Participate in Coca-Cola’s Pay It Forward Campaign
Yesterday, I shared how somebody unexpectedly decided to pay it forward to me while I was contemplating paying it forward to someone else. It was an awesome experience! Now, here’s an opportunity for you to Pay It Forward BIG TIME through the Coca Cola Pay It Forward campaign! Secondly, learn how you can win a $100 AMEX card to help you directly Pay It Forward, like I did at Starbucks, with your family!
Coca-Cola is Paying It Forward
This winter marks the second annual Coca-Cola Pay It Forward campaign that encourages communities to support aspiring young people achieve their dreams! Four lucky nominees will be rewarded with the unique and exciting opportunity for an apprenticeship experience with one of the country’s most respected celebrity history makers:
- Business mogul Magic Johnson
- Chairman and CEO of BET Networks Debra Lee
- Hip hop artist and philanthropist, Common
Nominating a young person to receive a unique and exciting apprenticeship experiences is like no other!
How and Who to Nominate
Parents, relatives, friends and mentors can nominate aspiring youth between the ages of 16-21, now through March 2nd . You can nominate up to five young people (the young person can also nominate himself/herself) and be entered for a chance to win a $5,000 sweepstakes with each nomination!
You Turn for Your Story
Now, I want to encourage each of you to Pay It Forward by nominating a young person in your life! How AWESOME will that person feel to know you nominated then, and imagine if they are one of the winners!? Secondly, find time to do a kind gesture to a stranger or an unexpecting friend. It might be something special for your child’s teacher or soccer coach. Go out of your way and help an deserving individual for no specific reason. To support you in your Pay It Forward activities I will give one lucky reader a $100 AMEX gift card! You can use that gift card as you wish. Maybe you’ll buy a stranger a coffee or the doctor’s office lunch or give the whole card to a person in need. The decision is yours. I do encourage you to get your kids involved. It is a perfect opportunity for them to experience kindness and thoughtfulness. Giveaway entry at the end of post!
Start Paying It Forward Now
The prize was provided by Coca-Cola Company. The Coca-Cola Company is not a sponsor, administrator or connected in any other way with this giveaway.
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i pay it forward by donating to my local food pantry.
Hold the door open for the person behind me.
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help lift something from the floor, when it falls
i pay it forward by donating to my local school
That’s great Thomas. What do you donate? I’m sure the school appreciate it.
i hold doors for people
I like to give to random strangers. On Sunday I was at the Redbox machine and I had a free code, which I gave to the person behind me. I also hand out free coupons to people in grocery stores. They always look so surprised. I don’t drink coffee but my husband does, and he will often pay for the coffee of the next person in line behind him.
I like to help with my sons sports when I can.
I pay it forward by donating money, food and toys
I collect soaps, shampoos, lotions, etc. from hotel visits and similar items from samples I have sent for and take them to the local women’s shelter.
i will help my chruch out
me and my hubby make sandwiches for the homeless 🙂
I will donate more stuff I get from couponing.
I will donate my sons baby items to a new mother in need.
Entered the rafflecopter form as “Wild Orchid”
Thanks for the chance to win!
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i like leaving dollar bills in stores where people will randomly find them 🙂
I will pay for the persons meal behind me in the next drive thru I go to
to donate clothes and food to our local shelter
leave a nice big tip for a waiter/waitress and donate to a local shelter
I will donate books to the community.
My daughters and I visit and volunteer in a missionary in Honduras, We love it!
I’ll pay it forward by giving back to my community and those in need.
I want to pay it forward by volunterring at school.
I paid it forward yesterday and today by leaving generous tips after getting coffee in the morning and takeout for dinner. Spreading abundance!
I pay it forward by donating to local charities
By volunteering at the local ronald mcdonald house
I volunteer for our food shelf – lots of fun & helping!
Thank you.
we are donating toys and clothes to the salvation army
Thank you for hosting this giveaway
Louis
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I would buy my mother in law her favorite bread and jam.
I Volunteer At My Local Food Pantry! Love Making A Difference In Other’s Life 🙂
I would nominate my friend Jennifer. She is alwyas helping with the local community!
I pay it forward by helping through my church group!
I do at the local foodshelf and the local Wakota life resources
i would volunteer at a food drive!
I donate items to the local thrift store – the money from selling items in the store benefits the community
buy supplies for teacher as well as helping stock the weekend backpack project for hungry kids
I donate to the local food pantry and to the Kidney Foundation.
I pay it forward by giving back to my community.
I’m volunteering at the foodbank in a couple weeks
I will be buying my god sister & god brothers that live in the Dominican Republic some clothes for school!
I’m paying it forward by donating to a group that’s helping Sandy victims in NY and NJ.
Buy supplies for the homeless shelter
i will take my mom to lunch.
I will volunteer for local charities.
I make a habit of paying it forward buy purchasing little things like the Sunday paper for the next person who comes in to buy one after me. A small way to make someone’s day a little better.
I volunteer at my Church
I will pay it forward by helping our local animal shelter.
i work in our community volunteering
i work in our community volunteering
I like to randomly tip servers super large amounts for no reason other than they were nice.
Simple. We live in a low income area so it’s common to see people without enough money at the grocery. The next few times I see someone who has to put an item back because they don’t have the cash, I’ll step forward and offer to pay.
I donate to my food pantry and work at my church’s soup kitchen
I just moved to a new community and am trying to get involved in outreach and projects.
I helped put together our company’s group for volunteering and helping out the community – giving our employees a central place to go if they want to help out in the community.
I recently had a serious medicalcondition, and people brought me home made meals. So helpful! So I will pay it forward by doing the same!
I try to donate my time and money to causes I believe in.
Volunteer at local homeless shelter.
We donate food to our local food pantry.
I have been doing community service.
Our church in the spring does a “baby shower”, where you donate new items or diapers for babies and they are given out to people in the community who are having financial difficulties. I would purchase items and donate them to the baby shower.
Donate clothes to the womens shelter
i will pay it forward by helping someone in more need.
donate to the local womens shelter
I’ll use this to take my parent sout to eat. They do so much for me.
it’s been featured in bon appetite magazine.
i donate my extras to the church
I pay it forward by donating clothes my children no longer fit into to another family to use
give someone something if I have extra’s of it,
Donation to toys for tots
Help my niece out with baby stuff
To give to missions.
I will volunteer more
Donations to the local food bank, volunteer for charities and love to pay grocery bills for senior citizens who are on limited incomes.
pay for the coffee order of the car behind me in the drive thru
i’ll do something nice for someone i dont know
I donate toys to kids at Christmas
I will donate to a local food bank
I DONATE CANS OF FOOD TO MY LOCAL FOOD PANTRY 🙂
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Donate food to my local food bank
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Cook some meals for some elderly neighbors!
I will pay it forward by donating to military causes whenever I can.
We pay it forward by volunteering at Goodwill.
I help a young mom at church with her boys
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donate to Salvation Army.
I do local theater and improv and we do free shows where we raise money and awareness for various causes. It’s fun and for a good purpose
by holding the door open for people
Just being polite to everyone…but I really like the idea someone had of paying for the person behind you in a drive thru.
I would pay it forward by getting my students treats for no reason.
i”m a hospice volunteer.
just be yourself and not triing to be something your not
always helping out our elderly neighbors, wow our hood is getting old
Donating outgrown clothes that the little one outgrows to families that need them.
I give my daughters clothes to a co-worker for her daughter.
I will let someone go in front of me in rush hour traffic.
I donate clothes and food to The Womens and Childrens Shelter!
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We plan on donating our slightly used clothing this year.
I would pay it forward to my mother
I donate to habit for hummanity.
I am planning on taking dinner to my elderly next door neighbor tomorrw and visit
I pay it forward by donating to local charities.
I always buy toys for the local toys for tots programs.
I pay it forward by donating to the local food bank.
donating money
I donate to our local food pantry
I volunteer at the schools in my area.
I would pay it forward by helping out my sister more.
I pay it forward by donating items to our local shelter & the food bank 🙂
I will “pay it forward” by sending a e-gift card to a stranger.
I’d like to pay it forward by taking my dogs out more often to help my husband have more time to work.
I will do more random acts of kindness for others.
I regularly bake items for missionaries serving in my area
I will treat my sister to a night out
What’s one way you’ll pay it forward?
spending this free cash baby!
I’ll give 10% to charity.
I donate things I don’t need to charity
I would pay it forward by helping out at the children’s hospital
I pay it forward by watching my grandchildren.
donate time to our school which doesn’t have enough money to pay sufficient staff and donate toys, money to our local charities
I work with kids that are in therapeutic foster care!
donate clothes
random acts of kindness. i like to pay library fines for strangers
I am going to be joining an organization that is very philanthropic in nature. Have been out of the “volunteering” game for a while, look forward to getting back in.
buy an extra lunch and give it to a homeless person
I will take dog food to the animal shelter.
I’ll surprise a neighbor with random, anonymous candy!
donate to our local food pantry
volunteering at an animal shelter
I buy soap/ shamppoo etc with coupons and donate to womens shelter.
I’ll pay it forward by donating to Goodwill.
I will pay it forward by helping out in my local senior center.
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I would get my neighbors some groceries.
We donate to our local food bank about every other month. We try to use coupons to buy super deals and then donate them.
Donating money and volunteering.
we donate to food banks, toys for tots and to a clothing bank thanks
donate time at a shelter
I pay it forward by volunteering at my local after-school program.
Help my family out more 🙂
Every semester of school I donate tons of canned goods to the local ALC – they then give them to the food shelves, and the kids feel like they helped out for a good cause also!
We have a single mom who lives on our street and recently lost her job that we have been assisting with food, clothing, lights etc.
We do what we can to make it easier for her while she is looking for work.
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By helping someone in need, whether it’s money, food, or a shoulder.
GIVE TO FOOD PANTRY IN MY HOME TOWN.
Donating food & toys
i would nominate Allison Swain Downes because she is very smart & business minded
I will donate clothing and food to the local food bank and toys to our local toy drive.
I would buy some food and take it to the food pantry
donate clothes
I volunteer at the animal shelter 1x a month
donate to my animal shleter
I volunteer 3 day a week for a state agency.
I am going to be giving tons of stuff away on Craigslist/Freecycle as I have received many items from kind people in my time of need.
I pay it forward by recycling and giving to charity.
By helping out anyone in need. 🙂
I donate food to our food bank.
something special for my mom
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I’ll pay it forward by taking the whole family out for a nice dinner
I’ve been doing small acts of kindness (like paying for coffee, tolls, etc) and it feels good! Thanks Coca-Cola!
I would like to pay a bill for a family that could really use the help.
I’d donate it to the local Childrens’ Hospital.
We work with Habitat for Humanity.
We donate to good will a lot
I just gave money to a friend for an unexpected emergency vet bill her doggie encountered. We also donate clothes and food a few times a year
We volunteer at our church
I love to volunteer. Now that I’ve moved to a new city, I need to find opportunities to volunteer here.
I’m used to volunteering my counseling services, but look for other opportunities, too. Volunteer Match is a great site to do that.
Diana C
I volunteer to do taxes for the elderly and lower income population.
I am scrimping and saving to fund my child’s education and I still help out with charities.
I pay it forward by donating to the local food bank.
we donate our time at our local animal shelter: cleaning cages, feeding and walking the dogs
donate to are local food bank
I help the homeless
Instead of trashing old items in my house, I give them away or donate them to goodwill.
pay for someones lunch
I donate my girls clothing. I donate blankets to the animal shelter as well
I donate clothes and other items for the Veterans of America foundation .
I’ll take a friend out to lunch.
I would treat my sons awesome teacher to a GC for school room supplies.
pay for someones meal/coffee in line behind me.
we give to goodwill monthly.
I volunteer at multiple places in the community!
lesliexhope at gmail.com
i help anyone i can, whenever i can!
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I pay it forward by donating canned goods, and items we no longer use around the house to the local women’s shelter
Donating to the local food bank
Pay for the person behind me at one of my kids sporting events.
I donate to the local food bank and volunteer at the school.
I would pay for the bill for the person behind me at the drive thru. I’ve done it before and it felt really good. thank you!
I’d help my mom
Ill donate to my local food shelf
This is a wonderful idea, and I thank you for your generous giveaway. My idea for paying it forward is to use the card to buy interesting books for the students I tutor which will increase their interest in the subject of mathematics. I think many students are intimidated by, or simply uninterested in mathematics, and I want to show students that it is indeed a fascinating subject.
a donation to the battered woens shelter
buying groceries for a friend
I will volunteer more.
I would buy my mom some groceries
Help my mother for the help that she’s given us.
I’d help my wonderful Mom!
Thank You!
Helping the elderly.
i could donate it to charity
Starting last year, we put in an organic garden and donated all the excess to various people, and thru a local food bank. THIS upcoming year, weather permitting lol, we plan on doing a larger plot and donating even more. In fact, I sincerely want to be able to open a small FREE stand where all the excess can be put out for anyone who wants some. I love gardening, and giving away the *fruits* of my labor.
By volunteering as much as I can!
to share some home cooked meals to the elderly in my neighborhood
We donate clothes and household items and we make donations to St. Judes Children’s Hospital.
I help others in need. Pay for food for others
buying diapers for our neighbors with little ones who are having a hard time lately
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Give toys to the toys for tots program. Thanks for the giveaway!
Encourage my Girl Scouts to use the money to help others!
i’ll pay it forward by buying uniforms for a local school
Donating more to the food pantry.
I will pay it forward by nominating one of my wonderful students. 🙂 Thank you.
Toys for tots is always a good choice
Taking our neighbors to the library!
My daughters and I have and will volunteer at the animal shelter and the food pantry.
Something for every family member.
Buy some much needed pregnancy clothes for a pregnant lady.
I’ll pay it forward by helping my sister
Pay for someone’s lunch.
I donate good quality clothing to charity.
I have been volunteering to make animal balloons for free places 🙂 And will continue it .
I am spending more time at the school and at our local nursing home
Donate to our local food pantry
I’ll buy a meal for a total stranger in the drive-thru.
I give away all my clothing that I no longer wear, I gave away all of my sons clothing and boy items to a woman in need and I also sponsor a family every year at Christmas time.
Thanks for the giveaway… regular donations to our local food bank.
By helping out friend who’s expecting
I will be tutoring kids for free this semester.
I would get some clothes for my fast-growing niece!
I will be buying food for our local food bank.
By helping my grandmother purchase her groceries.
I’d pay it forward to a needy family I know.
buying lunch for my entire office
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