Dear Support Leader (of group, list, popular blog, etc.):

We at The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine know how important your role as a support group leader is.  We would like to recognize your work and efforts by offering you a chance to participate in a new promotion we are running this spring. 750 of you in TOTAL are going to get the below gifts, minus the laptop – that's a given (well, ONE of you WILL win that!). If you would help us spread the word about our exciting Spring 2008 Subscription Promotion (by sending our information (below) down your newsletter, posting it on your website/blog OR emailing your member list), we would love to offer you a fabulous gift pack of prizes from some of the top homeschool vendors in the nation. (Laptop not automatically included – but this will be WON by one of you – no strings attached). This prize pack which 750 of you will automatically receive is valued at over $120 and will include:

• A pink tote bag from Homeschooling Family to Family, containing a CD full of  information to help you increase your support group membership
• A sample issue of Creation magazine by Creation Ministries International, along with a 15-page booklet entitled, "15 Reasons to Take Genesis as History"
• The “Blessings Chart” by Doorpost Publishing - a color, laminated chart to help you acknowledge and reward godly attitudes and behavior in your children
• Music Ace Deluxe from Harmonic Vision- a complete, fully functional music education software program that  teaches the basics of music theory, rhythm, pitch, note reading, listening, and the keyboard
• “How to Teach- Learning is Neurological” CD and accompanying outline from English for Life- The Madsen Method
• A one-year subscription to The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine- beginning with the Spring 2008 issue which we will include in this “gift basket” we want to send you

  
                                                            
Yes, these above bulleted gifts are ALL physical (no ebooks or digital items here) and being packaged up and shipped out to 750 support group leaders (leaders of groups 40 members or bigger) – we need your help and we're going to reward you RICHLY for it. It's first come – first served….keep reading, please.

And, that's not all….HOMESCHOOL-LIFE.COM™ is going to give away a Dell Inspirion 1525 Laptop to one of you!  HOMESCHOOL-LIFE.COM™ is a secure, easy to use and affordable Web site tool assisting homeschool group leaders and their families to set up and maintain their own group Web site.  Unlimited public and secure pages, membership management, online directory and calendar event signups, paypal options and more; designed just for group leaders to make their life easier in managing a homeschool group!  Find out why over 14,000 homeschool families use their service!  Be sure to enter the no-obligation, no-commitment drawing for a FREE wireless laptop from Dell! (see computer details here)  Hurry, the drawing will take place on May 30th at 5pm CST. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY and no strings attached. ONE OF YOU is winning this laptop! TOS guarantees it!

This promotion is open to U.S. leaders whose groups total 40 members or more.*  If you are interested in partnering with us for this promotion, please e-mail back before May 30th.  (Also, please feel free to share this e-mail with any other support group leaders you know who may be interested). We will need the following information from you:

• Your name and the name of your group (we do NOT need names of your members or their contact information – at all)
• Your  mailing address (for shipment of your prize package – see bulleted list above – YES – the first 750 of you who participate get ALL OF THOSE GIFTS)
• Some proof of your sharing our promotion (copy of e-mail sent and # of people it was sent to, web address if shared on your group's website, name of newsletter and date sent, etc.)

So, in conclusion:

STEP 1: E-mail us back to let us know you would like to participate in this promotion (be sure to include the information listed above in your e-mail). Below is the actual copy to send down your lists.

STEP 2: Visit the Homeschool-Life.com website and enter to win your FREE Dell Laptop (click on the link for the TOS Leaders Laptop Drawing and follow the steps to sign-up). NO purchase necessary! NO strings attached. ONE of you is winning this Dell laptop! We look forward to hearing from you soon! 

*If your group is smaller than 40 plus members, but you are interested in participating, we would consider you if you can assure us you will help get this information to 40+ homeschool friends.

Here is the info to send down your lists:

(first – please share your brief thoughts about The Old Schoolhouse as a resource for homeschool families)
(After you have given your feelings about the magazine, then go on to copy this to your groups:)
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I wanted to tell you about a special promotion the magazine for homeschool families is running right now. If you subscribe for just a year, you actually (while supplies last) will receive 25 curriculum-type gifts from various vendors. The value is huge – hundreds of dollars' worth of freebies to you. No strings attached – except that TOS only has about 2000 of these “gift baskets” left in their inventory. First come, first served. Here's the link which explains more, below. You can even view all the gifts and find out how they'll arrive. Hurry, though, they go really fast. Last time the magazine did this they sold out about two months early.

http://www.theoldschoolhousestore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_60&products_id=1542

The above link will show you the pictures of your free gifts plus give you all the details.

(end with a few more words to close – whatever you'd like to say is fine)
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That's it!  Once you've sent the above out to your group of 40 or more, follow steps 1 and 2. Even if you decide to decline taking part in your FREE physical gift package (no strings attached except that we only have 750 total shipments), you can still proceed to step 2 for a chance to win that laptop! Again, thank you for all you do for the homeschool community. It is Paul's and my great pleasure to get these wonderful hardcopy gifts to you in the mail – and of course we'll even cover the shipping. Literally no strings attached here – pay NOTHING. You're going to feel like it's Christmas when this big-value package arrives! I sure hope you are one of the 750 who make it in!

God bless your family and your whole group,
Gena Suarez, Publisher, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
Publisher@TheHomeschoolMagazine.com
1.888.718.HOME