Pink Together 'Connecting for a Cure' Gift Pack Giveaway

As many of you probably know, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month! For those who have been readers here for a while, you may remember my post about Pink Together last October. Recognizing the tremendous impact breast cancer continues to have on millions of lives, General Mills created Pink Together...a campaign that aims to raise greater awareness of the disease and to help those touched by breast cancer find strength together.

Now in its fourth year, Pink Together continues to grow, now how having more than 680,000 breast cancer survivors and supporters. It's an online community where you'll find those who have been touched by breast cancer. You can share stories, post comments of encouragement and even send flowers to let someone know you are thinking of them. I think it's a fantastic way for people to come together. Just reading through the empowering stories from the 2010 Pink Together Survivor Ambassadors was such an inspiration. Their stories will also be featured on the Pink Together Facebook Fan Page, YouTube channel, and on special pink packaging on General Mills' brands. If you or someone you know would make a great candidate for next year's Pink Together Survivor Ambassadors, you can visit PinkTogether.com for more info.

General Mills is donating $1 (up to $20,000) to Komen for each inspirational story submitted, encouraging comment posted, or virtual flower of support sent on PinkTogether.com, and for each shared message of hope posted on Pink Together's Facebook fan page during the month of October (up to $5,000). This $25,000 is in addition to the $2 million donation General Mills has committed to Komen to advance breast cancer research and support education and community outreach projects. I think this is so great!

To help generate awareness about Pink Together, General Mills sent me a 'Connecting for a Cure' gift pack through MyBlogSpark that included the following items:

• Pink Ribbon car magnet and key chain
• Travel mug
• Drawstring backpack
• Coupons for free packages of one Big G cereal, Green Giant Frozen Veggies, Macaroni Grill Dinner Kits, Fiber One Bars and Progresso Soup.

All of the items in this gift pack are from ShopKomen.com, where 25% of the merchandise purchase price benefits Komen. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to review one of these gift packs and can tell you that the items are great!! What a neat way to inspire and generate awareness!

Win It: One very lucky reader is going to win a 'Connecting for a Cure' gift pack like the one I received.

Mandatory Entry - Leave a comment sharing which women in your life inspire you the most, or what you find most inspiring about the PinkTogether.com Community.

Extra Entries: (Only valid after the mandatory entry has been completed. Leave 1 comment for each extra entry)

1. 2 extra entries- 'Like' Pink Together on Facebook

2. 3 extra entries- blog about this giveaway (linking to this post and Pink Together and leave THREE comments with the URL to that post.

3. 1 extra entry- Follow me on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway (You can tweet once a day for one extra entry every day)! You can copy and paste:

#WIN a 'Connecting for a Cure' Prize Pack from Pink Together #momsbalancingact http://tinyurl.com/2fczw28 Ends 11/11

4. 2 extra entries- Post my blog button or blog URL to your blog and leave a comment with the URL to your blog. (If it already is, leave me a comment letting me know)

5. 2 extra entries- subscribe to A Mom's Balancing Act via e-mail (found along the side column) and leave TWO comments letting me know.

6. 2 extra entries- 'Like' A Mom's Balancing Act on Facebook

7. 1 extra entry- Share about this giveaway on Facebook (when sharing, please tag @A Mom's Balancing Act so I can easily verify) Share - You can click here for easy instructions on how to do this

8. 1 extra entry- Follow my blog publicly on Google Friend Connect

9. Enter any of my other current giveaways running now. Leave me a comment on which one(s)....ONE entry for EACH giveaway you enter!!

Leave one comment for each entry you complete above including with each, your e-mail address so that I can easily contact the winner!!

This giveaway will end November 11th and is open to the US Only

**General Mills provided me with information and the products for this review and giveaway through MyBlogSpark. All opinions found here are my own.**