Getty Owl Foundation

Purse and Earrings

Carry a lovely purse made by Linda Adams and wear the gorgeous owl earrings made by Rain’s Embellishments!

Leave a comment letting us know something you always have in your purse to be entered to win!  Deadline to enter is March 26th at 11pm PST.

California Footwear Sandals!

California Footwear Co –  Revive!  These slipper-like sandals are perfect for the beach, spa, or to revive your feet after a long day.  They are super lightweight with 334 massage bumps per pair to reenergize your feet with every step.   They’re designed with the same ergonomic shape of our cork product which means a lot of wiggle room for your toes and a deep heal cup and great arch support.  Four styles in a variety of colorful man-made “veggie” upper.  Easy care and an “of-the-chart” fun factor!

Leave a comment below telling us where you would wear your sandals to be entered!  Winner will receive a gift certificate to pick out the Lightweight Beach Sandals of their choice.  Deadline to enter is March 26th at 11pm.

Let’s get this party started!!!!

Welcome to Getty’s 2nd Birthday Virtual Celebration!  A party in which you get all the gifts!  We are so excited that you are here to celebrate that we are going to go ahead and just kick things off with the GRAND Prize.

Well, sort of.  Let me first start by saying that today, there are over 30 items being given away.  So many that a party we thought would go until 12 hours is now going all the way until 3am!  So many that we had to group items together so most of the time you are going to potentially win multiple things!

Without further ado

The Kindle Fire.  Our grand prize today.  Here’s how you can get your hands on this beautiful book reader and tablet.  You need to make a video.  I know that makes some of you get sweaty palms, but you don’t even have to be IN the video.  The video needs to consist of your favorite children’s book being read to Getty.  What’s a party for Getty without her getting something out of it as well!  Here’s an example of my video for Getty.

http://youtu.be/el3KDBL7UyA

So, you read the book in any way you see fit and then you give it to us.  You can post it on YouTube, you can post it on Facebook or you can email it to gettyowl@gmail.com.  Once you have done that you have to leave a comment on this post!  In that comment give us the link where you uploaded or let us know that you emailed it to us.  Voila…you are entered!  You have until 11pm on Monday night to enter all of our giveaways.

Happy partying and see you in an hour!!

Giveaway Lowdown!

From Kate & Stacey:

So here is the lowdown on the giveaway happening on Getty’s Birthday, Sunday, March 25th and also an addition day on Monday.

Every hour on Sunday, Stacey will be posting a new item that is up for giveaway. If you are interested on being in the running for any or all of the items, all you have to do is leave a comment on that particular blog post. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, March 27th at 12noon, PT.We will use random.org to choose the winners.

Now for the Grand Prize!!!!

Getty loves books and she thinks being read a book is the bee’s knees. 🙂 So to be in the running for the grand prize you must make a video of yourself reading your favorite kids book. We don’t even require you to be in the video but you can if you would like.

Post to youtube, facebook or email us the video at hoot@gettyowl.org.  Must leave a comment with a link to the video or saying you emailed it. Again, winner of the Grand Prize will be chosen using random.org.

Oh haven’t we told you what the GRAND PRIZE is yet?

Here it is………..

A Kindle Fire! Wowee Zowee!

So it is a win, win. Getty gets to enjoy videos of people reading books to her and the winner gets to enjoy their own tablet to enjoy reading books on.

So join us on Sunday and have a great time commenting and getting in the celebration. The first item will be up for view and for comment at 8am PT. And remember ,you also have all day Sunday and until 11pm on Monday to comment and enter your video. All winners will be announce at noon PT on Tuesday, March 27th.

Cheers!

Our Babe is Turning 2! Let’s Celebrate With Giveaways!

From Kate:

That is right folks, Getty is turning the BIG 2 on Sunday and to tell you that we are excited beyond belief just doesn’t cut it. We are just so proud to be her parents and to know that we have been able to have 2 full years of memories and milestones has been more than a blessing. she has turned into a little lady before our eyes.

In these past two years, Mark and I have really learned about the human spirit and how much strength a human being has once asked to find it and use it. Getty makes life certainly worth living and a kind of living that is unmeasurable. She wakes up with a smile and falls asleep with a smile. Even on our scariest days, she finds some way to reassure us that it will all be okay and that we need to get over all the feelings of fear, loathing, and sadness.

I think it would be hard for most people to understand this but as our lives have changed so much we forget that Getty has a terminal condition. You can’t get through a day without knowing SMA is there but to allow it to control us would have sure consequences. Getty is here and she is happy and healthy, considering everything and we are just living life. What an incredible lesson she has taught us and continues to teach.

In the past year Getty has seen jelly fish and the pacific ocean, visited her animal friends at the zoo, saw a baseball game at the Sacramento Rivercats, has been hospitalized, changed her diet, got her custom braces, visited a pumpkin patch, was an owl again for Halloween :), took tons of walks, was introduced to her stander that she is doing awesome with, observed Christmas lights, went ice skating, visited friends and family at the Getty Owl Run/Walk, and moved houses.

She has been busy and our hope is for us (Mark and I) to be really brave this summer and go to all kinds of places to allow her to experience even more of what life has to offer.We couldn’t be more excited.

Last year the “Lady with all the great ideas” Stacey had a terrific event on our blog on the day of Getty’s birthday. It was an all day event where every hour there was a new item up for giveaway. At the end of the day the winners were announced.

It touched me so much because I know that this was her way to celebrate Getty’s big day. Lots of great people donated items. Jewelry, handmade crafts, gift cards, artwork, and we had a Grand Prize  item of a $100 iTunes gift card and a Flip camera. This year is going above and beyond from last year. More details to come in the next few days.

So if you interested and would like to help us virtually celebrate Getty’s Birthday, check out all of the giveaways every hour on Sunday. Leave a comment to be in the running to win. We will announce the Grand Prize on Friday, so stay tuned, it is really cool. 🙂

Stacey will be posting updates this week on the giveaway celebration. We hope you can join us. And I thank all the people in advance for offering to donate items. You make all of this possible. Thank you.

Stay Tuned.