Archive for May, 2010

CoolCanucks Blog Contest – Nalgene Grip-n-Gulp Bottles for Children Review & Giveaway!!CLOSED

Monday, May 31st, 2010

“Here at Nal­gene Out­door, we get a lot of mail from campers, hik­ers, and other active out­doors­peo­ple who love their NALGENE bot­tles. In fact, NALGENE Out­door Prod­ucts are rec­og­nized by explor­ers and adven­tur­ers around the globe.

How did these bot­tles get so pop­u­lar? Where do they come from?

How it all started…
Back in 1949, a Rochester, New York chemist named Emanuel Gold­berg devel­oped the first plas­tic pipette holder. Along with three work­ers, he began the Nalge Com­pany in a small build­ing at 625 South Good­man Street.

For years Gold­berg and his grow­ing team devel­oped the NALGENE line of state-of-the-art poly­eth­yl­ene lab­o­ra­to­rye­quip­ment: cen­trifuge bot­tles, fil­ter units, stor­age tanks.

Obvi­ously, it wasn’t the kind of stuff you toss into your back­pack for a week­end in the woods.

But there were rumors float­ing around … sto­ries about sci­en­tists tak­ing the smaller, more con­ve­nient bot­tles out of the lab and using them on hikes and excursions.

By the 1970s this “unof­fi­cial” use for NALGENE bot­tles caught the eye of Marsh Hyman (Pres­i­dent of the Nalge Com­pany in Rochester, New York).”

Nal­gene makes water bot­tles for ath­letes, hik­ers, bik­ers, and even chil­dren! This rep­utable com­pany is well known across the world and it is cer­tainly a name brand that every­one trusts!

I used to won­der why it seemed that every­one on the track had a Nal­gene bot­tle with them. Now that I have my own, I totally under­stand and can com­pletely relate as I was sent a really cool OTG — Spring Green — Every­day Bot­tle in Spring Green and love it so much!!

These bot­tles are extremely durable, BPA free (the new ones), don’t leak, and keep water or sports drinks tast­ing fresh. I’ve dropped my Nal­gene on rough rocks many times, but besides a few scratches it never has cracked or leaked!!

I was also sent some Nal­gene Grip-n-Gulp bot­tles for chil­dren to review, and they totally exceeded my expec­ta­tions!

Nal­gene Every­day Grip-N-Gulp Kids Water Bot­tle — BPA Free

•Side indents are easy for tiny hands to grasp.
•Easy clean spill proof cap. (View)
•Rub­ber­ized lid and smooth plas­tic mouth­piece make drink­ing com­fort­able.
•Supe­rior thread­ing on cup and lid is engi­neered to pre­vent spills.
•Won’t retain taste and odors.
•Tough & impact resis­tant.
•Bot­tle is made from Tri­tan copoly­ester that is man­u­fac­tured with­out BPA.
•Cup, lid, and remov­able sip­per valve are all top rack dish­washer safe
•Lid loop can be clipped to back­pack, dia­per bag, or stroller.
•Holds 12 oz.
Nal­gene Grip-N-Gulp water bot­tle for kids and tod­dlers!
Nal­gene con­tain­ers have stood up to some of the worlds most extreme con­di­tions.  The new Nal­gene Grip’n Gulp is tough enough to sur­vive being thrown from a mov­ing mini­van, spill proof enough to com­pel par­ents to blame the rug stains on the dog, and odor proof enough to allow left­over milk to go unde­tected under the couch for months. Most impor­tantly, its a great way for lit­tle kids to reach new heights.

My nieces used these all week­end at camp and they are beyond out­stand­ing!! In fact, my sister-in-law is in the midst of order­ing a bunch more of these as she said they are defi­nately a must-have and she just can­not live with­out them now!!

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You can find out for your­self how fan­tas­tic these Nal­gene Grip-n-Gulp Bot­tles for Chil­dren thanks to the kind folks over at Nal­gene! You have the oppor­tu­nity to win 3 of these in blue, green, and pink!! SWEET!!

 

To Enter:

Manda­tory Entry – ***This is a MUST!! Those who don’t ful­fill the very first entry will be dis­qual­i­fied! Also, any com­ments such as ‘enter me’ or ‘love to win’ will be deleted.***

 

1) Head on over to Nal­gene and check out all of the fan­tas­tic prod­ucts! Come back here and tell me what you would love most!

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*****EXTRA ENTRIES: (Optional, these are there for you just in case you would like more chances of win­ning!!)********** Leave com­ments all in one com­ment box, or in sep­a­rate boxes, that is totally up to you! Note: All entries left in one box only counts as one entry so your choice!****************

 

•SUBSCRIBE to Cool­Canucks Blog (right hand-side of blog) via email. (You must ver­ify the sub­scrip­tion in your email too, as I will check! Not ver­i­fied = dis­qual­i­fi­ca­tion, sorry!) Leave me which email addy you sub­scribed with in your com­ment please.

 

•Fol­low Cool­Canucks Via Google Friend Con­nect – this is also on the right hand side of my blog.

 

•Fol­low @coolcanucks and @NalgeneOutdoor on Twit­ter! Leave me your twit­ter name!

 

•Tweet this con­test. Leave me the Sta­tus Link to your tweet! **NOW UNLIMITED TWEETS DAILY!!* and leave a com­ment each time with the Tweet Sta­tus Link**

•(Please note, there is a NEW Retweet but­ton added below this post – you may also use that for a quick and easy tweet – be sure to leave me the sta­tus link though!)

 

Become a Fan of Nal­gene on Face­book and leave a com­ment on their wall that you came from Cool­Canucks!

 

•Become a Reg­is­tered Cool­Canucks Mem­ber in our forum and leave me your user­name there!

 

•Blog, Stum­ble, Digg or share this give­away on any open pub­lic forum and leave me the link to it! +5, leave 5 comments

 

•Grab our Cool­Canucks but­ton located to the right of the blog. +5, leave 5 comments

 
•Sub­scribe to Cool­Canucks RSS Feed! + 2 leave 2 comments

 
•Pur­chase any­thing from Nal­gene for the dura­tion of the give­away and get 10 extra entries!! Just tell me in a comment!

 

**Give­away open to US & CANADA and expires on June 30th, 2010**

 

A HUGE thank you to Nal­gene for spon­sor­ing us with this GREAT Con­test here at CoolCanucks!!

 

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    June 30th, 2010 at 4:45 pm 

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    Canadian Contest ~ Canada Dry ~ Okanagan Culinary Adventure

    Sunday, May 30th, 2010

    Enter daily for your chance to win a trip for four to the Okana­gan Val­ley. Or win 1 of 20  $100 Sobeys Gift Cards. Con­test closes on July 5, 2010

    The con­test is open to all legal res­i­dents of British Colum­bia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Man­i­toba who are nine­teen (19) years of age or older

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    Canadian Contest ~ GMC ~ Saddle Up A Sierra

    Sunday, May 30th, 2010

    Enter now for a chance to win a VIP trip for two to the 2010 Cal­gary Stam­pede. The win­ner will also be a final­ist with one-in-four odds of tak­ing home the grand prize: a GMC Sierra.

    If you win the trip to the 2010 Cal­gary Stam­pede, you’ll be paired with a chuck­wagon in the GMC Range­land Derby. If your chuck­wagon wins the race, you’ll win a 2010 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab SLE. It could be the most excit­ing chuck­wagon race of your life.

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    Enter now!

    You have until July 16,2010 to enter

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    CoolCanucks Blog Contest – tazzyTotes™ Review & Giveaway!!CLOSED

    Saturday, May 29th, 2010

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    Because reusable bags only reduce waste when you use them, they made it light weight, so it’s easy to keep with you for an unex­pected errand!

    tazzy­Totes™ bags rock!!

    tazzy­Totes™ was born from a desire to do the right thing while at the same time, get­ting rid of all the plas­tic bags! These eco friendly gro­cery pro­duce tote bags are made of com­pact poly­ester mesh and are 100% recyclable!

    I love these lit­tle pro­duce bags! No more need to use all of those plas­tic bags from the gro­cery store that are hor­ri­ble for our environment!

    There is one sim­ple action we can all take that will have an enor­mous impact on the health of our planet and its inhab­i­tants. The next time you shop, don’t leave the store car­ry­ing a plas­tic bag. If every­one did this, one of the most lethal pol­luters cre­ated by man would be removed from circulation.

    Con­sider the Fol­low­ing Shock­ing Facts About Plas­tic Shop­ping Bags:

    • Plas­tic bags are made of polyethylene
    • Poly­eth­yl­ene is a petro­leum product
    • Pro­duc­tion con­tributes to air pol­lu­tion and energy consumption
    • Four to five tril­lion plas­tic bags are man­u­fac­tured each year
    • Amer­i­cans use over 380 bil­lion poly­eth­yl­ene bags per year
    • Amer­i­cans throw away approx­i­mately 100 bil­lion poly­eth­yl­ene bags per year
    • Of those 100 tril­lion plas­tic bags, 1% are recycled
    • It takes 1000 years for poly­eth­yl­ene bags to break down
    • As poly­eth­yl­ene breaks down, toxic sub­stances leach into the soil and enter the food chain
    • Approx­i­mately 1 bil­lion seabirds and mam­mals die per year by ingest­ing plas­tic bags
    • Plas­tic bags are often mis­taken as food by marine mam­mals. 100,000 marine mam­mals die yearly by eat­ing plas­tic bags.
    • These ani­mals suf­fer a painful death, the plas­tic wraps around their intestines or they choke to death
    • Plas­tic bag choke landfills
    • Plas­tic bags are car­ried by the wind into forests, ponds, rivers, and lakes

     

    tazzy­Totes™ are not only eco-friendly, they are eco-chic to boot! What more could one ask for?

     

    You can win a set of pro­duce bags thanks to the very kind and gen­er­ous folks over at tazzy­Totes™! One very lucky Cool­Canucks reader will win a set of these phe­nom­e­nal pro­duce bags which includes 3 large pro­duce bags, 1 small pro­duce bag, and one Go-Green Marker! SWEET!!

     

    To Enter:

    Manda­tory Entry – ***This is a MUST!! Those who don’t ful­fill the very first entry will be dis­qual­i­fied! Also, any com­ments such as ‘enter me’ or ‘love to win’ will be deleted.***

     

    1) Head on over to tazzy­Totes™ and check out all of the fan­tas­tic bags and totes! Come back here and tell me what you adore most!

    ————->The Above is MANDATORY before any extra entries count. <—————

     

    *****EXTRA ENTRIES: (Optional, these are there for you just in case you would like more chances of win­ning!!)********** Leave com­ments all in one com­ment box, or in sep­a­rate boxes, that is totally up to you! Note: All entries left in one box only counts as one entry so your choice!****************

     

    •SUBSCRIBE to Cool­Canucks Blog (right hand-side of blog) via email. (You must ver­ify the sub­scrip­tion in your email too, as I will check! Not ver­i­fied = dis­qual­i­fi­ca­tion, sorry!) Leave me which email addy you sub­scribed with in your com­ment please.

     

    •Fol­low Cool­Canucks Via Google Friend Con­nect – this is also on the right hand side of my blog.

     

    •Fol­low @coolcanucks on Twit­ter! Leave me your twit­ter name!

     

    •Tweet this con­test. Leave me the Sta­tus Link to your tweet! **NOW UNLIMITED TWEETS DAILY!!* and leave a com­ment each time with the Tweet Sta­tus Link**

    •(Please note, there is a NEW Retweet but­ton added below this post – you may also use that for a quick and easy tweet – be sure to leave me the sta­tus link though!)

     

    •Become a Reg­is­tered Cool­Canucks Mem­ber in our forum and leave me your user­name there!

     

    •Blog, Stum­ble, Digg or share this give­away on any open pub­lic forum and leave me the link to it! +5, leave 5 comments

     

    •Grab our Cool­Canucks but­ton located to the right of the blog. +5, leave 5 comments

     
    •Sub­scribe to Cool­Canucks RSS Feed! + 2 leave 2 comments

     
    •Pur­chase any­thing from tazzy­Totes™ for the dura­tion of the give­away and get 10 extra entries!! Just tell me in a comment!

     

    **Give­away open to both US & CANADA and expires on June 29th, 2010**

     

    A HUGE thank you to tazzy­Totes™ for spon­sor­ing us with this GREAT Con­test here at CoolCanucks!!

     

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    June 29th, 2010 at 8:52 pm 

    My favorite bag is the Urban All Tote
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    SaveLand Canada — Win $300 in Gift Certificates from Dell Canada!

    Saturday, May 29th, 2010

     

    Click here to enter this con­test once from SaveLand.ca for your chance to Win $300 in Gift Cer­tifi­cates from Dell Canada!!

    Con­test ends on June 24th, good luck!!

     

     

     

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    Canadian Contest — Mercedes-Benz Canada — Win Round-trip airfare for 2 people to anywhere in North America

    Saturday, May 29th, 2010

    A big thanks to pinecone for post­ing this great con­test in our Cool­Canucks forum!!

    Enter here once for your chance to win Round-trip air­fare for 2 peo­ple to any­where in North Amer­ica cour­tesy of Mercedes-Benz Canada!

    Con­test ends on June 20th, best of luck to all CoolCanucks!!

     

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    Canadian Contest — 3m Scotch Canada — Pop up Tape contest — You could win a $2500 Visa Gift Card

    Saturday, May 29th, 2010

     

    Enter here once for your chance to win a $2500 Visa Gift Card cour­tesy of 3m Scotch Canada!

    Con­test ends on Jan­u­ary 8th, 2011 — Good luck!!

     

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    Joe Fresh at Superstore — Save $10 when you spend $50+ on Joe Fresh apparel

    Saturday, May 29th, 2010

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    Print and present this coupon at Joe Fresh Style® loca­tions to save $10 when you spend a min­i­mum of $50 on Joe Fresh Style® apparel until June 15th!

     

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    Canadian Contest — Joe Fresh Style & Loblaws Canada — 100 Days of Summer Sweepstakes

    Saturday, May 29th, 2010

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    NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
    “100 Days of Sum­mer” Sweep­stakes: Con­test starts May 13, 2010 at 12:00:01 a.m. ET and ends August 19, 2010 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. The Con­test is open to all legal res­i­dents of Canada who have reached the age of major­ity in their respec­tive juris­dic­tions. Con­test draw date is August 27, 2010. To enter you must cre­ate login cre­den­tials for the “100 Days of Sum­mer” Sweep­stakes, com­plete an offi­cial entry form, and upload an orig­i­nal photo or video at 100 days of sum­mer | joe fresh. All entries after the first only require the entrant to log in and upload a photo or video at 100 days of sum­mer | joe fresh. Chances of win­ning depend on total num­ber of eli­gi­ble entries received. Math­e­mat­i­cal skill-testing ques­tion to be answered cor­rectly. There is one (1) Grand Prize avail­able to be won con­sist­ing of a $500 Joe Fresh Style® Gift Card (ARV: $500). There are also one hun­dred (100) Sec­ondary Prizes to be won, each con­sist­ing of a Joe Fresh Beauty® makeup kit (ARV: $20).

    Click here to enter daily!

     

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    Canadian Freebies — FREE Silver Hills Bread available again — HURRY!

    Saturday, May 29th, 2010

     

    FREE Sil­ver Hills Sprouted Bread

    BEFORE start­ing this sur­vey please ensure you live in one of the fol­low­ing areas where Sil­ver Hills bread is cur­rently available.

    Alaska
    Wash­ing­ton
    Ore­gon
    North­ern Cal­i­for­nia
    Mon­tana
    British Colum­bia
    Alberta
    Saskatchewan
    Man­i­toba
    Ontario
    Que­bec
    New Brunswick
    Nova Sco­tia
    Yukon
    If not, we are unable to offer you a coupon for a free loaf of bread. How­ever, you may still par­tic­i­pate if you wish — we just can’t send you a coupon.

    Click here for store locator!

    Click here for direct link to survey!

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