Do What You Love contest & prize pack giveaway!

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As part of a heart healthy diet, eating Cheerios cereal, which is made with 100 percent whole grain oats, is an easy way to help maintain a healthy heart. And now cheerios is giving you the chance of a lifetime!

Cheerios is partnering with country music superstar Martina McBride and professional athlete Cal Ripken, Jr. for the "Do What You Love" Contest. McBride and Ripken will recognize two lucky people with prizes that will make their hearts race.

One music lover (and a guest) will tour the Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum with McBride, hang out with her in her recording studio - the world famous Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tenn. - and even get VIP tickets to one of her upcoming concerts.

Another lucky baseball enthusiast (and a guest) will have the chance to hang out and play catch with Ripken and to tour the Ripken Youth Baseball Academy in Aberdeen, Md., with the "Iron Man" of baseball himself. In addition, the winner will throw out the first pitch at the Cal Ripken World Series and sit in Ripken´s reserved seats at a Baltimore baseball game.

Now through July 23, 2010, you can submit your 150-250 word original story and photo, showcasing what you love to do. For a chance to win the experience of a lifetime with McBride and Ripken, visit http://www.cheerios.com/love today.

WIN IT! Cheerios is giving away "Do What You Love" prize pack that includes one box of Cheerios and a $25 American Express^® Gift Card that you can use towards doing what you love!

You have the chance to enter several entries by the doing the following. Each one counts as 1 entry unless otherwise specified. I am now making it a requirement to follow my blog publicly on Google Friend Connect to enter my giveaways.

• MANDATORY ENTRY(You also must be following my blog publicly on Google Friend Connect)-counts as 1: AND Tell me what you do to love your heart so you can do what you love!

• Subscribe to my blog via email with Feedburner (on right side bar).
  

• Blog about my giveaway before July 22nd, linking back to this giveaway. Leave the URL where you blogged.

• Grab my  Take Time to Smell the Rose button. Leave URL where it is posted.

• Grab my Take Time to Share Your Giveaway Sunday button. Leave URL where it is posted.

• Grab my Healthy Living Event button. Leave URL where it is posted.  

• Grab my Outdoor Fun Event button. Leave URL where it is posted. 

• Follow Smell_the_Rose on Twitter AND tweet about this giveaway. After initial "tweet" you may gain an extra entry each day. Limit 1 tweet a day.  Leave URL where you tweeted in your comment. 

•  'Like' Cheerios on Facebook and leave a message on their wall that I sent you. 3 entries!

Please copy and paste this for your tweets: 


Win a box of Cheerios and a $25 American Express Giftcard from @Smell_the_Rose. #giveaway #mbsspark http://tiny.cc/Cheerios

**Leave your email on each comment. You must do this in order to win!**

Giveaway ends Friday, July 30, 2010 at 9:00 p.m.(CST) Winner will be drawn by the random number generator at Random.org and will be notified by email. Winner will also be announced on this blog. Winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be drawn.

This giveaway is open to USA residents ONLY . Must be 18 years old or older to win.

The thoughts and opinions expressed on my blog are my own and are not swayed by any monetary or product compensation. Cheerios provided me with the product, information, and prize packs through MyBlogSpark
 

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