founded in 1826, primarily as a lead mining community with shipping access along the Mississippi River. <b>The Galena port was the busiest between St. Paul and St. Louis by the 1850s. </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now, nearly 170 years later, the streets are lined by gaslights and <b>the historic Desoto House Hotel, where Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas once met, still welcome tourists like us!</b> While there, we visited the local brewery (we all know how well popcorn and beer go together), the historic fire station, art galleries and went fishing in the Mississippi River.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>RULES</b></span><br />
<ul><li>No purchase necessary to enter</li>
<li>Contest runs until September 23, 2011.</li>
<li>Only residents of the U.S.A. are eligible</li>
<li>We will contact the winners via Email.</li>
<li>Once notified, winners are responsible for responding with their flavor choices, postal addresses, email addresses and phone numbers (for our shipper).</li>
<li>Postal addresses must be submitted within two weeks (fourteen days) of notification.</li>
<li>This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Blogger nor Twitter. You understand that you are providing your information to Popcorn Palace and not to Facebook, Twitter nor Blogger.</li>
<li>Employees, interns, contractors, vendors, as well as their immediate families, of Popcorn Palace, its affiliates, and any representatives or agencies of Popcorn Palace or other persons professionally connected to the Contest are not eligible to participate.</li>
<li>Judges decision is final.</li>
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So dig back through our blog posts and the first three people to email the right answers to contest@popcornpalace.com will win a six-way container of popcorny goodness.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What musical poster is the popcorn/snowball in front of?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">How many breweries participated in this year's Pop Fest?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What year did President Nixon sign Father's Day Into Law?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Who is the leader of The Rich South Band?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">How did Matt Weldon learn about Popcorn Palace?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Which member of the Popcorn Palace team was on Heartbeat Radio?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">What percentage of profits to fundraisers get to keep?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">How long has Janet Robin been raising money for the American Cancer Society</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">What other name was Emperor Claudius also known by?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">After donating to schools, non-profits and churches, how many organizations reached out Pratin Kraisornkovit for more help?</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans';">Contest runs until August 10, 2011.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans';">Prizes will be awarded to the first entrant to answer all questions correctly. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans';">Only residents of the U.S.A. are eligible</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans';">We will contact the winners via Email.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans';">Once notified, winners are responsible for responding with their flavor choices, postal addresses, email addresses and phone numbers (for our shipper).</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans';">Postal addresses must be submitted within two weeks (fourteen days) of notification.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans';">This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Blogger nor Twitter. You understand that you are providing your information to Popcorn Palace and not to Facebook, Twitter nor Blogger.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans';">Employees, interns, contractors, vendors, as well as their immediate families, of Popcorn Palace, its affiliates, and any representatives or agencies of Popcorn Palace or other persons professionally connected to the Contest are not eligible to participate</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans';">Judges decision is final.</span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-10930112455669021102011-07-31T21:49:00.000-07:002011-07-31T21:49:34.753-07:00Spot the popcorn 2 - Contest 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;">In order to win, your comment must be the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;"><b>first one posted</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;">, include the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;"><b>location of the popcorn</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;"> (in the picture) and your </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;"><b>email address</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;">.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 25px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;">For more full details of the July Spot the Popcorn Contest, <a href="http://popcornpalacefundraising.blogspot.com/2011/07/spot-popcorn-part-2.html" style="color: #cc0033; text-decoration: none;">click here.</a></span></span></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1fRb1vUCQ4Q/TjYwBKaMBwI/AAAAAAAAAOs/uS62f7QjQUI/s1600/Sheep.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1fRb1vUCQ4Q/TjYwBKaMBwI/AAAAAAAAAOs/uS62f7QjQUI/s400/Sheep.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 21px;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 21px;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Good luck, and may the fastest commentator win!</span></span></b></span></b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-16005954177847000862011-07-26T07:43:00.000-07:002011-07-26T07:43:10.084-07:00Pass the popcorn<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Until the end of August on Twitter, <b>we are going to be giving away a free bag of popcorn to a random fan for every 30 new followers we get.</b> But this time, <b>not only does the winner win a bag of popcorn but they also get to choose another follower to give free popcorn to.</b></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F3bakLPjos4/Ti5NGIG4r9I/AAAAAAAAAOo/gAd2CUjB_kc/s1600/PopcornGive.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F3bakLPjos4/Ti5NGIG4r9I/AAAAAAAAAOo/gAd2CUjB_kc/s400/PopcornGive.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 21px;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_760856527"></span><span id="goog_760856528"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_32qsBS7AKfA/TDZH39DFjUI/AAAAAAAAAF0/CCAS7u_Ubi0/s1600/Twitter.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: blue; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: underline;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_32qsBS7AKfA/TDZH39DFjUI/AAAAAAAAAF0/CCAS7u_Ubi0/s320/Twitter.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">All you need to do is follow us at </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/popcornpalace" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><i>www.twitter.com/popcornpalace</i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;"> and retweet (copy and paste) the following message to your followers to increase your chances of winning:</span><br />
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<b></b><i>"RT @popcornpalace Win FREE popcorn by following @popcornpalace</i>. <i>RT to increase your odds!"</i></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;"><div style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"><b style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">Then, if you win, you will be given the chance to randomly pick and number and we'll also give popcorn to the follower that corresponds to that number.</span><br />
</span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: black;">Thank you, and good luck!</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><b><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Gill Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Rules and Regulations</span></span></b></span></b></span></b></b></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; display: inline !important; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt;"><b><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Gill Sans';"><br />
</span></b></span></span></b></span></b></b></b></div></div><ul style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Gill Sans';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Gill Sans';">No purchase necessary to enter</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Gill Sans';">Contest runs until August 30, 2011.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Gill Sans';">Prizes will be randomly awarded to an existing follower whenever required levels are met. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Gill Sans';">Only residents of the U.S.A. are eligible</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Gill Sans';">We will contact the winners via Facebook message or Tweet.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Gill Sans';">Winners are responsible for responding with their flavor choices, postal addresses, email addresses and phone numbers (for our shipper).</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Gill Sans';">Postal addresses must be submitted within two weeks (fourteen days) of notification.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Gill Sans';">This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook nor Twitter. You understand that you are providing your information to Popcorn Palace and not to Facebook nor Twitter.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Gill Sans';">Employees, interns, contractors, vendors, as well as their immediate families, of Popcorn Palace, its affiliates, and any representatives or agencies of Popcorn Palace or other persons professionally connected to the Contest are not eligible to participate</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0.1pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Gill Sans';">Judges decision is final.</span></li>
</ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-29041145555198966762011-07-21T13:03:00.000-07:002011-07-21T13:03:44.946-07:00Spot the popcorn 2 - Contest 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;">In order to win, your comment must be the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;"><b>first one posted</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;">, include the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;"><b>location of the popcorn</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;"> (in the picture) and your </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;"><b>email address</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;">.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 25px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For more full details of the July Spot the Popcorn Contest, <a href="http://popcornpalacefundraising.blogspot.com/2011/07/spot-popcorn-part-2.html" style="color: #cc0033; text-decoration: none;">click here.</a></span></span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9ATjtavEbhc/TiiFn2xhm3I/AAAAAAAAAOk/vFgvsJAo8os/s1600/Kittens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9ATjtavEbhc/TiiFn2xhm3I/AAAAAAAAAOk/vFgvsJAo8os/s400/Kittens.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Good luck, and may the fastest commentator win!</span></span></b></span></b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-48727124036710251682011-07-18T14:02:00.000-07:002011-07-18T14:02:26.294-07:00Spot the popcorn 2 - Contest 1<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;">In order to win, your comment must be the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;"><b>first one posted</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;">, include the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;"><b>location of the popcorn</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;"> (in the picture) and your </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;"><b>email address</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;">.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 25px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">For more full details of the July Spot the Popcorn Contest, <a href="http://popcornpalacefundraising.blogspot.com/2011/07/spot-popcorn-part-2.html">click here.</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WAvyqV0bvIA/TiScpAfh1RI/AAAAAAAAAOg/aG7-l7OjQQ8/s1600/snowball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WAvyqV0bvIA/TiScpAfh1RI/AAAAAAAAAOg/aG7-l7OjQQ8/s400/snowball.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Good luck, and may the fastest commentator win!</span><span id="goog_1826433224"></span><span id="goog_1826433225"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a></span></b></span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-28630697435053530282011-07-14T15:01:00.000-07:002011-07-15T06:37:22.776-07:00Spot the popcorn - Part 2<h3 style="POSITION: relative; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 30px Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif" class="post-title entry-title">Spot the popcorn and win!</h3><br /><br /><div style="POSITION: relative; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5; WIDTH: 508px" id="post-body-8665619576081483820" class="post-body entry-content"><b style="font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Popcorn Palace is giving away lots of free gourmet popcorn between now and the end of July. All you need to do to win is SPOT THE POPCORN!</span></span></span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twice a week, at random times, Popcorn Palace will post a pretty picture to this blog and <b>the first person to spot the popcorn and briefly describe its location in the comments (See below) wins!</b></span></span><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both; FONT-SIZE: 14px" class="separator"><a style="COLOR: #cc0033; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_32qsBS7AKfA/TNLby4hh-6I/AAAAAAAAALA/I7ro7ooazlA/s1600/Contest_Eg.jpg" imageanchor="1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img style="POSITION: relative; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 8px; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; PADDING-LEFT: 8px; PADDING-RIGHT: 8px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 8px; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_32qsBS7AKfA/TNLby4hh-6I/AAAAAAAAALA/I7ro7ooazlA/s1600/Contest_Eg.jpg" /></span></span></span></a></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" class="separator"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In order to win, your comment must be the <b>first one posted</b>, include the <b>location of the popcorn</b> and your <b>email address</b>. There will be two pictures posted each week, during July, on random days and at random times, so be sure to check back regularly!</span></span></span></div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" class="separator"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HINT:</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <i>To receive notifications whenever a new post (or picture) is published, subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us with Google Friend Connect (See below).</i></span></span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both; FONT-SIZE: 14px" class="separator"><a style="COLOR: #cc0033; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_32qsBS7AKfA/TNLcpSwBlgI/AAAAAAAAALE/mDcex7OwLdo/s1600/RSS.jpg" imageanchor="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><img style="POSITION: relative; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 8px; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; PADDING-LEFT: 8px; PADDING-RIGHT: 8px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 8px; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_32qsBS7AKfA/TNLcpSwBlgI/AAAAAAAAALE/mDcex7OwLdo/s320/RSS.jpg" width="193" height="320" /></span></a></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" class="separator"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good luck - now go find that popcorn</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 21px;font-size:12pt;color:#333333;" class="MsoNormal" ><b><span style="font-family:'Gill Sans';">Rules and Regulations</span></b><br /><br /><br /><ul style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.4; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: disc; MARGIN: 0in 0px 0.5em; PADDING-LEFT: 2.5em; PADDING-RIGHT: 2.5em; PADDING-TOP: 0px" type="disc"><br /><br /><li style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.4; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0.1pt 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">No purchase necessary to enter</span></li><br /><li style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.4; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0.1pt 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">Only residents of the U.S.A. are eligible</span></li><br /><li style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.4; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0.1pt 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">Individuals can only win twice during the month of July</span></span></span></li><br /><li style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.4; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0.1pt 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">Popcorn Palace has no control over the mechanics of the blog. Our blog is hosted on Google's Blogger platform so technical difficulties should be taken up with Google</span></span></span></li><br /><li style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.4; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0.1pt 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">We will contact the winners via email</span></span></span></li><br /><li style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.4; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0.1pt 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">Winners are responsible for responding with their postal addresses and phone numbers</span></span></span></li><br /><li style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.4; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0.1pt 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">Postal addresses must be submitted within two weeks (fourteen days) of email message</span></span></span></li><br /><li style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.4; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0.1pt 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook nor Google You understand that you are providing your information to Popcorn Palace and not to Facebook or Google</span></span></span></li><br /><li style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.4; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0.1pt 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;">Judges decision is based on the order the comments appear</span></span></span></li><br /><li style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.4; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0.1pt 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 20px;font-family:arial;color:#000000;" class="Apple-style-span" >Employees, interns, contractors, vendors, as well as their immediate families, of Popcorn Palace, its affiliates, and any representatives or agencies of Popcorn Palace or other persons professionally connected to the Contest are not eligible to participate</span></li></ul></div></div></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236050378393810382.post-77279207272943437062011-07-13T09:49:00.000-07:002011-07-13T09:49:22.471-07:00Popcorn Beer part 2!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_32qsBS7AKfA/TFHcCf7Vk7I/AAAAAAAAAGs/e-JuaLCLrTY/s1600/Brewhouse_Tent.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_32qsBS7AKfA/TFHcCf7Vk7I/AAAAAAAAAGs/e-JuaLCLrTY/s200/Brewhouse_Tent.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="views-field-title" style="color: #234852; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">For the second year, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1757129303">the Rock Bottom in Warrenville, IL will host </a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.rockbottom.com/warrenville/events">PopFest</a> where beers from Half Acre, Haymarket Pub and Brewing, Goose Island, Limestone, Chicagoland area Rock Bottoms, and many others will be paired with <a href="http://www.popcornpalace.com/">Popcorn Palace gourmet popcorn. </a></span></span></div><div class="views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><div style="margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>And, as with last year, a special beer MADE with our popcorn will be unveiled.</b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uLMHtV3puII/Th3LQRrs2cI/AAAAAAAAAOc/hinw32_FORQ/s1600/Pop-Fest-Web.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uLMHtV3puII/Th3LQRrs2cI/AAAAAAAAAOc/hinw32_FORQ/s400/Pop-Fest-Web.png" width="261" /></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">20 dollars gets you beer and popcorn pairings as well as a souvenir tasting glass. Tickets can be purchased @</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/180289" style="color: #570c11;">http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/180289</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Rock Bottom Brewery</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Warrenville, Ill</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Sat, July 16, from 1 pm - 4 pm</span></b></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0