Wondering who wins these contests and sweepstakes? Take a look at these happy reunion winners!

UPCOMING CONTESTS AND SWEEPSTAKES!

Deadlines June 13, 20, 27, July 11 and 18, 2013  For years we've collected intriguing promotional gifts from around the country, wondering what we could do with them. The answer is Giveaway boxes! Boxes are filled with tchotchkes and mementoes you can use as bingo/door/contest prizes at your reunion. Some are a potpourri, others will appeal to specific audiences (kids, family, class or military reunions) or special themes (nature, devotional). More info and contest entry here.

Deadline June 28, 2013 Enter here Demonstrate the art of a reunion getting together with The Chinet® Brand Lost Art of Getting Together Sweepstakes grand prize $25,000 cash.

Deadline June 30, 2013 Get a GRAND Giveaway from AAA. Grand prize - $1,000 plus 4 first prizes of $500 each. Open to residents of Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wisconsin and designated counties in Minnesota and Indiana. See official rules.

Deadline June 30, 2013 Hallmark Channel Destination Pigeon Forge Sweepstakes Prize is a five (5) day, four (4) night trip for up to four (4) guests to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee includes RT air transportation, four (4) nights standard hotel accommodation (two rooms, quadruple occupancy, room and tax only) at Music Road Hotel, rental car ground transportation in Pigeon Forge, TN, one (1) Visa Gift Card valued at $350 ("ARV" $10,556).

Deadline July 14, 2013 Church's Chicken Family Reunion Peel and Win View rules Grand Prize $5,000; 8 t-shirt and one (1) Universal Orlando® Resort Vacation Package for winner and up to seven (7) guests (approximate value: $16,407). Universal Orlando Resort Vacation Package: (i) RT coach-class air transportation for eight (8) from a major airport near winner's home, three (3) standard rooms for three-nights' (3) for up to eight (8) people (room and tax only); quad occupancy at one of the Universal Orlando Resort on-site hotels (room and hotel to be selected by Sponsor); (iii) 2-Day/2-Park Exclusive VIP tour of both Universal Orlando theme parks for up to 8 people before 6/30/2014 5 FIRST PRIZES: $1,000; 8 tickets to the Six Flags and a digital code to be used at www.tshirtcafe.com for 8 pre-selected, custom designed family reunion t-shirts. (approximate value: $1,731). 25 SECOND PRIZES: Up to $200 worth of Church's Chicken food and Coca-Cola® beverages for a hometown family reunion; and a digital code that may be used at www.tshirtcafe.com for up to 50 pre-selected custom designed family reunion t-shirts. If winner lives more than 20 miles from a Church's Chicken location, Sponsor may choose to provide $200 in lieu of the food and beverages. (approximate value: $541).

Deadline July 31, 2013 OFF's Out Is the New In Sweepstakes Prize $10,000 to use for a reunion vacation.

Deadline August 1, 2013 "One-in-a-Minion Family Vacation" Sweepstakes You'll need a CHEETOS® brand bag for a product code. Grand prize a trip for 12 to Universal Orlando Resort (RT air, accommodations, park passes); value $12,871. First prizes 2 movie tickets to see Despicable Me 2; value $20.

Deadline August 11, 2013 Carlo Rossi "Family Ties" Sweepstakes Grand prize: $3,500 Amex gift card, catering, Carlo Rossi branded plates and napkins, Carlo Rossi branded games, 50 Carlo Rossi branded Frisbees, personalized banner, 50 personalized t-shirts, and a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V Digital Camera. (ARV: $9,000) 12 weekly prizes: $100 Amex gift card, a Carlo Rossi branded corn hole game, and 25 Carlo Rossi branded Frisbees. (ARV: $500)

Deadline January 31, 2014 DREAM OF A LIFETIME GIVEAWAY from Travel and Leisure and American Express Grand prize is a dream vacation to Spain and Venice or cash option up to $30,000. First prize cash option $2,000; second prize cash option $1,000; third prize cash option $100. Enter here.

MONTHLY
Gatherings Sweepstakes reunion: up to $5,000
Register to win a complete family gathering. You supply the family, the sweeps will pick up the bill, up to $5,000. You will automatically be entered in a monthly drawing for prizes worth $350: a digital camera, steaks for a family barbeque or a Gatherings Getaway weekend from Modern Woodmen of America. Enter http://www.gatherings.info/Contest.aspx.

Goldbrick Games
Monthly drawing for a new family card game - Perpetual Commotion. Quick re-registration required each month.
Value $15-20.
http://www.goldbrickgames.com/

	Hot Button Contest Contest rules are simple -share your unique button designs and you could win! Judging will be for button ideas that: earn money. promote a project, event or cause, recognize accomplishments and are lots of fun!
Prizes for Hot Button of the Month will be inclusion on the Badge-A-Minit website and/or in their online newsletters, advertisements or printed catalogs and a $100 gift certificate for Badge-A-Minit products. Hot Button will also be included on the Badge-A-Minit website and/or in our online newsletters, advertisements or printed catalogs and winners will receive 10% off any Badge-A-Minit product order. Enter at badgeaminit.com/hotbuco.html.

TheFamilyHistoryStore.com randomly selects one winner monthly from registered users to receive a $25 gift certificate to TheFamilyHistoryStore.com.

CONTEST WINNERS!

During October 2011 there were five very lucrative contest and sweepstakes. Does anyone know what reunions won $3,000 from Ancestry.com Journey to Your Roots, $10,000 Scotties Family Field Trip or one of 10 $10,000 reunions offered by Anchor Brands in New Zealand??

Charles Ellington, Detroit MI, of the Vincent/ Ward Family Reunion won our Potpourri Giveaway box. Congratulations, Charles!

Hattie George, Cedar Hill, Texas, of the Cooper-Bledsoe Family Reunion won our Cookbook Giveaway. Three of the six books were from other family reunions and Hattie reported that her family is doing a cookbook for their summer reunion! Congratulations, Hattie!

$20,000 family reunion prize from Smucker's

Carmell C. of Provo, UT, is the winner of the fourth annual Spreading Smucker's Traditions Recipe and Essay Contest. Her winning recipe was inspired by a treasured dish her mother made for Sunday night dinners. Her unique twist on an old favorite has become a new family tradition which she refers to as a "celebration of family and good times."

Carmell won the $20,000 grand prize to host a family reunion and $1,000 to enlist a personal planner to help with the details. Four runners-up each received a Smucker's gift basket for their delicious recipe. See all the winners and their recipes at http://www.smuckers.com/.

Wyndham Vacation Rentals $28,000 prize

Krissy Jones of Stevensville, Montana, won Wyndham Vacation Rentals Ultimate Family Reunion Contest's grand prize up to $28,000 for her photo-essay entry, "Wild Leonard Family in Texas." Jones and up to 10 family members receive their choice of accommodation at any Wyndham Vacation Rental, round-trip airfare, one activity and a $2,500 cash card.

$10,000 reunion prizes
Monique MacGregor won a $10,000 family reunion as part of New Zealand's Anchor's store's 125-year celebrations. Monique wrote that her family had reunions long ago. "We usually have a hangi (traditional cooking method), go to the cemetery to pay our respects, clean their graves, play sports and go swimming and horse riding." Monique is planning for the extended family – all 140 of them – to get together over Christmas.
Each of ten winners will receive a family reunion up to the value of $10,000.
The winners include a group of 41 moms who met on an online forum two years ago, a family of brothers and sisters who were adopted and have never met, and a family detective tracking their family tree.

YMCA of the Rockies sweepstakes winner

The latest winner is from the YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, Colorado, where an essay was required for entry. Joan from Slidell, Louisiana, won a family reunion for up to 30 people, 10 lodge rooms, two night stay and breakfast daily. After hurricane Katrina, Joan's family was forced to move farther apart and their planned reunion had to be canceled. Years later, Joan looks forward to her family reuniting at the YMCA of the Rockies and creating new family memories.

Family Tree Magazine and MyHeritage.com's Family Reunion contest winner is Patricia Skubis, Madison, Wisconsin, whose reunion is with her fourth cousin once removed, Brigit Mose, who visited from Denmark. Patricia's Danish family immigrated to the US in 1888. Patricia's account of how her discovery finally happened will appear in Family Tree Magazine. Runners-up were Linda Mehlinger, whose mystery photo of a lady and five schoolgirls in a rickshaw being pulled by a Zulu warrior led to the discovery of a cousin in South Africa who had pictures of the same people and Pam Ingermanson, whose Norwegian ancestors settled in Idaho lost touch with family who ended up in Ohio.

2011 Grand Prize winner of the KFC Ultimate Family Reunion is Jessica Abrams, Atlanta, Georgia. About 100 members of the Lawrence family celebrated their 26th family reunion for a fun filled day at the Putt Putt Fun Center in Lynchburg, Virginia where KFC catered lunch, provided a guest DJ, putt putt golf, bumper boats, go karts, games and more, all courtesy of KFC. Other winners received KFC gift checks for their reunions.

2009 KFC Sweepstakes winner More than 150 Satcher Family members were KFC's 2009 Ultimate Family Reunion sweepstakes winners. Family essay writer was Kathleen Satcher Wright, Huntsville, Alabama. The extravagant, three-day event included lavish decorations, red carpet treatment, entertainment, celebrations, music and dancing, door prizes and gifts, KFC food, and the KFC Pride 360 Award.

The Malone Family Reunion was a winner of TVOne's Family Reunion show:
games and competitions among family reunions.
As you can see, the family treasury just got a $25,000 boost!

Verizon Wireless winners
The Lathern-Holt Family Reunion of Hawthorne, California, won Verizon Wireless “It's A Family Affair” contest for up to 100 members. The all-expenses paid family reunion is valued at $20,000.

Congratulations Holy Rosary Academy, Union City NJ, Class of 1989!
Thanks to Patty Villegas for entering the reunion video contest, sponsored by Reunions magazine. The class received $100 for their reunion treasury.

2007 Grand Prize Winner Kendie Reich of Maryland with her family.
Prince George's County (Maryland) Conference & Visitors Bureau (PGCCVB)

2006 Grand Prize Winner Yolawnda Rogers of Ohio with her family.
Prince George's County (Maryland) Conference & Visitors Bureau (PGCCVB)