Congratulations to the winners of  a  Music Together SUMMER 1 collection CD and songbook which were donated by Music Together: Kim Cavazza of Hampton, Karen Stirberg of Milford, Denise Cohen of Whitehouse Station and Jennifer Rispoli of Glen Gardner!

Watch for the announcement of our next giveaway coming soon!

Congratulations to Emily Rich of Lambertville who is the winner of 8 hours of postpartum doula care ($200 value) to be used within the first 3 months of the arrival of a new baby dontaed by Loving Arms Doula Care.

Congratulations to Christy Flanigan of Flemington who is the winner of the $25 Mary Kay gift certificate and complimentary makeover from MaryKay Independent Consultant, Joelle Croasdale.

Congratulations to the winner of our first giveaway – Justine Hernandez Levine of Flemington was the winner of the $25 Gift Certificate to  Art Attack. 

Watch for more giveaways during the coming weeks from:

Kiddie Academy

This contest is open to residents of Hunterdon County, NJ only and the winner’s address will be verified.  Good Luck!

ArtSkills is running a Giveaway!  Create an ArtSkills.com account and mention Hunterdon Moms Online for a chance to enter and/or  submit a poster through our poster wizard and Save it as “Hunterdon Moms Giveaway”.  The prize is $100 worth of ArtSkills Products!!

ArtSkills Introduces the Poster Wizard. Parents, students, group leaders and fans, rejoice!  You will have to find something else to do with your Sunday night because you (and your favorite procrastinator) will not be struggling with last minute poster projects anymore.  ArtSkills, the leading manufacturer of poster board accessories, today announced the launch of its new and improved online Poster Wizard, designed to save you time and frustration by helping you make easier, faster and better posters.
 
ArtSkills, a company with a history in innovative art programs, recognized the common complaints about poster making — “it’s hard to come up with a creative idea;” “it’s so difficult to know how to lay things out on this big sheet of paper;” and most of all, “I can’t even keep my letters straight.”  They decided to tackle this traditional but dated craft, which had no prior innovation for over 50 years.
 
The Poster Wizard, available for free on their website, guides users through the entire poster process, from creative titles to poster templates, inserting photos, captions and text boxes to adding eye catching borders and shapes.  If you are stuck for ideas, ArtSkills also has a Poster Gallery with sample posters in every category.  At the end of the process, users can print their poster in sheets that can be applied to a poster board or they can take the high-resolution file to any local printer to be printed poster size. Either option allows consumers to do something they were never able to do before — digitally design and print their poster masterpieces.  For educational posters and others that will be made by hand, the Poster Wizard provides users with a scaled image of their finished poster and a list of materials.
 
“None of us were taught how to make a poster in school,” says Michele Demsky, a mom of three and owner of ArtSkills. “Poster projects are often assigned with no instruction in the craft of poster making, leaving students and their parents at a loss as to where to begin.  When making posters for social situations — like PTO bake sales, troop fundraisers or football games — parents and cheerleaders often have to make dozens of posters at once. These hard-working poster creators need a break and we are happy to help them.”
 
In addition to the Poster Wizard, the company has also created “The Poster Idea Gallery” application for iPhone and iPod Touch devices, which allows users to browse the ArtSkills Poster Idea Gallery for hundreds of sample posters on the go. Once they find a poster that inspires them, the application provides the user with a materials list and instructions. It then directs the user to the closest store carrying the supplies needed to create the chosen poster.  The Poster Idea Gallery is currently available for free in Apple’s App Store on IPhone and IPod Touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.

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ArtSkills® makes poster boarding… easier, faster, better!

ArtSkills was founded in 1987 in Easton, PA. We are a family owned company with a commitment to bringing quality and innovative poster making and art materials to our customers.

Originally ArtSkills designed and developed Draw Today and Paint Today, drawing and painting programs, which allowed anyone to learn to draw and paint with no prior skill at all! They also are the only art programs in the world that have a money back guarantee, if you are not absolutely thrilled with your artwork.

Today at ArtSkills we make a wide range of art materials. We specialize in poster board accessories, including poster markers, poster lettering, and decorative items to make your poster board projects better, faster, and easier!

It is our goal to be your source for everything you need to make a poster! We value the trust our customers put in us and continue to strive to bring new and innovative poster products and ideas to you. We know this image may be all too familiar to you… we are here to help!

• phone: 610-253-6663
• web: www.artskills.com

PNC and the Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning are once again inviting New Jersey students in grades 2 through 12 to take part in the 7th annual PNC American Patriot Essay Contest by writing a short essay on the topic “What the American Flag Means to Me.”
 
The Festival, the largest summertime hot air balloon and music festival in North America, will be held July 23-24-25, 2010 at Solberg Airport in Readington, NJ, and features the PNC American Flag balloon, the largest free-flying flag in the world.
 
This year’s Grand Prize winner will receive a visit to his or her school in June by a gigantic, 75-foot-tall hot air balloon and a special VIP package at this year’s Festival: a hot air balloon ride for two, four Blue Sky Club VIP tickets, and the opportunity to meet one of this year’s concert headliners. Past teen sensations to perform at the Festival include the Jonas Brothers, Disney’s Demi Lovato and ABC Family star Meaghan Martin.
 
Second and third place prizes consisting of Festival admission and merchandise will be also awarded to students.
 
To further reward students and educators for entering this year’s contest, more prizes will be awarded than ever before.
 
The winning student’s immediate classmates will each receive one complimentary general admission ticket to the Festival and the winning student’s teacher and school principal will each receive two Blue Sky Club VIP tickets.
 
Every teacher in the state who submits a group of 15 essays or more on behalf of their students will receive two free general admission tickets to the Festival regardless of whether one of their students submits the winning essay.
 
“If you want your heart warmed and your pride in the USA lifted up, all you need to do is read the essays that are submitted each year by New Jersey students on the them of ‘What the American Flag Means to Me.’ They are truly moving as well as a great tribute to the quality of learning that schools across New Jersey are achieving,” said Joseph Whall, PNC Senior Vice President and Director of Client and Community Relations.
 
“We’re happy to reward students and their teachers for taking the time to write about their feelings for this symbol of our country,” said Howard Freeman, Executive Producer of the Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning. “The PNC Essay Contest has proven to be a great way to engage our children to create moving and thoughtful essays as the American flag means something special to each of us.”
 
The essays should be 100 words or less. They will be judged by a panel of representatives from PNC and the balloon festival. Winning essays will be selected based on creativity, poignancy and clarity with consideration given to the grade level of the contestant. Contestants are not required to be U.S. citizens.
 
Entries should be submitted by May 1, 2010 to Essay Judges, Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning, 363 Route 46 West, Suite 200, Fairfield, NJ, 07004. Entries should include the student’s name, home or school address, home telephone number, grade, age, school name and the name of their teacher.
 
Jasmine Kaduthodil, a seventh grade student from Our Lady of Sorrows Elementary School in Hamilton , was last year’s Grand Prize winner. Previous winners were Halle Feeney, a fourth-grade student from Joyce Kilmer Elementary School in Milltown (2008), Shaina Cohen, a third-grade student from Fair Lawn and Yavneh Academy in Paramus (2007); Elizabeth Balkin, a fourth-grade student from Tewksbury Elementary School (2006); Allyson Keegan, a fifth-grade student from South Amboy Elementary School (2005); and Olesya Solouk, a fifth-grade student from Lebanon Borough School (2004).
 
The 28th annual Quick Check New Jersey Festival of Ballooning in Association with PNC is the largest summertime hot air balloon and music festival in North America and the premier family entertainment event in the Northeast, attracting upwards of 175,000 people.

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest diversified financial services organizations providing retail and business banking; residential mortgage banking; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management; asset management and global fund services.

Congratulations to Emily Rich of Lambertville who is the winner of 8 hours of postpartum doula care ($200 value) to be used within the first 3 months of the arrival of a new baby dontaed by Loving Arms Doula Care.

Congratulations to Christy Flanigan of Flemington who is the winner of the $25 Mary Kay gift certificate and complimentary makeover from MaryKay Independent Consultant, Joelle Croasdale.

Congratulations to the winner of our first giveaway – Justine Hernandez Levine of Flemington was the winner of the $25 Gift Certificate to  Art Attack. 

Watch for more giveaways during the coming weeks from:

Music Together

Kiddie Academy

This contest is open to residents of Hunterdon County, NJ only and the winner’s address will be verified.  Good Luck!

Congratulations to Christy Flanigan of Flemington who is the winner of the $25 Mary Kay gift certificate and complimentary makeover from MaryKay Independent Consultant, Joelle Croasdale.

Congratulations to the winner of our first giveaway – Justine Hernandez Levine of Flemington was the winner of the $25 Gift Certificate to  Art Attack. 

For the latest giveaway going on now, click here!

Watch for more giveaways during the coming weeks from:

Loving Arms Doula Care

Music Together

Kiddie Academy

This contest is open to residents of Hunterdon County, NJ only and the winner’s address will be verified.  Good Luck!

It’s hard to believe that it has been 10 years since Hunterdon Moms Online first went online.  What began on a whim, grew into a real resource to connect Hunterdon families to each other and the information they need.  Over the years we have heard so many stories of parents who have found childcare and programs, started playgroups and made lifelong friends through our site.  It’s an amazing milestone that we have reached that is due very much in part to you, the Hunterdon Moms, Dads and Families that utilize our site every day. 

We also could not do it without the support of the local businesses who believed in us, many from the very beginning, and have continued to support our site, making it possible for us to keep it going for you.

To celebrate this event and give back to all of you who have supported our site, we have teamed up with some of those local businesses to run contests over the next several weeks with some great prizes!

Congratulations to Our First Winner, Justine Hernandez Levine of Flemington!  She won the $25 gift certificate from Art Attack. 

Watch for more giveaways during the coming weeks from:

Loving Arms Doula Care

Music Together

Kiddie Academy

MaryKay Independent Consultant, Joelle Croasdale

This contest is open to residents of Hunterdon County, NJ only and the winner’s address will be verified.  Good Luck!