The voting is open for the 1st Annual Cedar Rapids GOLD Daisy Awards! The GOLD Daisy Award asks parents to PICK the best of the best.
We want to say THANK YOU for taking the time to nominate your favorite family-friendly businesses across the Cedar Rapids area! Local businesses have definitely been feeling the love! We took your nominations and determined the top 3 finalists in each category.
Cast your vote today! Tell us who YOUR go-to choices are to entertain, enrich, and educate your kids! Only one vote per email address; multiple entries and invalid emails will be deleted from the tally. Voting runs from September 25 - October 21st 2015 at 12:00 PM. Look for the winners of the 2015 Cedar Rapids Macaroni GOLD Daisy Awards to be announced in October!
We want to say THANK YOU for taking the time to nominate your favorite family-friendly businesses across the Cedar Rapids area! Local businesses have definitely been feeling the love! We took your nominations and determined the top 3 finalists in each category.
Cast your vote today! Tell us who YOUR go-to choices are to entertain, enrich, and educate your kids! Only one vote per email address; multiple entries and invalid emails will be deleted from the tally. Voting runs from September 25 - October 21st 2015 at 12:00 PM. Look for the winners of the 2015 Cedar Rapids Macaroni GOLD Daisy Awards to be announced in October!
Want to help your favorite business?
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What's in it for you?
The chance to let others know about businesses you can't live without! Share YOUR best of the best with everyone! Doesn't it always feel good to give a little recognition for a job well done? Ok, how about we randomly pick a winner from all those who VOTE to win a $25 Visa Gift Card? We thought you would like that!
What's in it for the businesses?
The winning business in each category will receive the adoration of their fans and receive a GOLD DAISY badge for their website and a certificate to hang with pride. They will also receive mentions on all of our social media platforms and featured in an article that reaches all of our readers through our newsletter and website. And of course the honor of knowing that local families think they are the greatest! Value is priceless.
Are you a business owner? Feel free to promote this contest to your loyal customers on your own customer lists, website, and social media! Let your customers know via email blasts, social media outlets and any other way you can to let them know you need their support!
Need GOLD DAISY materials to help you get the word out? (logo's, links, and more), contact charlottel@macaronikid.com for all the goodies!
Are you a business owner? Feel free to promote this contest to your loyal customers on your own customer lists, website, and social media! Let your customers know via email blasts, social media outlets and any other way you can to let them know you need their support!
Need GOLD DAISY materials to help you get the word out? (logo's, links, and more), contact charlottel@macaronikid.com for all the goodies!
THE SCHEDULE
- Nominations are open from September 3rd until September 23rd, 2015 at 12:00 pm.
- Starting September 24th, you can vote for the businesses that received the most nominations, only the top 5 businesses will be selected. Voting will close on October 21st, 2015 at 12:00pm.
- Winners will be announced on or soon after October 22nd, 2015.
RULES
- Only one nomination per email address.
- Businesses may nominate themselves.
- To nominate a business you must be a Macaroni Kid Cedar Rapids email subscriber
- Votes with fake email addresses will not count and may disqualify the nominee from winning. It is against policy to place a vote using any email other than your own.
- Only the top 5 nominations in each category will be selected for voting.
- Macaroni Kid families will then vote on their favorites and one winner in each category will be selected.
- Nominate as many or as few businesses as you would like. You must nominate at least 5 categories to be eligible for the prize drawing.
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