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Update 2: eMOM’s Free Flowers to Honor our Troops

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Update: Remember, Friday Sunday the 8th of February is the deadline to enter our contest. But, that’s not all we’ve got for you. We have a special offer for ALL our visitors, readers and troop supporters that you can only get right here. An exclusive eMail Our Military offer of 20% off on ALL orders PLUS a FREE glass vase, but you have to use THIS LINK.

ProFlowers.com and CJ of Soldier’s Perspective and YouServed.com have teamed up with eMailOurMilitary.com for an incredible Valentine’s Day offer. ProFlowers wants to thank our troops for the amazing work they do day in and day out and came to us to bring our military community together to help give back.

To show their appreciation and say thanks, Proflowers.com has given us FIVE FREE $70 Gift Certificates to give away. That means our five winners will each will get a $70 gift certificate to use at ProFlowers any way they choose.

ProFlowers has a ton of choices like flowers, wine, spa baskets, chocolates and so much more. So, this makes it a great gift for both men and women. We’ll send the winners a gift code that can be applied immediately just in time for a Valentine’s Day delivery.

We’re going to make it fun and easy to win these 5 FREE gift certificates and help support our military community. We can only pick 5 winners. However, since you’re all so deserving we’re going to do something special for everyone who enters so be sure to participate and spread the word!


Contest Rules:
The contest officially begins on February 2nd and ends on February 8th. There are 10 different ways to participate!

1. To enter our contest, leave a comment between 2/2 – 2/8 telling us how you’re connected to our military community (i.e.Military service member, spouse, veteran, troop supporter etc.). Your comment is worth one entry. Winners will be announced February 9th.


Additional Ways to Add Entries:

2. Register with eMailOurMilitary.com (eMOM) to support our troops. Leave a comment here when you do. = 10 entries

3. Sign up a service member for support. Leave a comment here telling us who you signed up. = 10 entries

4. Blog about our contest and link back to this post. Leave a comment here when you do. = 5 entries

5. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MailOurMilitary and leave a comment with your twitter name or link to your profile = 5 entries

6. Tweet our contest = 5 entries (3 tweet max per day) Post a link to your tweets here in the comments so we can calculate your entries correctly. Copy and paste this tweet to twitter: eMOM’s Free Valentine’s Day Flowers to Honor our Troops – http://snurl.com/b55mb

7. Join our Facebook Group: http://groups.to/emailourmilitary/ = 5 entries

8. Join eMOM’s Utterli Troop Support Group: SupportingOurTroops = 5 entries

9. Social Bookmark the contest (Digg, Stumble Upon, Yahoo Buzz, Delicious, etc.) = 3 entries per bookmark (5 bookmarks max) Leave us a comment when do and let us know which service you used i.e. “I Dugg and Stumbled the post for 6 entries”

10. Subscribe to the Honor, Duty eMail RSS = 3 entries


When you win, consider this:

66% of men think women prefer red roses on Valentine’s Day, but in reality only 24% of them really do. Red roses aren’t even the most popular flower choice according to a group of women surveyed. The survey said women prefer:

Mixed Bouquets – 27%
Red Roses – 24%
Other Flowers – 12%
Mixed Roses – 9%
Lilies – 6%
Orchids – 5%
Yellow Roses – 5%
Tulips – 4%
Pink Roses – 3%
Purple Roses – 2%
Other Roses – 2%
White Roses – 1%

It’s true! I’m a woman, trust me.

Please feel free to share this contest with as many people as you like. Let’s help build and support our military community.

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  6. Michelle (The Beartwinsmom) says

    I LOVE our troops and their families. I’m an army brat (step-father was active Army guard) and we were stationed at the Pentagon in the 80’s. Whenever I sign off on Twitter, I always say “pray for our troops and their families” because without our brave service people, we wouldn’t have the freedom topray as freely as we do.

    Thanks for hosting this contest! I’m @BearTwinsMom on Twitter.

    Warm regards,
    Michelle aka The BearTwinsMom

    Reply

  10. Beth/Mom2TwoVikings says

    Let’s see:

    here’s my comment, already registered here (I think)! On my current budget, these would be for ME! LOL

    I already follow you on Twitter

    and re-tweeted today: “Mom2TwoVikings Free Valentine’s Flowers to honor the troops: http://tinyurl.com/bn62qx less than 5 seconds ago from web”

    Just joined the FB group.

    Good luck getting the word out!

    Reply

  11. Dayngr says

    Awesome to see so many folks getting in the spirit and participating. This is going to be a great giveaway and we’ll have a surprise for EVERYONE who leaves a comment!

    Reply

  12. Crystal Arcand says

    My husband is an Army veteran, and my big brother is an active Army hero. Unfortunately, his MO requires clearance, so we can’t know what he’s doing or where he’s at, so we can’t register him to get letters of encouragement.

    If you know an active hero, please register them in lieu of Kelly!

    Reply

  22. Mrs. S says

    Sure why not?! I never win these things… but it would be nice to send some anonymous flowers to some special people in my life and brighten their day. Like my husband. Corny, I know, but I think he would be pleasantly surprised…

    Now, how I am connected to the military… I am an ex-Coast Guard wife, current Army wife, and my brother and several friends and cousins are in the military too.

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  25. eMOM says

    That’s right Military Spouses! You deserve flowers and so do your husbands.

    Here’s another idea if you win, you can send them to a military spouse you know who may have a spouse deployed. That is sure to brighten their day.

    Reply

  26. Unknown says

    Wow–this is so cool! I'm an Army wife. Hubby's a medic & went to Iraq when he was active duty, now he's in the reserves. Incidentally, hubby uses ProFlowers when he sends me flowers every single month on the 11th! (Yes, ladies, be jealous–he's wondeful!)

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  28. Anonymous says

    First – good luck on your project.

    Second – why do you not have an email contact address? I would have preferred to do this privately.

    Third – you have been careless in your attempts at self promotion on other people’s blogs. You left your advertisement on the tribute to a fallen soldier rather than emailing it to me. Really tacky. Really, really tacky.

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  29. eMOM says

    Anonymous,

    Our contact information is on our sidebar and everyone is welcome to use it.

    We’ve been here for our military service members, military spouses, military parents, children and veterans for 8 years now and are proud to share whatever freebies, discounts or deals we get with our military community.

    We had hoped that you would see our comment on your blog as an invitation for you and those your blog supports to come over and enter to win some free flowers.

    We’re so sorry you saw something negative in something meant to help our military community.

    Reply

  30. Anonymous says

    Anonymous took the time to hide his/her identity so people wouldn’t know what a snark he/she is yet admitted they run the fallen soldier that was visited. That’s tacky.

    I hope you know that no one is anonymous on the internet.

    Reply

  34. nape says

    I’m “only” a military family member, and have never served in the military myself.

    This is such a generous giveaway. Hats off to ProFlowers. Yay!

    Reply

  36. Anonymous says

    Since my cousin went to West Point in 1998, I’ve gotten a crash course in the military, and how to best love and support them. We enlarged our military family with my marine brother-in-law, and I’ve got several close friends in the military. Since 2003, I’ve been writing and sending packages to friends, family, and friends of friends and family who are deployed, and I just love to support our men and women in uniform!!

    Reply

  46. Sandra says

    Hi I am Nelly from proud army fiancee. I am engaged to an American Soldiers and we will get married in about four weeks. I am also with Soldiers’ Angels for about five years now.

    Good luck to everybody :)

    Reply

  48. Anonymous says

    Trish, you are doing an outstanding job. I connect on Twitter! I am a Marine mom and so appreciate the work you are doing. As you know, I RT you whenever I can. Cheers! Pick me :-)

    Reply

  51. Anonymous says

    Hi! Military Brat here, also retired Air Force. I also follow you on twitter! @jusbeachin Great idea–and I prefer tulips! :) Keep up the good work.

    Reply

  52. Anonymous says

    I retweeted, Stumbled and I’m a Twitter follower (KateKashman.)

    I’m a military spouse and military personal finance writer.

    Reply

  53. eMOM says

    MOMFOREVERANDEVER You definately don’t have to blog it ten times. Once will do the trick to get those entries and help us spread the word to support our troops.

    Todd, Kristen, Nape, Lindsay so great to see you all here!

    Denny, Nelly and Kate welcome. So nice to meet you here.

    Barb, Beth and Virginia you always make me smile.

    Best of luck to all of you!

    Reply

  54. Zeb says

    My grandfather was a tank sergeant army. My father and uncle were in the airforce. Several of my friends are currently serving in various branches. I would say that I have a lot of love and respect for people who choose to serve our country. Any and all support for them is a very important thing especially in today’s world.

    Reply

  56. Anonymous says

    Keep up the great work! Thank you and thanks to all of our soldiers and veterans, from one of the vets! I retweeted the contest at @lesarver

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  57. Anonymous says

    Hi eMOM, thanks for the contest link!

    My boyfriend Christopher is currently with the Army, serving in Iraq.
    I also have a couple of other friends who are serving overseas as well! My Father was in the Marines and my Grandfather was a Medic in the service as well as his brother.

    I finally got registered for eMOM and I’m already following you on Twitter! My profile link is: http://twitter.com/AnnesLane.
    I will be sure to Tweet and Blog about this cool post for ya.

    Also, I have a question. If we sign up an active Service Member for eMOM, what obligations do they have?
    Thanks again!

    Reply

  61. Danielle says

    I’m so thankful for our troops and their families. It is such a huge sacrifice on their part for our freedom. A close friend of mine is without her husband for the next 6 months while he is deployed in Afghanastan (sp?!). They have 3 kids and so I’ve been trying to help her out as much as possible.
    thanks for the giveaway

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  62. Danielle says

    I’m so thankful for our troops and their families. It is such a huge sacrifice on their part for our freedom. A close friend of mine is without her husband for the next 6 months while he is deployed in Afghanastan (sp?!). They have 3 kids and so I’ve been trying to help her out as much as possible.
    thanks for the giveaway

    Reply

  63. Anonymous says

    I’ve done two tours in Iraq with the US Army and I appreciate what you all are doing for my fellow soldiers.

    Reply

  64. Anonymous says

    We are a Military family here in Florida, Hubby is active in the air Force. I also blog about Military specials, and deals with a dedicated page for these items on my blog. Looking to begin a MilWife BTR show in the very near future as well.

    Reply

  69. eMOM says

    Cdziuba, Love Letters to the Middle East, Lesarver, Steelers Fan, Zeb, Tamra, Hydromatrix & Danielle:

    Thank you for stopping by, for your comments and for entering to win. We wish you lots of luck!

    Thanks for being a part of and supporting the military community.

    Reply

  74. Mary Rose says

    What a great idea! I’m the mom of a son who is serving in the Army. He’s already served in Afghan and Iraq. He’ll be getting more training this year, so he’s back in the States. He also just got married a few months ago to a beautiful young lady.

    Thanks for all the work you do!

    Reply

  75. Anonymous says

    Great site! Thanks for all you’re doing. I’ve been “adopting” Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and Sailors for over 2 yrs. I send cards, letters and care packages for the duration of their deployment to brighten their days and remind them of the good things at home. Highly recommend http://www.anysoldier.com!

    Reply

  76. eMOM says

    Christy,

    That’s what we do too. We’ve been around a little longer than Any Soldier (our inception was 2001) and we’re the first organization to step in after force protection concerns forced the cancellation of Any Service Member mail. We hope you’ll give us a try too!

    Mary Rose,

    Congrats to you and your son and new daughter-in-law! We’re wishing you all the best.

    Reply

  77. Anonymous says

    Hi everyone. Son of a Vet of the Vietnam War, grandson of a Vet of WWII. We have several friends who have been mobilized, and are home, and one friend who is in Iraq now. Keep up the good work and God Bless our men and women serving our country!

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  78. Anonymous says

    What a lovely contest idea! You all continue to top yourselves. Proud to be an acquaintance and a Twitter follower. :)

    This ‘brat’ has tweeted and posted.
    http://twitter.com/velvethammer/status/1184429228
    http://twitter.com/velvethammer/status/1184033240
    http://twitter.com/velvethammer/status/1180554182
    http://ironicsurrealism.blogivists.com/2009/02/06/emoms-free-flowers-to-honor-our-troops/

    Keep up the great work!
    God bless our brave Military men and women!
    – VH

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  84. GoneGirl says

    My dad served in Vietnam and served over 20 years in the Army. He retired in 1993! My gramps was in WWII and my sister was in the army for three years! I’m a little connected!

    I subscribed! Thanks!

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  85. Princess Golden Hair says

    I am the wife of a former sailor, mother of a son serving in Iraq, the sister-in-law of a sailor who was stationed on the Cole when it was attacked, the sister of three sailors, a soldier, and an airman. I’m the daughter of a former Coast Guard Officer, and I recently received an award naming me a Patriotic American for all I do for the local National Guard.

    teechbiz at gmail.com

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  107. cloe_bocanegra@yahoo.com says

    This is really nice, I just found this website yesterday through the aafes facebook page…well i've been part of the military since 2000, I was the first in my family of 4 sisters to join the army, married in the army and as of now I'm a wife of ten years married to my soldier who's also been in the military for 10 yrs…it has been one adventure being in the army but i don't regret any of it I truly thankful for everything. Oh I also registered @ eMom so im going to check that out too!

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