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  • IfOnly and the American Red Cross promoting Earthquake Preparedness

    IfOnly and the American Red Cross promoting Earthquake Preparedness

    This post is sponsored by IfOnly and contains affiliate links. 

    When we think of California’s landscape, one thing I think will come to everyone’s mind are earthquakes. Sure California has a beautiful coast line, and ginormous trees, but they also suffer from several earthquakes every year.

    IfOnly has partnered with the American Red Cross to participate in the California Auction – sponsored by the California Earthquake Authority. Through this auction they hope to help more people prepare for and survive through earthquakes.

    Did you know?!
    In Southern California today alone has already seen 11 earthquakes! (14 a little after I typed this up!)
    In the past year there have been over 2000 earthquakes in Southern California!
    I don’t know about you, but I find those numbers pretty staggering. I love that someone has decided to take initiative to educate and help California citizens to prepare for these earthquakes. The California Earthquake Authority is a publicly managed, privately funded, not for profit organization!
    Even though I don’t live in California, I like to think that world catastrophes are not outside of my scope of help. By bidding or purchasing some unique experiences from IfOnly this April you will be helping the CEA and The America Red Cross better serve the residents of California before, during and after earthquakes. 
    Just check out some of these really cool experiences that could be yours!
    Shania Twain
    My personal favorite experience would be the VIP Shania Twain Experience in Vegas – complete with a 2 night stay at Caesars Palace, backstage pass to meet Shania, and the best seats in the house for her performance! Mid price range
    Demi Lovato
    For a more conservative budget though you could purchase a Personalized and Signed copy of Demi Lovato’s book Staying Strong: 365 days a year.  Low price range
    LA Sports
    Or perhaps you’re a Dodgers Fan? This experience has you sitting in a luxury box during a Dodgers Game, part of the time with Legend Steve Garvey, plus so much more!! High Price range. 
    Do you live in California? Check out Get Prepared California now, and download the App!

  • You Never Lose Review

    YouNeverLose.com is the newest online site for gift cards at a fraction of their cost! I’ve browsed some other auction sites, and they all seem like a rip off to me. YouNeverLose.com though states in their company name, that you will never lose! You might lose the auction, but you ALWAYS get something out of it.
    Here’s how it works. You register at YouNeverLose.com for free. Then you buy a gift card, at face value. That gift card is sent to you (free shipping!). The amount in dollars you spent on that gift card is than given to you in points. You use those points to bid on other gift cards.
    Now if that’s not clear enough for you, check out this little video about it!

    This is a RISK FREE site! You don’t spend money in the hopes of getting something worth it. Instead you spend money and get at least the value of your money in gift cards, with the potential of getting even more!

    I have to say my least favorite feature is the end bidding. When it gets down to the last 20 seconds every time a bid is placed the time resets to 20 seconds. So until someone runs out of points to bid with, it could take a bit. I was so close to winning a $25 mastercard gift card for only .52 cents!! I was outbid by a penny though, and I ran out of points to continue my bidding.
    Seriously though look at the good deal someone got…$25 gift card for only .52 cents!!!!

    YouNeverLose.com is offering Home Maid Simple’s readers bonus points when they register and buy their first gift card!
    Just enter the code LAUNCH10 for a 10 point bonus.
    If you buy gift cards for birthdays, holidays, or other gifts, you’ll want to check out YouNeverLose.com