The Popcorn Oscars

16 Feb

The 84th Annual Academy Awards are just 10 days away and to celebrate this year’s Oscars, we’re giving you the chance to win some delicious gourmet popcorn!

All you need to do is correctly guess the most correct winners from various Oscar categories.

We’ve assigned each nominee in five categories a Popcorn Palace flavor. Select your flavor/nominees and if you get the most correct answers, you win all of your flavor selections.

Now it’s time to make your choices. Good luck and may the best actor/flavor win!  

RULES:

  • No purchase necessary to enter.
  • You may only enter once.
  • Entries will close at 11:59 am (noon) on Feb. 26, 2012.
  • Winner will be contact via email.
  • In the event of a multiple tie, the FIRST 3 winners (based on entry time) will win (maximum of 3 winners).
  • Once notified, winner is responsible for responding with their postal addresses, email addresses and phone numbers (for our shipper).
  • Postal addresses must be submitted within four days of notification or another winner will be selected.
  • This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with WordPress. You understand that you are providing your information to Popcorn Palace and not WordPress.
  • Employees, interns, contractors and vendors, as well as their immediate families, of Popcorn Palace, its affiliates, and any representatives or agencies of Popcorn Palace or other persons professionally connected to the Contest are not eligible to participate.
  • Judges’ decisions are final.

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Follow your heart & win!

14 Feb

Happy Valentine’s Day! On this special day, we want to share the love and so are kicking off another follower frenzy. All you need to do to win yourself some delicious gourmet popcorn is tell your friends about us.

Between now and the end of February, we’ll be randomly giving away a free bag of popcorn to one of our Twitter followers every time we get 30 NEW Twitter followers.

To increase your chances of winning, follow us at www.twitter.com/popcornpalace and retweet (copy and paste) the following message to your followers:

“RT @popcornpalace: Win FREE popcorn by following @popcornpalace. RT to increase your odds!”

Thank you, and good luck!

RULES:

  • No purchase necessary to enter.
  • You may only enter once.
  • Entries will close at 11:59 pm on Feb. 29, 2012.
  • Winner will be contact via Twitter message.
  • Once notified, winner is responsible for responding with their postal addresses, email addresses and phone numbers (for our shipper).
  • Postal addresses must be submitted within four days of notification or another winner will be selected.
  • This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with WordPress or Twitter. You understand that you are providing your information to Popcorn Palace and not to Twitter or WordPress.
  • Employees, interns, contractors and vendors, as well as their immediate families, of Popcorn Palace, its affiliates, and any representatives or agencies of Popcorn Palace or other persons professionally connected to the Contest are not eligible to participate.
  • Judges’ decisions are final.

 

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Bridging Cultural & Political Borders

10 Feb

Founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956, People to People Ambassador Programs offers extraordinary, life-changing educational travel opportunities for students, educators, and professionals. With nearly 50 years of experience, more than 500,000 alumni, and destinations on seven continents, People to People Ambassador Programs is the world’s most recognized and respected educational travel provider.

To become involved with the People to People Student Ambassador Program, you must be nominated in school for standing out as a mature, responsible, and respectful student and having academic excellence.  Once you are nominated, you have the opportunity to attend any Information Meeting for any delegation you choose.

Rachel knew that once she was accepted to be a student ambassador with People to People, she would need to fundraise her way there.  She conducted hours of research on the computer to find a different and unique fundraiser that she thought would be most appealing to her audience.  Long and behold Popcorn Palace popped up on her screen.

“ I did not fully understand the fundraiser and how it would help me, so I ordered the information packet,” said Rachel. “ I was blown away by the popcorn and the information. The popcorn tasted great and I had never seen such a variety of popcorn flavors. I knew right away that this was a perfect way to start me off on my People to People fundraising journey”.

Rachel is going on the European Odyssey delegation which travels to France, Italy, and Greece to explore their cultures and customs. This program not only give students the opportunity to explore other countries, but gives them the opportunity to be a leader and learn to do things on their own without holding their parents hands the entire way.

“My People to People trip costs over 7,000 dollars. I live in a family where we don’t have extra spending money. With an older sister in her first year of college, and the expenses of living in a house with a 4 person family, 7,000 dollars is a difficult goal to reach. Although I know the journey will be hard, I refuse to give up. Popcorn palace has helped me to make my first payment of 500 dollars and given me hope that I am more than capable of raising the rest of the tuition.”

Popcorn Palace wishes Rachel much success! For more information on People to People, visit http://www.peopletopeople.com.

Win $2,500 for your cause!

3 Feb

Even with Popcorn Palace’s easy and profitable fundraising program, raising money for your school, non-profit, church, team, band etc. can be tough. Since Popcorn Palace cares, we are giving away $2,500 in our newest contest.

Submit your organization picture and tell us how Popcorn Palace’s fundraising program helped achieve your organization’s fundraising goals and you can win $2,500 for your cause!

Click here to learn more about our great gourmet popcorn fundraising program

Win Popcorn for Valentine’s

30 Jan

“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.”
- George Bernard Shaw

Valentines Day is around the corner and and we’re giving you the chance to win popcorn for you and your valentine (so you don’t have to share).

All you have to do is write a post on YOUR Facebook wall, telling us who you’d give Popcorn Palace popcorn to. In order to be eligible to win, YOU MUST TAG Popcorn Palace and the person you’d want to win.

“I want to share my love of @Popcorn Palace with @Valentine Name – http://popcornpalaceblog.com/2012/01/30/vday/”

If you tag us correctly, your post will show up on the Popcorn Palace wall and on Feb 3, we’ll randomly pick our winner.

RULES:

  • No purchase necessary to enter.
  • You may only enter once.
  • Voting (liking) will close at 11:59 pm (CST) on Feb. 3, 2012.
  • Winner will be contact via Facebook.
  • Once notified, winner is responsible for responding with their postal addresses, email addresses and phone numbers (for our shipper).
  • Postal addresses must be submitted within one week (seven days) of notification.
  • This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, WordPress or Twitter. You understand that you are providing your information to Popcorn Palace and not to Facebook, Twitter or WordPress.
  • Employees, interns, contractors and vendors, as well as their immediate families, of Popcorn Palace, its affiliates, and any representatives or agencies of Popcorn Palace or other persons professionally connected to the Contest are not eligible to participate.
  • Judges’ decision is final.

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More money in your pocket!

25 Jan

Popcorn Palace’s fundraising program just got better! If this is your first time here, welcome to our new blog! As you’ve probably noticed, in the last week we announced and launched our new-look logo, website, tag line (A Heavenly Experience) and packaging.

With the rebranding comes a NEW fundraising program that makes it even easier and more profitable for organizations to raise funds.

Program Highlights:

  • 50% Profit on Every Item:  Fundraisers can now earn 50% profit on the snack bags, value bags, jars, Signature Tin, 6-way and 6-Flavor Gift Set
  • New Products & New Flavor Names:  The 6-Flavor Gift Set and the Signature Tin, 6-way are two new items available to organizations.  In addition, the popcorn flavor names have changed to reflect the new branding
  • Simplified Product Line: In addition to the Signature Tin, 6-way and 6-Flavor Gift Set,  the new form has 8 of our popular flavors to ensure maximum sales
  • Shorter and Simpler Order Form:  The form layout has changed based upon feedback from fundraising coordinators. The new form allows the participant to cut off the bottom portion so the coordinators have a copy of all orders

As always, our fundraising program has no up-front costs, no minimum orders and the experienced staff are ready to help with all of your fundraising questions and needs.

Click here to learn more about our great gourmet popcorn fundraising program


Win popcorn for a year!

23 Jan

Popcorn Palace, as you can see, has rebranded, retooled and reimagined everything from our logo and website to our flavor selections and fundraising program. And to celebrate the new Popcorn Palace, we’re giving one lucky person an entire year’s supply of popcorn (a one year subscription to the Popcorn Palace Flavor Calendar Club).

HERE’S How to Enter:

Each one of our first 365 tins of popcorn ordered has a QR code on it inside the tin lid. All you need to do is use your handy QR Scanner (Just search for “QR Reader” in your smart phone app store/marketplace) to scan the code and you’ll get shot off to our entry form. That means that there are only 365* chances to enter.

Good luck!

What do you think of our new logo, design, website and blog?

*An additional 35 entries will given away through our Facebook page.

“Pictures are Worth a Thou$and Dollars” Contest Winners

10 Jan

For the last three months, Popcorn Palace has been picking a monthly fundraising winner and now you get to pick our grand prize winner! Each month’s winner has won $250 for their cause and the winner you pick will win an additional $250!

Review the winners and pick your favorite!

OCTOBER: Fairmont Preparatory Academy
The Fairmont Music program is trying to raise $180,000 so that they can perform at the London Festival of Music in April 2012. ““Our biggest challenge every year is money. We do not receive financial support from our school beyond classroom necessities, so it is up to the students to raise money for their uniforms and competition costs.” - read more.

NOVEMBER: Port Huron Northern Bands
The band raises money so that everyone has the same opportunity to go to trips such as New York City, Disney World and Detroit’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. ”Our dedication goes beyond driving the band members to competitions, games, concerts, and community work.“ - read more.

DECEMBER: Midwestern Christian Academy
Located in Chicago, Illinois, Midwestern Christian Academy offers excellent Christian educational curriculum for Jr. Kindergarten through 8th grade students.  As many other private schools have closed or are in danger of closing, MCA has not only survived these tough economic times, but has flourished.  They depend on outside resources, such as fundraising, to maintain programs and make improvements to the school.

- read more.

December’s “Pictures are Worth a Thou$and Dollars” Winner: Midwestern Christian Academy

8 Jan

Serving as an educational ministry of Midwest Bible Church, MCA has provided a balanced traditional academic program with a Christian emphasis for over 50 years.  MCA is focused on developing the whole child. Recognized and accredited by the Illinois State Board of Education and the Association of Christian Schools International, MCA’s purpose is to provide a quality education, while challenging students to develop physically, intellectually, spiritually, and socially.

In addition to the recent advances in curriculum, MCA also offers extracurricular activities such as: girls and boys basketball, girls volleyball, boys soccer, drama, puppets, band, computer, music, and choir.  All curriculum, activities, and programs are under the guidance of God and His Holy Word.

“Our fundraising goal for the popcorn sale was $20,000.  As a school, we did extremely well and raised over $19,000,” said Joseph Scifo. “The profits of this fundraiser will be going toward the rehabilitation of our school kitchen.  The kitchen has been  neglected for far too long, and is in desperate need of new appliances, storage shelves, sink basins, plumbing, flooring, and other structural improvements.”

For more information on The Midwestern Christian Academy, click here: http://midwesternchristianacademy.org/

Fundraising for a growing family – Pt. 1

21 Dec
Alabama native, Bonnie Silvey, wants to adopt a baby boy or girl and Popcorn Palace is helping her raise the money needed to make her family’s dream a reality.

For more than a year, Bonnie and her husband,Kevin, had been looking for just the right adoption agency. After $30,000 of failed fertility treatments, they were leaving nothing to chance and wanted to be certain that the agency they went with would be a perfect match.
As the parents of an eight-year old girl (from Kevin’s earlier marriage) working with an international agency was out of the question. In addition to the nearly $20,000 in fees, they would be required to travel out of the country for weeks at a time, something that they couldn’t do. Thankfully they found Open Door, an American adoption agency that was a little more affordable and a lot more flexible.
They officially started the process in September and, because of the financial demands that adoption puts on families, decided to look for ways to raise some money for their cause. It wasn’t long before an internet search brought her to Popcorn Palace and even though she’s only been fundraising with it for a month, she’s already had great success. ”I started selling it at a local bank and the response has been amazing!” Bonnie told us.
While the whole family is very hopeful and positive, “our daughter can’t wait for a baby brother or sister,” they are realistic about the time involved. “We are not in a huge rush and are willing to be patient,” said Bonnie in regards to both raising the money and getting their new family member.
Popcorn Palace will follow the journey of the family as they get closer and closer to their new baby.
For more information about Popcorn Palace’s fundraising program, email us at fundraising@popcornpalace.com or call at 800-873-2686
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