“Our Blizzard Treat brand continues to have a positive impact on our sales and the addition of the Mini will only enhance those numbers,” said Michael Keller, chief brand officer for American Dairy Queen Corporation.  “The new Mini offers a size and value that appeals to a variety of consumers.”

The Dairy Queen system has generated extensive excitement for the Mini Blizzard Treat over the last four months.  Since April, the Dairy Queen custom-designed Blizzard^®mobile has traveled the U.S. and Canada offering free new Mini Blizzard Treats, activities, games, music and a chance to win prizes, all while raising awareness and funds for Children’s Miracle Network as part of the 25th birthday celebration of the Blizzard Treat.

In most DQ restaurants, the new Mini Blizzard Treat will be priced between $1.99 and $2.49.  The launch of the Mini Blizzard Treat will be supported by national advertising throughout August.

For more information visit DairyQueen.com or to join the Blizzard Fan Club visit BlizzardFanClub.com.

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This Easter, Hershey’s will donate up to a total of $5,000 to the Children’s Miracle Network together with bloggers.

How can we do this together? It’s simple:

• Participate to Hershey’s Better Basket Blog Hop of giving away virtual Easter Baskets by creating a blog post with specific rules described here.
• Hershey Company will donate $10 per each blog post to CMN, up to total of $5,000.
• One blog post per URL counts towards the donation, but you can give as many virtual Easter baskets as you want.
• The Hershey’s Better Basket Blog Hop will officially begin at 12 AM EST on March 18th and end at 12 PM EST on April 4th, 2010. Blog posts submitted to us before or after that time period will not be counted for.
• The blog post link has to be submitted to us for the donation to be counted.
• In addition copy and paste the following text in your blog post:

HERSHEY’S BETTER BASKET BLOG HOP RULES

• Copy and paste these rules to your blog post.
• Create a blog post giving a virtual Easter Basket to another blogger – you can give as many Virtual Baskets as you want.
• Link back to person who gave you an Easter Basket.
• Let each person you are giving a Virtual Easter Basket know you have given them a Basket.
• Leave your link at BetterBasket.info/BlogHop comment section. You can also find the official rules of this #betterbasket blog hop, and more information about Better Basket with Hershey’s there.
• Hershey’s is donating $10 per each blog participating to the Better Basket Blog Hop to Children’s Miracle Network (up to total of $5,000 by blog posts written by April 4th, 2010).
• Please note that only one blog post by each blog url will count towards the donation.

I am giving my virtual Easter Basket to….
Corrin at
You can join too! Even if no one gives you a virtual Easter basket-you can still write a blog post, link it up and pay it forward!

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How it works is simple—when you are surfing the internet you are already seeing ads that corporations are paying for you to see.  By joining Better The World and downloading its tools, you still see ads, but now 90% of the revenue from Better The World ads goes to a charity you pick.  And, as an added bonus these ads are all from companies that have social responsibility programs, social products and services, have products of interest to our members, or are non-profits.

By going to www.bettertheworld.com you can immediately start raising money by:

1.      Choosing a charity you are passionate about.
2.      Downloading a sidebar and Google-powered search toolbar (both seamlessly integrate into Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox).
3.      Surfing the Internet as usual.

So, for those of you interested in bettering the world, whether you are someone who already contributes but wants to do more, or you just can’t afford to donate to a cause quite yet, Better The World offers an opportunity to help the charity of your choice.  It’s a simple, but highly effective way of combining the power of the Internet and your desire to help make the world a better place.

Better the World is a new site I signed up the other day, chose my charity, downloaded the sidebar and periodically click on the ads in the sidebar. It only takes a moment to do something good. I am currently supporting The Children’s Miracle Network and my first goal is to raise $50 to pay for a nurse’s time comforting a sick child.

Please visit Better the World and check it out for yourself. If you choose to sign up please come back here and leave me a comment letting me know that you did, that way we can support each other in making the world a better place.

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