Shera

June 14, 2009 | Published in Faith Lifts News, World Vision

World Vision Mom Blogger Event

by Shera



                               

We have a lot of very fun things in store for all of you over the next few months, and I’m excited to share the first one today!  I have partnered with World Vision to bring 5 Minutes for Faith readers an incredible opportunity!  If you are a regular reader of 5 Minutes for Mom as well, then you probably saw my post a few days ago, inviting anyone in the Seattle, Washington area to a Mom Blogger Meetup at World Vision Headquarters in Federal Way!

This is such an amazing opportunity for all of us to see first hand what this great ministry does, meet their incredible staff and to experience what they have to offer.  We will have the unique opportunity to take part in helping them build their resources for Mom Bloggers!  We’ll also have time to mingle and talk with other local bloggers, eat some amazing food and they are even giving us some goodies to take home with us.

If you live in the Seattle area, please consider joining us on Monday June 22nd for an entire afternoon together.  Grab your handiest babysitter and send me an email (5minutesforfaith at gmail dot com) to say you are coming (put World Vision Event RSVP in the Subject Line and be sure to mention your blog address) and I’ll get back to you with all the details.

You can read the other posts about this event at 5 Minutes for Mom and at A Frog In My Soup.  Both posts offer you ideas of ways you can get involved even if you do not live near enough to attend the event.   If you do think you can attend though, hurry and get those RSVPs emailed to me…I need to know by Wednesday if at all possible!



                               

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