Float to the bottom of this post for the announcement of winners.
She was a kindergartener when she first came home with a bulging backpack and eyeballs to boot.
Mommy, we're doing a fun raiser! A fun raiser! she flapped her arms.
I looked inside her satchel and there it was. The big downside to school enrollment – at any school, mind you – the packet of schlock we were supposed to peddle for a good cause. Wrapping paper to people who no longer wrap gifts, kitchen tschotckes to people who no longer cook, magazines to people who no longer read, chocolates to people who no longer . . . well, you get the idea.
This was all to benefit the school PTA, which provides buses for field trips, and stipends for classroom supplies, and all manner of goodly and necessary services to our cadre of dedicated teachers. But still.
And to rocket launch the sale, they had herded the kids into the auditorium and hyperventilated them with the promise of junky prizes. Save me.
We have the rather sane option of simply giving money to the PTA, which I would gladly do. But my daughter wants to sell; she wants to knock on doors, and spill her spiel because Mommy didn't you hear? It's a fun raiser! She knows fun when she hears it.
So each year we buy more than we need of what nobody wants.
But this year, she came home from school with an infectious thread of enthusiasm. She bolted into the door, whipped out the glossy catalog and pointed to item number ED54 and said, I think you're really going to like this Flossy Duck Dental Floss Dispenser!
Those of you have read for a bit know of my religious devotion to the gospel of floss and how I have endeavored mightily to bring my girl up in a righteous way. And so, just for fun, we're having a Flossy Duck giveaway here on this site, just the ticket for all you moms and dads who quack your heads off trying to instill good dental practices without the magic missing ingredient of fun!
Leave a comment on this post by the end of next Tuesday, Oct. 7. There will more than one winner. I'll let Georgia choose the entries she likes and, depending on how much money we don't have, we'll order more this year of what everybody needs and wants: Fun! Fun! Fun!
Plead for your prize Flossy Duck today!
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Georgia studied all 43 qualifying entries and without any guidance from me, pronounced these to be the lucky ducks: Mrs. B. Roth, Holly, NateAndJakesMom, Mika and Regina. Contact me by email through the profile page to claim your prize!
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53 comments:
Oh sweet mother of mercy I have to have that duck.
If it would get my boys to floss, I'd dress up in a duck costume my own self and dance the macarena while talking in my worst imitation of Dr. Evil.
But if this thing works, I'm game!
My boys love dental floss! They just don't seem to love it in their mouths. They love it attached to a superhero flying from the knob on a piece of furniture,they love it for one car to pull another car, they love it for all kinds of things! I would love to have the duck, it could be the floss holder for the floss that only is for your mouth, not toys.
too cute, thanks.
Have you gotten that best give aways blog award that goes around? Well, if not, you should.
I think these school fun-raisers need a little updating ... think how much easier (and safer) it would be if kids could send an email to everyone their parents know and people could just order on-line, pay on-line, have it delivered, and give (what is it 5% of the profit?) money to the school for all their hard work.
Our school has a no-door-to-door selling policy, so mostly just the parents have the fun.
Can I have a duckie now? Please? Canon needs to floss.
I would love to have a ducky floss dispenser. I am an adult who needs to floss more often. A few weeks ago someone else pointed to your mother's blog about her consistent flossing and it inspired me, too. Thanks for the chance to win!
Hi, Georgia:
I love your idea and would LOVE some duck floss! Here's the thing...I was a lucky winner of one of your mom's books (LUCKY LUCKY ME! It made me a better mommy for sure), so I do not think I qualify for your giveaway. BUT...would definitely be interested in purchasing a few ducks if you are selling across state (now THAT would be fancy!). I have two little girls who are OBSESSED with floss. They are really little and actually prefer to CHEW it (funny, huh!?)! But I am working with them to get them to use it properly.
You are SO smart! You totally know what we parents and kids NEED!
Let me know if I can make a long distance purchase. If it's too hard, no biggie.
GO DUCKS!
Take care,
Michelle Andre
mm.andre@sbcglobal.net
Karen: Georgia does not need to respond to this unless she/you feels it's appropriate :)
Oh my. I don't need a floss dispenser but had to comment anyway because we are selling very expensive wrapping paper over here. Care to buy some? ;o)
Flossy Want A Quacker?
Cat Does!
Dearest Georgia:
I would love to buy some of your floss :)
Have fun,
Anna
P.S. A good friend of mine named her infant Georgia and I think it's a beautiful name.
So funny. I had the same response when my daughter brought home her fun raising materials.
We are flossing degenerates. Perhaps this inspirational dispenser would convert us! Such a great idea...
i didn't even know there was such a thing as a floss dispenser!! please, georgia, our family needs one. we NEED one. i have a sign that my 7-year old friend riley made for me in our bathroom that says "floss, holly" just to remind me.
but boy oh boy, a flossy duck would make it so much more fun!
Too funny. You are always game and play along, though! That is great. She is a lucky girl.
Don't need more floss - I've got an emergency stash in case the economy collapses, you see, ;) but still, cute!
Anyone who has asked: please know that I did not post to directly or indirectly elicit your purchases, but as it is so FUN to add your name to our customer roster, if you would like to SECURE a flossy duck dispenser for your household we will gladly sell you one for the inflated catalog price of $13.50 each so that the 3rd grade class can visit the Glendale Planetarium! You can contact me directly via email:
kmiller(at)turningwords.com and we will have FUN taking your money and serving you well.
Otherwise, best of luck fighting plaque and winning the prize!
Karen/Georgia
Anything,,,I beg of you...anything to get my 12-year-old son to floss his teeth. I wish he would rebel in a different way.
I don't need you to mail me a floss duck to Canada (as delightful as it sounds), but I wanted to say how very much I enjoy reading your blog and appreciate your daughter's zeal in raising funds for school. I have an eight year old daughter myself who surprised me this year by showing enthusiasm in calling relatives to sponsor her for a cancer walk.
Good luck on the sales, and all the best always.
As my son is only 6 months, and though we brush, there are unfortunately no teeth to speak of to floss between.
Geez! 13.50!!! I remember selling candy bars for a dollar a piece! I shrudder to think of what my six month old will sell and its price when he is finally in school. Wrapping paper for $100?!? Though, I'm sure he'll give us that little face and we'll be sold. Good luck on the sale!
I started flossing every day as a result of your post, and the lovely feeling in my mouth as a result has provided continued incentive. Now I have a daughter to preach the gospel of flossing to (well, when she has enough teeth). That little duck dispenser would be most useful in helping her see how fun flossing can be! :)
I bet Georgia shines as a fun raiser. Hugs to you all.
I completely agree with you on the fundraiser front. I have 5 children (one too young to floss) that need to learn this lesson. I hang my head in shame every time the dentist ask if they floss. Even if I don't win, does it say who makes it? Maybe I can find it somewhere. Also, have you tried the singing toothbrushes? It is more money that I am comfortable spending on a toothbrush but when the kid stops brushing, it stops singing! And he spent his own birthday money on it which was a big deal (he had to put back a toy!!).
This quacks me up because I just had a conversation with a friend about these fundraisers.
Georgia knows good quality when she sees it.
Everyone should have a Flossy Duck. How can you NOT floss when this adorable thing is staring at you each day??
love to you two.
xo
Quackedie-quack, I would love to win one of these for my 3 kids. This might actually make flossing easier in the house. Thanks for this great giveaway!
ann dot guns at mac dot com
Forget the Duck for my daughter, I want one for myself! I will display it proudly on the bathroom counter along with our duck family that has our names on them.
ADORABLE!
ajcmeyer AT go DOT com
What a great giveaway! I bet my son would want to floss if he had one of these. Thanks for the Chance! : )
hottmomma_03(at)yahoo(dot)com
Well, I have a little 2 year old son who is just learning how to brush all his teeth. He would get a kick out of this type of duck.
What a great contest! Thanks so much.
readingtoknow (at) gmail (dot) com
Well, I have a little 2 year old son who is just learning how to brush all his teeth. He would get a kick out of this type of duck.
What a great contest! Thanks so much.
readingtoknow (at) gmail (dot) com
Oh, my! Flossing has been the bane of my dental existence for many years!
Vegetarian? Check.
Organic? Check.
Peace-loving? Check.
Good citizen? Check.
Responsible? Check.
Excellent skin care? Check.
Healthy workouts? Check.
Yoga? Check.
Meditation? Check.
Courteous? Check.
Gentle on the planet? Check.
Flossing? Check mate!
Please pick me! Perhaps this will be what I need to (at 41+) finally make this a habit ;-)
someone just told me that kids should start flossing as soon as they have teeth. well my son has half a tooth now, does he have to floss half a tooth?
Nobody wants "fowl" teeth- this prize really fits the "bill"! My son would love this because he insists on dressing up as water fowl for every halloween. Not very scary or popular with his friends, but this year we are searching for the pelican costume!
Thanks for the fun and useful giveaway-this is a good way to clean our teeth after eating the 5.00 box of chocolate-covered almonds we bought from the neighbor!
linjenals at yahoo dot com
this is too cute i love to try and win this thanks
adorable mrs.mommyyatgmail.com
When my 1st son was little we took him to the duck pond to feed them. He called every animal a duck after that - I decorated his new bathroom with ducks and he loves it - this would be perfect. (he is 16 years old... but maybe it will get him to use floss for once and them my 16 month old will follow?)
nateandjakesmom at gmail dot com
My granddaughter Allie said she would love to have this to teach her brother Layne...(he's 2 1/2) to floss...because he wakes up with "poo breath" every morning!
(Honest...her words..not mine!)
Thanks for such a fun giveaway!!
tntdavis@gmail.com
Whoever invented this is a GENIUS! I broke out in a cold sweat when I took my son to the dentist shortly after his 3rd birthday and the hygienist asked me if we flossed every day.
Floss? My 3-year-old? Uh, sure!
*HER* solution were these over priced one-time-use tooth picks shaped like dinosaurs. I used the one sample but I can't keep buying those, so wasteful!
I'm so inspired...I think this duck could lead to fun, healthy, family flossing nights with my two kids (both of whom have teeth!).
Here, I wrote a song about it (to the tune of "This old Man"), "This small boy/ he has teeth/ he picks plick-plaque off with me/ with a pick-plaque brush attack, give a duck a floss/ this small boy is hygiene boss!
onlycancan at hotmail dot com
We could use this!
ANYTHING to make flossing fun!!!!I would love that!
I'm a real flossing devotee, and I hope my daugher will be too. This would be such a great thing for her, because she's wild for ducks. She must have 10 duckie bath toys, and in fact her very first word was "duck"! Thanks!
How adorable! I am sure this would help get my son to floss more often.
Does this ducky float too? Has your daughter given it a name?
Anyway, I too am a flossing devotee, even though I'd rather be doing something more interesting instead of flossing (like playing in the bath with that ducky!), I am trying to avoid excess dentistry torture (oops, I mean, procedures) at any cost.
I'm so glad this little ducky brought me to your blog. I thought I was the only Zen Buddhist mommy blogger out there. I'll be checking your blog from now on! Thanks!
Oh, me me me and for many reasons. Firstly, I have joined you, karen, in your flossing routine. Yes, because of you I now floss every day and have kept it up for at least some months. because of you, I discovered the kind of floss that is attached to plastic holders, so I don't have to pinch my fingers. The second good reason is that Anise absolutely loves rubber duckies, and I could picture the look on her face if she were to see that duck. She went from saying "cac" which was a blend of "canard" and duck" to "du", and just the other day the word "duck" came out, how sad! Cac was my favourite...
Anyhoo, what a fine liking duck. Georgia, you have such good taste.
xo m
oops, I meant "looking" of course...
I don't need a duck floss dispenser, though it is very cute. My 1-year old would throw it in the toilet (so it could join my regular floss, his sister's toothbrush, and other various items he has managed to baptize in our commode - he's a quick one! I just wanted to say we also just received our first "fun Raiser" catalog from my daughter's preschool. More stuff to buy! We'll probably get pumpkin roll for Thanksgiving and raspberry cheesecake for Christmas...why do I feel like this is the beginning of something dreadful? ;-0
About 10 years ago I went to a dentist appt and I remember him asking me if I flossed regularly. I said "Umm no, not very much" and he said "I can tell because you have four cavities and they are all in between your teeth--You know you could have prevented these if you had flossed more." From that day on I vowed to floss AT LEAST one a day! And I have! I really wish my mom had taught me or FORCED me to floss more. SO, now I have two twin girls and they both have 8 teeth (they are only 11 months). You can bet that they will be flossing gurus! And I've even tried flossing their teeth a few times. This ducky would be so great to own and it is SO cute! THANKS!
My girls love all things rubber ducks. They have mini glow in the dark ducks, a bride duck and two angel ducks one is yellow and the other white (the white one they trade back and forth as that is the favorite one). I use reach flossers on my girls but my princess A is getting ready to try flossing on her own, if we had this duck she might try it. My princess A just started kindergaten too and just loves it. We have not had a fundraiser yet but I am sure it is coming :)
It makes me remember that song Jeremy Irons sings on Sesame Street called 'Put Down the Ducky'. We should make a song about flossing and the ducky to that tune!!!
doot65{at}comcast[dot]net
Elizabeth
The only way my 2-year old lets me floss is if I come up with a fun game to play. The latest thing is that I pretend to look for animals inside his mouth. He opens real wide for me to look, and then I can get a few teeth done. This duck would go along perfectly with our game!
That duck is a cute way to make flossing fun!
legacyofbrutalitysa{AT}gmail.com
The Gospel of Floss - I'm still laughing. Forget the kids, I'd use that duck myself! Just kidding, I'm a good sharer.
cpamomva at hotmail dot com
you are HA-sterical. :)
My kids' bathroom is just ducky. There are ducks on the shower curtain, the curtain rings, and the toothbrush holders. I love duckies.
My ducklings would love this.
Tell Georgia that AJ, Tali, and Ria want the ducky very badly. They love flossing. Tris would want it too, but he only has 2 teeth and they aren't whole teeth yet (he's a baby :) )
reg8w@aol.com
What a fabulous idea.
I am a religious flosser myself; I floss more often than I brush! I have a container of floss in every purse, in every drawer.
Did you know that flossing prevents heart disease? Isn't that marvelous?
I love the duck, and it is much cuter than my little blue floss containers, but I think you should give the prize to someone who really needs to learn about how fun and wonderful it is to floss. To think! A flossy duck could prevent heart disease!
Beautiful!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Excellent choices Georgia!
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