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  • Sign up as a School Affiliate with Zulily and Raise Money for your school

    Sign up as a School Affiliate with Zulily and Raise Money for your school

    *I am a Zulily affiliate. All opinions are 100% my own*

    I LOVE giving back – but especially helping out our schools.  As the daughter of teachers, and having been a teachers wife for a few year, I know just how hard our teachers work to give our kids the best possible education and experience. 

    Funding has always been a bit lacking in the schools, so we get hit with all these crazy fundraisers – magazines, chocolates, wrapping paper (though I fully admit, those chocolates are GOOD!).  When I hear about ways to raise money for schools, that isn’t super expensive and from a place you already buy, I know I have to share it.

    If you are a PTA rep, teacher, principle, or parent, I urge you to check into Zulily’s new School Fundraising program. 

    zulily Schools Affiliate Program

    Easy peasy school fundraiser! You could earn up to 10% on zulily orders for your school by signing them up for the zulily Schools Program. Becoming a zulily Schools affiliate is as easy as 1-2-3

    1. Click on the banner or text link below to register on ShareASale and apply to the zulily affiliate program

      2. Join the zulily Schools Program to raise money for your school! 

        2. Once approved by ShareASale, log in to your account and accept the zulily Terms and Conditions
        3. Ask families to shop through your affiliate link or banner: Post a text link and banner on your school’s website, Facebook page, and in your next newsletter. Every time a family clicks on your affiliate link or banner and makes a purchase at zulily your school will earn up to 10%!
      Admittedly, 10% isn’t the best percentage I’ve ever seen, but when parents are already shopping the sales at Zulily, it’s a great opportunity to get a little bit more back to your school!
      What ways do you give back to your schools?

    1. Dinner time FUN with The Pasta Shoppe

      *This is a sponsored post on behalf of The Pasta Shoppe. Product was provided in exchange for an honest review.  All thoughts, opinion, and photo’s are my own*

      Dinner Time Fun

      Getting my kids to eat sometimes is like pulling teeth – something we’re becoming quite familiar with lately as well.  One kid might like it, but then everyone else won’t touch it. I even try  hard to have a little something for everyone on the plates.  Dinner time has not been a fun occurrence in our house as we beg, bribe, and demand that our kids eat something relatively healthy.

      One thing I know they will all eat though is Pasta. Lots and lots of pasta. Have you ever read the book More Spaghetti, I Say! ?  Those are my kids, except they never get sick of it…never…  My pasta was boring though…toss it in a pot, add some sauce, done. Same thing every time we eat pasta – only now I’m the one who’d rather have something different, while the kids and Mark are happy.

      Not the greatest photo, but the pasta here is a Spinach Basil Garlic Angel Hair, shaped into little nests. Cutest pasta nests ever with a boost of healthy…the kids didn’t know what hit them.

      Then I found The Pasta Shoppe.  So many goodies, I actually got excited about having pasta again because they gave me the recipe with the pasta, and most come with a seasoning mix as well. Pasta has once again become something everyone will eat, and even I enjoy.

      When our box of goodies arrived, Mark had been pretty sick with a chest cold and what beats a cold better than Chicken Noodle Soup? Luckily for us there was a box of Chicken Noodle Soup mix just waiting for us.

      Mark gave this soup a thumbs up, and even had a second bowl. I loved it as well, while the kids were so so…but mostly because, GASP, I added peas to the soup.  The little chicken pastas were too adorable, I just had to line them up on the side of my bowl.

      I don’t know how it keeps coming up, since I’m not really a football fan, but here I go talking about the BYU and UofU rivalry again. They had their big game a couple weeks ago (same day I got the pasta actually), and so I of course shared this picture on Instagram (I’d love for your to follow me there @adelinapriddis!) and Facebook…

      I thought for a minute I should host a last minute football game for all my friends and family. Instead I decided to hold onto the pastas for another occasion – our church’s Relief Society Broadcast Dinner. I had signed up to bring a salad, and thought a little mix would be fun.

      The Collegiate pasta’s come with 3 recipes, and a vinaigrette dressing mix. It was light, and so good. We had quite the turn out to our dinner, so the only comment I overheard, was from an older lady who loved the bright colors of the blue and red pasta. The bowl was cleaned out when I left.

      We still have a couple more packages to try including ABC, Music, and Halloween shapes.  I can’t wait to use the ABC pasta with Princess R during our school time.

      School Fundraising

      The Pasta Shoppe loves helping out your school with their Fun Pasta Fundraising. You can earn between 40 and 50% from orders all going back to your school. I love a good school fundraiser, but those ones we did as a kid always seemed like random items overpriced. Not so with Fun Pasta Fundraising. Everyone loves Pasta, and their prices are pretty decent as well.  I’m heading to a PTA Board Meeting this Friday, and will be presenting all the info to our president. I’m hoping this will be one to catch on, because pasta is something I can get behind.  If you’d like more information on getting your school in on some Pasta Fundraising visit their website here. 
      Gluten Free Pasta
      For all my gluten free friends out there, The Pasta Shoppe has not forgotten you! They don’t have a lot yet, but they do have a few selections of gluten free pasta made in a dedicated Gluten Free Facility so you won’t have to worry about contamination. 
      Pasta Giveaway
      The Pasta Shoppe wants to send a package of Pasta goodies to one of my readers!!
      All you have to do is fill out the Rafflecopter form below. 
      A few rules before you get started…
      This giveaway is open to residents of the Continental US. Sorry Alaska and Hawaii.
      You must be 18 or older to enter.