With two small children, an educational consulting business, and lots of volunteer obligations, I appreciate one-stop solutions.
One of my largest contracts requires me to write, print and ship 200+ pages of custom curriculum each month. Printing and shipping all in one place is a big time saver!
So, I’m thrilled to serve as a The UPS Store Brand Ambassador and to be able to offer my readers a great giveaway. I rarely offer giveaways on this site but I believe this will be a helpful one for the parents, educators, and homeschoolers who regularly read the blog and also for anyone who travels, ships gifts or products, needs small business shipping solutions, is moving, or does a lot of printing.
One of the reasons I am especially excited to partner with The UPS Store is their support of the Toys for Tots Literacy Program. AS an educator, I am passionate about literacy causes and will be working with The UPS Store in the next months to host a book drive to benefit a local literacy program.
Today, though, I visited my local franchise of The UPS Store for a very typical reason–to ship a package!
My mother’s Christmas gift arrived a day late and so I brought it right over to The UPS Store. They will re-package it and ship it and it will most likely arrive tomorrow! Too bad the original sender did not use The UPS Store!
—GIVEAWAY!—
The UPS Store would like my readers to have the opportunity to experience the convenience for themselves. They have given me $250 worth of gift cards to give away!
Prizes:
- One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive $75 worth of gift cards to The UPS Store
- Two (2) First Prize Winners will receive $50 worth of gift cards to The UPS Store
- Three (3) Second Prize Winners will receive $25 worth of gift cards to The UPS Store
To Enter:
You can enter 1-3 times by completing any or all of the following. Please leave a separate comment for each entry.
- Leave a comment on this post sharing how you can use the services at The UPS Store for education or just let me know your favorite thing about The UPS Store.
- “Like” Naturally Educational and The UPS Store on facebook and leave a separate comment to let me know.
- Subscribe to the Naturally Educational e-mail digest and make sure to confirm your subscription.
Winners will be chosen at random from valid entries. Contest ends at 11:59 PM EST January 11, 2010.
UPDATE: I am disabling the facebook comments plugin because it does not notify me of comments, does not integrate well with wordpress comments, and has a long load-time. There were 62 comments using this and I counted them when using “And the Winner Is…” to select winners. All winners have been contacted! We’ll have another contest in January and February. Thank you!
Disclosure: I am writing this post in part as a paid The UPS Store Brand Ambassador and in conjunction with the #lovinlogistics campaign at Collective Bias. All opinions stated here are my own and are not affected by compensation.
I like that they mail it for me
I love the different shipping options they offer and the fact that I never have to wait in long lines!
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I love it bse they actually help you pack!
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I like being able to track a package.
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My fave thing about the UPS store is that they have helpful and friendly employees and they also have a great selection of supplies!
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I subscribed to the Naturally Educational email digest via email 😀
I love that they are kind and knowledgeable suelee1998 @ gmail.com
I like the fact that the UPS store has certified notarys within the premises. I can also make copies or send off faxes besides the reliable shipping. Thank you for this opportunity. I am following, liking , joining and subscribing. gainessimmons@aol.com
To be able to track your packages is great–it helps alot because i send a lot gifts via UPS 🙂
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Their laminating services would come in handy for educational materials!
I am an e-mail subscriber.
I’m an educator and I could use this to help ship and receive items for my classroom.
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I’ve signed up and confirmed your email
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I love their speedy and reliable service!
I like both pages on FB! Alex Smith
I like being able to drop off items and have them package & ship
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I love how they help you pack your packages and explain all of your shipping options (when it will get there, how much it will cost)!
I like Naturally Educational and The UPS Store on Facebook. (Annemarie Zito)
I subscribe via email.
You could use it to teach weight and cost as ratios for older kids.
I like it because they do a great job and have so many supplies right there to use. Thanks.
I like being able to track a package and send books that we are donating.
I go into the UPS store at least once a week. I use their copiers to print multiple pages and it saves me so much time.
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I like that UPS always gets my packages where they are going on time – never had a problem with them ever.
Thanks for the giveaway…our kids could use the The UPS Store’s wide range of printing services: color copies, black and white copies, digital printing, offset printing for brochures, binding, laminating and other document finishing services, along with their selection of paper and office supplies for their various homework & extracurricular needs.
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My favorite thing is that they employees are always efficient and pleasant!
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It would really help with the shipping of text books! I often order books to be sent to me and ship out old books that others are buying. This would really help me!
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I love the location and friendly staff. kellyeandjosh@aol.com
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As a future educator, I can see how the UPS store would be great for many different purposes! i think I could definitely see myself using it to send literature or artifacts to other teachers I know so that I can enhance my classroom during specific units. I also think it would be great to use during a unit on letter writing or communities and visit the store and see how they operate! Thanks for the giveaway!
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I’m an email subscriber, thanks!
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I love how close and handy the UPS store is, much shorter lines than the post office.
They have nice large padded envelopes in stock.
Thanks
Chris Ann
I would use them to send out used curriculum and books that I’ve sold. Then, use the money to buy for next school year:)