Hey everyone! Lisa here!

As you know by now, Roxy and I are finalists for Mamavation.com Campaign #5!

What is Mamavation?
Mamavation ™ is a social experiment and weight loss campaign in social media with the goals of teaching moms healthy living lifestyle choices so they can share with their family. Mamavation™ is a two part campaign: (1) a virtual healthy living boot camp for two moms and (2) the home of the first virtual healthy living sorority in social media, the Sistahood™ .

Why do we want to win?
There are a couple of reasons we'd like to become the next Mamavation Moms. The first is because we want to get fit for our families. We know that getting healthy starts with the mom, and we're dedicated to changing our lives so that our families will not grow up to be obese! Another reason, is because we'd win a PERSONALized Weight loss and Fitness Bootcamp especially for us!! It doesn't hurt that there is a lot of swag involved! Here are the tools we'd win to help us during our Bootcamp!

Mamavation is sponsored by Earth Footwear Smooth Fitness and EA SPORTS Active. The Mamavation Moms will automatically receive the following for participation:
1. Two pairs of Earth Footwear--amazing heel technology allowing you to burn more calories with every step
2. An EA SPORTS Active
3. An EA SPORTS Active More Workouts after Nov. 17th
4. Treadmill 6.5 from Smooth Fitness
5. Sexy in 6, book by Tracey Mallett
6. Growing Up Healthy The Next Generation Way, Dr. Renna's book & workout DVD for children
7. Total Body Fat Burner, DVD by Tracey Mallett
8. Total Body Calorie Blast, DVD by Tracey Mallett
9. Gaiam, Tae Bo Amped , Tae Bo T3 series
10. A Gruve, personalized, scientifically proven gadget that enables healthy, sustainable weight loss

Why should you vote for us?
I haven't really done this much in my stint with The Cloth Diaper Foundation, and that is ask to give back, personally (and I feel really strange about writing this part!). We ask all the time for support, donations, money, posts, etc., but Roxy and I have worked really hard, along with the other volunteers of CDF to make sure that we help as many people as possible. We've donated a lot of blood, sweat, and time to help families get into cloth diapers. We never really asked for anything personally - until now. We'd love for you to take this opportunity to give us the must needed boost that we deserve!


How do you vote?
You can vote for each of us, once per day, per computer. The kicker is, you have to click both of our screen names on the ballot and then submit your vote! Just clicking on one name will only submit a vote for one of us, and you'll not be able to vote from that computer again til the following day! Go to www.Mamavation.com, click @ljenator and @chobysauce and submit your vote!

What will you win?
We will be giving away THREE mystery boxes! Yes, you read that correctly, there will be THREE WINNERS!! Once we've chosen the winners via Random.org, we will ask for size and gender! Remember, this will be a Large Flat Rate Box full of awesome new and used cloth diapers!!

How do you enter?
You can enter by the following actions. Remember to comment after EACH action. If you do not comment, your entry will not be counted! Please make sure you comment the number of times per entry! If it says 5 entries, post 5 comments!

1. Vote for @chobysauce and @ljenator at www.Mamavation.com (5 entries) Can do so once per day PER COMPUTER! (If you have more computers, you get more entries!)

2. Post this link to your friends list asking people to vote for us! (2 entries) If they vote, they can enter for you!

3. Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/clothdiaperfoundation (1 entry)

4. Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/CDFoundationOrg (1 entry)

4.1 Follow Roxy on Twitter www.twitter.com/chobysauce (1 entry)

4.2 Follow Lisa on Twitter www.twitter.com/ljenator (1 entry)

5. Follow our Cloth Diaper Foundation blog (1 entry)

6. Follow Roxy's Blog (1 entry)

7. Follow Lisa's Blog (1 entry)

8. Comment on our Facebook Posts (2 entries each comment)

9. Tweet the following on Twitter! (3 entries each post! Link us please!)
Please vote 4 @ljenator and @chobysauce 2 B #Mamavation Moms! They R our @CDFoundationOrg Super Moms! #clothdiapers http://bit.ly/dp8lqA

The winners will be announced NEXT Monday Night at the LIVE Twitter Party following the hashtag #Mamavation.

Thank you for your support! This really means a lot to us!! Thank you!

Disclaimer: It is well within the regulations of the contest to offer giveaways in exchange for votes and support. Leah, the founder of Mamavation.com calls it "being creative!"

My super awesome friend who's like family has a really awesome, healthy giveaway on her blog this month! Lori aka @gutimom aka My Kinda Rain

Have you heard of Tropical Traditions? If you haven't, you should check them out! They have really great Virgin Coconut Oil from the Phillipines, and they have SPECTACULAR sales!

For more information about what Lori is giving away, please visit her blog! She has instructions on how to enter to win your own jar!

My Kinda Rain: Tropical Traditions Gold Label Coconut Oil

Tell her I sent ya! :)

Contact for donations: Julie Ekstrom

The Cloth Diaper Foundation Fundraising Committee is in process of planning The Green Mama Benefit Auction, a fundraiser on Hyena Cart, set to begin on April 22nd—Earth Day.

The Cloth Diaper Foundation, formally Miracle Diapers, gives needy families cloth diapers and assists them with building their own cloth diaper stashes. They helped over 450 babies last year alone!

The auction will celebrate moms and Earth Day and we are looking for both mom and baby products. Would you be willing to donate an item, help a good cause and spread the word about your products and business?

We will be advertising through all of our social networking channels, on our website, through many natural family networks and will also be pairing donated products with a blogger who will write a feature about that item and your business.

Let me know if you have any questions, are interested in donating an item or helping The Cloth Diaper Foundation Auction in any way!

If you are interested in participating please contact Julie Ekstrom before March 26. Our deadline for completion is April 11 if you are planning on making a one of a kind item.

Thank you for your consideration.

Best,

Beth Flumignan, Cheeky Diapers
The Cloth Diaper Foundation Committee Chair

PS: We love collaborations—and so does our target audience—therefore if you are a member of a Congo or know other momma/baby retailers who you think would want to help us please forward this invitation on.

Don't miss out on our Mystery Boxes and please pass the info along to your facebook friends, cloth diaper boards, twitter followers, etc!

http://shop.clothdiaperfoundation.org/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=71

For $30, we'll send you ONE Medium Flat Rate Priority Box with as many gently used cloth diapers in the size of your choice as we can stuff in the box! All you do is choose the size, check out, and send the money! We'll choose from the best diapers we have available to make it a TRUE mystery*!

Available Sizes:
Small
Medium
Large
(Large up to 35lb, at your own risk.)

BONUS:
We will also guarantee that you will receive at least one NEW, NEVER USED diaper - a $20 value!!

EXTRA BONUS:
Each person who purchases one of these mystery boxes will be entered into a drawing for a FREE bag of Rockin' Green** Cloth Diaper Detergent!!

*Please note that the mystery boxes have a NO return and NO refund policy, however, these will be your diapers to keep, and you can resell them if you'd like to make your money back. We will do our best to send diapers that are in great to excellent condition, and used diapers may not be returned to manufacturers for refunds or repairs.

**Rockin' Green will be a scent that we have on hand.

Monkey Doodlez® Wet Bags are made to last!
Our bags are conveniently sized at 14" x 14" / 36cm x 36cm to easily accommodate a full day's diapers, swim wear, toys, shoes, library books and more!

Our fabric is custom made using 2 layers of very durable polyester interlock with the waterproof laminate safely bonded in the middle.

For even more versatility, our strong polypropylene webbing handle also opens with a snap hook so it can be easily attached to your stroller, diaper bag & More!

With its neutral design, it easily carries over from a wet bag for your baby to a versatile bag for your child as they grow. It's the last wet bag you'll need to buy!

Entry 1- Follow this blog via Google Friend Connect.

Entry 2- Become a Fan on the New Facebook Fan Page

Entry 3- Follow The Cloth Diaper Foundation on Twitter

Entry 4- Retweet this giveaway using this tweet: @CDFoundationOrg Monkey Doodlez giveaway ends 2/8 http://tinyurl.com/yeme7up #clothdiapers #giveaways

Entry 4- Subscribe to this blog via e-mail. (enter your e-mail into the feedburner box underneath the google friend connect follower box. )

Miracle Diapers Is Now The Cloth Diaper Foundatin

empowering families, improving the environment

As Miracle Diapers has grown so has the number of families they assist. In 2009, they helped over 450 babies directly, more than 100 babies through sponsorship and local distribution, and assisted other charities with the same mission as well!

To better serve those families Miracle Diapers reaccessed it's structure and practices. They have:

• New leadership with Roxanna Jolly—CEO and Lisa Johnston—Operations Manager and Board

Chair

• Relocated their headquarters to Katy, Texas

• Restructured how they process and accept applications

• Opened a retail store for fundraising

• Founded a new membership program

• Welcomed several new board members from the cloth diapering industry

In it's fifth year Miracle Diapers wants to continue moving forward and has decided to take on a new name that better describes the organization and it's mission.

Miracle Diapers is now The Cloth Diaper Foundation.

“We felt that a more appropriate name would help the community have a better understanding of who we are, as we have often been mistaken for a diaper manufacturer. Our desire to move forward and build a legacy of support for the cloth diapering community will be reflected in our new name: The Cloth Diaper Foundation.”

-Roxanna Jolly, CEO, The Cloth Diaper Foundation

To assist in fund raising efforts, in the month of February, Tracy Whittemore and Lisa Adkins from The Cloth Diaper Company have so graciously offered to match, product for product, each Cloth Diaper Company product sold (Drybees, Wahmies, Rocky Mountain Diapers) in The Cloth Diaper Foundation Retail Store with an equal donation to our organization. (Example – Purchase a Rocky Mountain Diapers OS Pocket, CDC will donate our organization a RMD OS Pocket, Drybees for Drybees, etc.)

Monetary donations fell last year do to the economy. Which means there are more families out there for The Cloth Diaper Foundation to help! While diaper donations are always appreciated, we must be able to financially support organizational growth. Let's make this happen together and spread the CD love. Visit http://clothdiaperfoundation.org today to find out how you can help!