bumGenius and Change 3 Things Giveaway!

Happy Tuesday! To celebrate our bumGenius Buy 5, Get 1 FREE sale, we're giving away some of our favorite bumGenius items today!

We love hearing about how you spread the news of cloth diapering with other families, especially when you are sharing the vision behind our Change 3 Things campaign! Each prize pack for today's giveaway will include a bumGenius 4.0 cloth diaper, a Change 3 Things t-shirt and a bumGenius 4.0 cloth diaper in Bubble, Sweet or Artist Series to share with a friend interested in cloth diapering!

To enter today's blog giveaway for your chance to win one of our prize packs, share with your friends about Change 3 Things and report back here telling us how you shared! Three winners will be selected at random from all eligible comments to receive a prize pack from Cotton Babies.

Eligible entries must be posted no later than midnight Central time, Wednesday, October 12, 2011. U.S. Residents only. Void where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary to win. Winners will be drawn at random on Thursday, October 13, 2011 and notified via e-mail. (Please make sure Cotton Babies staff can see your e-mail in your comment or through your Blogger profile page.)

Change 3 Things Giveaway!

It's been a little over 4 months since we launched our Change 3 Things campaign. In that time, Change 3 Things participants have changed more than 3,250,000 cloth diapers. That's more than 3 million diapers that are not going into landfills! This means that together, participants have prevented waste equivalent to more than 1,895 babies wearing disposable diapers for a year. That is an amazing amount of impact in local landfills by parents who commit to change at least 3 cloth diapers a day.

We want to spread the word about Change 3 Things, so for today's giveaway, share Change 3 Things with a friend. It's easy. However you choose to share, whether it's through social media, e-mail, text or phone, just tell someone about Change 3 Things today! Leave a comment on this post telling us who you shared with (first name or relationship is fine) and how you shared.

Winners will be drawn at random and will each receive a Change 3 Things t-shirt, a bumGenius 4.0 cloth diaper for you and an Econobum trial pack to get your friend started on their cloth diapering journey.

Eligible entries must be posted by Wednesday, July 20, 2011. U.S. Residents only. Void where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary to win. Winners will be drawn at random on Thursday, July 21, 2011 and notified via e-mail. (Please make sure Cotton Babies staff can see your e-mail in your comment or through your Blogger profile page.)

New! Update on Change 3 Things and bumGenius Giveaway!

Last weekend, many of you celebrated Earth Day in lots of great ways - festivals, crafts, The Great Cloth Diaper Change and more. Last week, we celebrated 700,000 cloth diapers changed since we began counting in early March through Change 3 Things, which may have prevented waste equivalent to more than 400 babies wearing disposable diapers for a year! We also released a new addition to our Change 3 Things challenge, a way you can report more than 3 cloth diapers changed per day.

To keep the Earth Day celebration going, today we are giving away prize packs that each include TWO bumGenius 4.0 cloth diapers (one for you and one to share with a friend interested in cloth diapering), a Change 3 Things t-shirt, silicone band and 25 Change 3 Things Share Cards.

To enter today's contest, visit the Change 3 Things website and complete the form telling us how many cloth diapers you change a day. Then, return here and leave a comment on this post telling us how many cloth diapers you change a day and who you would share your bonus bumGenius 4.0 cloth diaper with if you win.

Eligible entries must be posted today, Tuesday, April 26, 2011. U.S. Residents only. Void where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary to win. Winners will be drawn at random on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 and notified via e-mail. (Please make sure Cotton Babies staff can see your e-mail in your comment or through your Blogger profile page, please.)

Celebrate Earth Day with Cotton Babies!

We're celebrating Earth Day in style with a great deal that lasts all weekend at Cotton Babies! Now through Sunday, April 24 use coupon code EARTHDAY11 at checkout to receive $10 off your purchase of $50 or more. This is a great time to stock up on naturally minded products for your whole family. Good for cloth diapers, green toys, mama care, and more! Treat yourself to a little green friendly shopping spree! As an Earth Day bonus, do a load of laundry on us! Every order received now through Sunday will also include bumGenius cloth diaper detergent samples. This detergent is specially formulated to care for your cloth diapers but is also great for all your laundry. NO NEED to add the samples to your cart, every order will include 2 detergent packets! On January 16th one of our customers, Gwendolyn said: "I LOVE this detergent! After one use our diapers smell so fresh! My baby also has a very sensitive bum and hasn't had any redness or rash from wearing the dipes. I am very happy I decided to give this a try! I only wish I had done it much sooner."

Celebrate Earth Day with Change 3 Things Today, we hit an exciting milestone with the Change 3 Things campaign, just in time for Earth Day. Since we began tracking Change 3 Things commitments in early March, together, we have changed more than 700,000 cloth diapers, which may have prevented the waste equivalent to 400 babies in disposable diapers for year! Have you joined the Change 3 Things challenge? To join, commit to change at least 3 cloth diapers a day instead of disposable diapers. Next, visit the Change 3 Things Facebook page and click "Like". For each "Like", we count 3 diaper changes daily, to show how every little change has significant positive impact for our environment.

Change 3 Things / bumGenius 4.0 Cloth Diaper Giveaway

Last weekend marked another new milestone for our Change 3 Things Facebook page. Since we began tracking cloth diaper changes on March 3, 2011, together we have changed more than 500,000 cloth diapers; that more than HALF A MILLION cloth diapers changed in a few weeks' time! Also this weekend, we passed the number that represents the potentially prevented waste equivalent to more than 300 babies in disposable diapers for a year.

To celebrate, today we are giving away prize packs that each include a bumGenius 4.0 cloth diaper, a Change 3 Things t-shirt, silicone band and 25 Change 3 Things Share Cards.

To enter today's contest, visit the new Change 3 Things website and leave a comment here on the blog telling us what companies, organizations or cloth diaper advocates you would like to see join Change 3 Things as a supporter. Would you attend a Change 3 Things event if the tour came to your area?

Eligible entries must be posted today, Tuesday, April 12, 2011. U.S. Residents only. Void where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary to win. All winners will be drawn Wednesday, April 13, 2011 and notified via e-mail.

Change 3 Things / Flip Diapers Giveaway

Last Friday, we hit a new milestone of 5,000 "Likes" on the Change 3 Things Facebook page. That means we now know for sure that every day we are changing at least 15,000 cloth diapers; which may be preventing waste equivalent to more than 8 babies wearing disposable diapers for a year! That's every single day! In three weeks' time, cumulatively, we may have prevented waste equivalent to more than 125 babies in disposable diapers for a year.

As parents, we know how frustrating it is to do those repetitive tasks like dishes, laundry, picking up toys, and changing diapers only to turn around and do it again a short time later. One of our favorite parts of the Change 3 Things challenge is you can take one of those repetitive tasks and turn it into an opportunity to create lasting impact that your two year old can’t undo in five minutes.

To celebrate, today we will be giving away prize packs that will each include a Flip diaper cover with Stay Dry Insert, a Change 3 Things t-shirt, a Change 3 Things silicone band and 25 Change 3 Things Share Cards.

To enter today's contest, visit the Change 3 Things Facebook page (if you haven't already), and leave a comment here on the blog telling us the main reason why you chose to cloth diaper - is it for the cost savings, environmental impact or another reason?

Eligible entries must be posted today, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. U.S. Residents only. Void where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary to win. All winners will be drawn Wednesday, March 30, 2011 and notified via e-mail.

Change 3 Things Update

For those who may not have heard already, our Change 3 Things project encountered a little hiccup. We had to begin again with a fresh Facebook page, which you can find here: Facebook.com/changethreethings

Unfortunately, we lost all of our 6,000+ commitments from those of you who had "Liked" the page. If you are willing to make the commitment to change at least 3 cloth diapers a day, help us count by clicking "Like" on the Facebook page.

Our goals are:

• 100,000 parents committed to change 3 cloth diapers per day.*
• 30-50 million pounds of prevented landfill waste*
• 100 million disposable diapers not purchased.*
• $24 million of combined savings for participating families**

It's truly amazing to see how a small commitment by each of us quickly adds up to significant change with lasting impact.

We know many of you are eager to help spread the word about the benefits of cloth diapering to your friends and family. Today, we'll be giving away some Change 3 Things packs to help you spread the word. Three winners will be randomly drawn from all eligible entries left as comments here on the blog.

Prize pack #1 includes:

• For you: Change 3 Things shirt, reminder band and one Econobum trial pack
• For a friend: one Econobum trial pack and bumGenius Detergent samples

Prize pack #2 includes:

• For you: Change 3 Things shirt, reminder band, one Flip diaper cover and 3 Flip Stay Dry inserts
• For a friend: one Econobum trial pack and bumGenius Detergent samples

Prize pack #3 includes:

• For you: Change 3 Things shirt, reminder band and three bumGenius 4.0 cloth diapers
• For a friend: one Econobum trial pack and bumGenius Detergent samples

To enter, please share who you would share your prize with and how you would share. Would you give them a demonstration? What about going to their house for a cup of coffee and a cloth diaper tutorial? What would you do to give your friend a great start on their cloth diapering journey?

Eligible entries must be posted today, Tuesday, March 8, 2011. U.S. Residents only. Void where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary to win. All winners will be drawn Wednesday, March 9, 2011 and notified via e-mail.

* Numbers are approximate and based on information published in the Environmental Agency's Science Report SC010018/SR2.
** Based on approximately $0.25 per disposable diaper NOT purchased by participants because they chose to change a cloth diaper instead.

Win a Change 3 Things T-shirt!

To celebrate reaching 5,000 "Likes" on the Change 3 Things Facebook page over the weekend, today we're giving away some Change 3 Things items to help you strike up conversations about cloth diapering.

We have a Change 3 Things t-shirt, silver silicone reminder bands, and Share Cards with some quick facts that you can hand out to those who ask you about the benefits of cloth diapering.

Today, we're giving away Change 3 Things promotional packs that will each include a t-shirt, 10 reminder bands and 25 share cards. To enter to win one of 10 packs we'll be giving out today, leave a comment telling us how you are sharing cloth diapers with friends, family and acquaintances.

Eligible entries must be posted today, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. U.S. Residents only. Void where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary to win. Winners will be notified via e-mail.

This Just In: Change 3 Things materials

Earlier this week we shared with you the Change 3 Things Challenge for 2011. The goal is to have 100,000 parents committed to change at least 3 diapers a day. We believe 3 diapers is a manageable goal for that almost any parent can do.

To assist you as you share the benefits of cloth diapering with others, we've created some promotional materials. We've created a t-shirt and a silicone band that you can wear. Our hope is that these materials serve as conversation starters.

We also have designed Change 3 Things Share Cards with some quick facts that you can hand out to those who ask you about the benefits of cloth diapering.

The card asks: Did you know?

• One baby contributes at least 1 ton of waste in diapers alone to a local landfill.
• Disposable diapers are the third most common consumer product in landfills today.
• A disposable diaper may take up to 500 years to decompose.
• A family can spend $1500 to $2000 or more on disposable diapers by the time the baby has moved on to potty training.

Cards are available in a pack of 250 for $10.00 We are selling these cards at cost, as we have many requests for printed material that customers and cloth diaper educators can give out when asked about the benefits of cloth diapers.

We also are providing "Change Kits" with some of your favorite Cotton Babies cloth diapering products, packaged in multiples of three with a free silicone gift included. Great for yourself or to give as a gift to a friend who is curious about cloth diapering. All Change 3 Things products can be found..

Don't forget to join the challenge by clicking "Like" on the Facebook page. Share your story of cloth diapering and how you are sharing the benefits of cloth diapering with your family and friends by posting on the Change 3 Things wall.