Yogurtland Shares Holiday Yogurt Joy with Yuletide Yumminess Promotion

By Debbie Miller November 22, 2012 Leave a Comment

Yogurtland just launched its third annual Yuletide Yumminess promotion, a holiday celebration that includes 12 delicious frozen yogurt flavors AND support for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.

Each week for six weeks, Yogurtland will offer two new distinctly holiday-inspired frozen yogurt flavors, for a total of 12 flavors spanning six weeks.

The 12 flavors of Yuletide Yumminess include Cinnamon Roll, Peanut Butter Cups, Egg Nog, Brownie Batter, Butterscotch, Strawberry Rhubarb Tart, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Amaretto Cookies, Black Forest Cake, Boysenberry Tart, Tiramisu and Gingerbread.

Frozen Soft Serve Yogurt

Guests will receive a Yuletide card to collect a stamp for each cup of yogurt purchased. After six stamps, the card can be redeemed for 12 ounces of free frozen yogurt through December.

For every completed card, Yogurtland will make a donation to Save the Children’s “Hurricane Sandy Children in Emergencies Fund.”  These funds will be used to replenish school supplies and rebuild day care centers damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

“At this time of year, we want to spread some joy by helping those in need and sharing great flavors that remind us of the best of the holiday season,” said Charlotte Lucich, director of marketing at Yogurtland.

Yogurtland aims to raise about $15,000 for Save the Children’s response efforts. Following disasters, Save the Children works to address the needs of children and families in need by providing essential supports such as food, blankets, diapers and hygiene supplies and remains to help communities rebuild through long-term recovery programs.

Known for its smooth and creamy taste, Yogurtland combines authentic flavors with real milk for a delicious treat that’s also good for you.  Naturally occurring calcium and vitamin D make Yogurtland yogurt a healthful, refreshing treat.

Fruit flavors are also fortified with vitamin C. Yogurtland yogurt also has six probiotics and the live and active yogurt cultures your body needs for a healthy balance.

Guests can choose from dozens of toppings including fresh fruit to finish off their frozen yogurt treat. Each day, Yogurtland hand cuts about 500 pineapples and more than 6,000 pounds of strawberries.

Other fruit options include bananas, blackberries, honeydew melon, kiwi, lychee, peaches and watermelon.

Popular toppings range from your favorite childhood breakfast cereals of Cap’n Crunch© and Fruity Pebbles© to grown-up tastes such as granola, carob chips, yogurt chips, and coconut flakes and chocolaty favorites such as Hershey’s Heath Bar© and more.

Why not help a worthy cause when enjoying yogurt this holiday season? Win/win!

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Startup Makes Charity Social

By Debbie Miller July 22, 2012 Leave a Comment

As back-to-school season approaches, tech startup SpareFoot is looking out for students in need with a new social charity campaign. Trading Facebook shares and Tweets for donations, Supply Memories benefits a school supply drive for Communities In Schools of Central Texas, a nonprofit focused on dropout-prevention.

“We launched this company while I was still in school myself,” said Chuck Gordon, Founder and CEO of Austin-based self-storage finder SpareFoot. “Our goal with Supply Memories is to give other students a similar opportunity to succeed, no matter their circumstances.”

The interactive pay-it-forward model invites social media users to reveal what memento they’ve “stored” since grade school, cueing SpareFoot to make a donation on their behalf. Sharing a memory through Facebook and Twitter portals – adorably designed in a hand-drawn style reminiscent of Napoleon Dynamite – gives at-risk students the supplies they need to make their own memories.

SpareFoot Social Media Initiative For every memory shared, SpareFoot will donate $3 worth of basic school supplies for one student. Each kit includes a notebook, pens, pencils, paper, an eraser, and the symbol of SpareFoot’s brand— a ruler.

“We are excited to forge a partnership with innovative startup company, SpareFoot,” said John Duck, Director of Community Partnerships at Communities In Schools of Central Texas. “They understood that students need to arrive to school properly equipped in order to succeed, and developed a unique social media campaign to accomplish that goal.”

A philanthropic-minded business, SpareFoot has previously worked with nonprofit organizations including Kure It Cancer Research, Johnson’s Backyard Garden, NFL’s Fuel Up to Play 60, Shriner’s Hospital For Children, and ColorCancer Texas.

To participate on Facebook, visit facebook.com/sparefoot. To participate on Twitter or to learn more about Supply Memories, visit supplymemories.com.

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Travel for Good with The Good Night Foundation

By Debbie Miller December 24, 2011 2 Comments

The Good Night Foundation

The holiday season is the perfect time to think about natural ways to give back. The Good Night Foundation is a non-profit organization that partners with leading hoteliers to raise money to support local and global programs. Since the organization began in 2008, The Good Night Foundation has raised over $367,000.

How it Works

At partner hotels, a $3 charitable donation is added to each guest’s nightly charge. The Good Night Foundation addresses global challenges by funding programs focused on health, education, poverty alleviation and the environment. Furthermore, 50% of The Good Night Foundation’s proceeds remain in the community in which they were collected, supporting an organization selected by the hotel staff, allowing guests to be sure their contributions benefit each community they visit. Guests who do not wish to participate may opt out by contacting their hotel front desk.

Participating Hotels

Stay at these partner hotels to have funds from your stay go toward worthy causes:

If you’re interested in becoming a partner hotel, visit the website for contact information. There is no cost to participate, and it’s a great way to aid worthy cause and create positive  buzz about your property.

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Donate a Flu Shot Via Social Media

By Debbie Miller September 7, 2011 10 Comments

Ramon DeLeon, a popular social media figure via his sweet and human approach on behalf of Dominos, checked into Walgreens yesterday.

His checkin included a note and photo relaying that with every Foursquare or Facebook places checkin, a Walgreens flu shot voucher will be donated to someone in need through their Way to Well program.

The Walgreens Way to Well Commitment is focused on improving peoples’ everyday health through the prevention and early detection of today’s leading diseases — heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

They’re working with some of the nation’s top health organizations – - American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, American Diabetes Association, and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation — to help reduce the incidences of heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

This social media initiative is an awesome way for people to help those in need with very little effort.

It also demonstrates good will from Walgreens, in addition to being a wise marketing tactic — if people are going to get a flu shot (somewhere), they may feel more inclined to go to Walgreens so that they may be able to help someone else get one as well.

Have you gotten your flu shot yet?

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