Disclosure: This post is part of a sponsored campaign with Latina Bloggers Connect and The Allstate Foundation. All opinions expressed are my own. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It is sad that there is only one month, because it is important to have a way to create awareness about a big problem. Domestic violence is an issue that impacts millions of people, but few talk about it. The Purple Purse campaign helps people carry on conversations and pass information about domestic violence and financial abuse by placing the power directly into people’s hands with a purple purse. Did you know that Domestic violence affects one in four women in their lifetime – that’s more women than breast cancer, ovarian cancer and lung cancer combined. It is a huge problem and a problem not everyone likes to talk about. Yes the majority of Americans agree that domestic violence is tough to talk about. More than one-third of Americans have never discussed the issue with family or friends and Purple Purse will motivate people to have this conversation. I knew someone that was victim of domestic violence and the girl kept making excuses for her bruises and she now says that she thought things were going to get better. Reality was that things got worse, she ended up on the hospital. The cycle usually never stops. Victims of domestic violence need to feel comfortable to talk about it. Domestic Violence affects people of all ages, races and social status, however statistics show that lacking financial knowledge and resources is the number one indicator of whether a domestic violence victim will stay, leave or return to an abusive relationship. Pass it on! Pass the Purple Purse: You can get involved and raise awareness for domestic violence by sharing virtual purple purses. For every purple purse passed through the end of October, The Allstate Foundation will donate $5 to YWCA. Passing the purple purse we can raise up to $350,000 for programs aimed to help domestic violence survivors and stop the cycle of abuse! All you need to do is visit www.PurplePurse.com and enter the purse code 0003 along with your zip code. If you are a victim of Domestic Violence (or know someone that is) and need assistant you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) Disclosure: This post is part of a sponsored campaign with Latina Bloggers Connect and The Allstate Foundation. All opinions expressed are my own.
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A great way to stay connected and save money for the holidays: Walmart Family Mobile Plans.10/7/2013 I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and their client. It is hard to believe that the holidays are almost here. We are barely celebrating Halloween and then is like boom, bam, boom: Christmas. I do not know about you but I am not ready. Too much planning, too many things happening and no money. Family will be visiting us from other states and most than likely from Colombia. Our lives are busy and we need to stay connected. But how? Last time they were here we gave them one of our phones so we can talk to them, but that left us without a phone. It is expensive to add a line and do not even get me talking about those 2 years contracts. Seriously, 2 years? But now, with the new service at Walmart I can just get a phone with no contracts with unlimited text and data. That is just phenomenal. Not only it is easy but it is cheaper. We were paying around $160 a month for phones with another carrier but we did not have unlimited data. Now we will be paying $120 for 3 lines which means that we will save around 40 dollars per month. That is according to my son a Lego Set for his Christmas presents. The Walmart Family Mobile is amazing. You can choose from 2 plans: unlimited calls and text for $29.88 and unlimited calls, text and data for $39.88. Also, if you are looking for no-contract unlimited plans the Walmart Family Mobile plans are for you. So with family visiting I want to have a simple phone my parents are able to use (and then I can give to my son). So I went to Walmart and I bought the T-Mobile Concord smart phone. You can see all my shopping experience on my Google Plus Album I bought a great phone, have unlimited calls, text and data for an affordable price and can add more lines for the rest of the family. And when you add lines, they cost less. It is savings and more savings! Activating the phone was easy and you can create an online account that helps you keep track of everything at myfamilymobile.com The Walmart Family Mobile also has "extras" that include international calls and ring tones. I am sure my family from Colombia is going to appreciate being able to call when their are visiting and stay in touch with the rest of the family during the holidays Now I cannot wait for everyone to get here, to start my Christmas shopping and to save more money! I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and their client.
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Preparation For the meatballs In a bowl, mix together all of the ingredients.. Form the meat into 1 1/2 inch balls. Place meatballs on a lightly greased baking sheet. Cook in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes or until meatballs are well browned. For the tacos Make the tacos filling each taco shell with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, two meatballs and cover the meatballs with sour cream. Place olives to form eye balls. FROZEN opens in theatres everywhere on November 27th! Like FROZEN on Facebook Follow FROZEN on Twitter Visit the official website: http://www.disney.com/frozen I am participating in a recipe challenge hosted by Gorton’s. I am competing against really great and qualified bloggers. We have all created kids friendly recipes using Gorton’s Crispy Battered Fish Fillets. I asked my son what recipe he wanted me to prepare and his answer was Crispy Battered Fish Fillets Quesadillas. If I want to win, I need you to vote for me daily. The winner recipe is the one that gets the most votes, so you my readers can help me win. You can vote for the recipe only once a day, so write down the link or, bookmark the page so you can vote every day until October 31st. (Do not vote more than once a day from the same email or IP address as those votes are not valid) Here it is the page where you can vote. Thank you so much for your support. |
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