Newborns in Need Charity Drive

From August 19th-September 16th, AllFreeKidsCrafts.com is teaming up with Red Heart Yarn for the Newborns in Need Charity Drive. Newborns in Need is a national charity that donates care necessities to agencies and hospitals serving premature, ill, or impoverished newborns. Our goal is to donate as many newborn goods as we can to help Newborns in Need help babies and their families.

How Can You Help?
Donation Requirements
Address to Send Donations
Red Heart Yarn Prize Package
Rules
 

How Can You Help?

To contribute to the Newborns in Need Charity drive you can craft a newborn need or purchase one of the approved items. Please read the requirements before purchasing or beginning to craft anything.

Note: Newborns in Need is not currently asking for hats of any kind.

Craft:

An Easy Way to Help: Cut fleece in the proper size (from 30 to 36" square), and then use a skip blade around the border, producing tiny holes. Then, crochet a border of your choice around it.

Other Choices:

• Free Sewing Patterns
• Free Crochet Patterns
• Free Knitting Patterns

Donate:

• Flannel or Fleece Receiving blankets
• Sleepers
• Baby wash- unscented
• Pacifiers
• Bottles
• Outfits for the newborn- sleepers
• Diaper bags or tote bags

Requirements:

• All crafted and purchased items must feel soft and be washable. If handmade and needs to be washed, it must be washed in fragrant-free baby detergent and, quickly after drying, sealed in a plastic bag.
• If crocheting, do not use a pattern that produces large holes.
• No ties are permitted on anything, including clothes and bibs.
• Do not use yellow, gray, or dark colors. Please use baby pastels- pink, white, blue, light green, and lavender.
• The items must come from a smoke-free household.

• Note: Newborns in Need is not currently asking for hats of any kind.

Address to Send Donations:

All items should be sent to:

Prime Publishing LLC
AllFreeKIdsCrafts Newborns in Need Drive
3400 Dundee Rd, Suite 220
Northbrook, IL 60062

In your package, please include a slip of paper with your name and email address so that we can enter you in the drawing to win the Red Heart Yarn prize package.

Red Heart Yarn Prize Package:

Every person who donates a crafted or purchased item will be entered to win the Anne Geddes Red Heart Yarn prize package. For every item you donate, you will be entered into the drawing once. If you donate five items, you will be entered into the drawing five times.

• 1 ball of each color of Anne Geddes Yarn
• 1 set of Size 8 tipping points needles
• 1 bamboo crochet hook
• 1 red heart thread cutter pendant
• 1 Crochet Today Magazine
• 1 Knitting Made Easy book
• 1 Crochet Made Easy book
• 1 RH Tote Bag

Free Sewing Patterns

1. Burp Cloth Tutorial

2. Baby Quilt

3. Diaper Pouch and Changing Pad

4. Angel Wrap

5. Cozy Layette

Free Crochet Patterns

1. Pastel Rainbow Baby Blanket

2. Seed Stitch Burp Cloth

3. Baby Mitts

4. Cozy Soft Baby Cocoon

5. Cloud Baby Booties

6. Newborn Baby Sleep Gown  

7. Pink Fluffy Clouds Cocoon    

Free Knitting Patterns

1. Easy Stay On Bib

2. Little Baby Mittens

3. XOXO Hugs and Kisses Cable Baby Blanket

4. Baby Bunting

5. Baby Cocoon Knitting Pattern

6. Baby Cuddle Sack

7. Knitted Baby Booties

Rules

Newborns in Need Charity Drive, Promotion #NIN. Prize courtesy of Red Heart Yarns ("Provider of Prizes")

1. ELIGIBILITY

While the charity drive is open internationally, the prize package, collectively known as the "Promotions," are offered and open only to legal residents of United States and its territories (except residents of Puerto Rico) and Canada (except residents of Quebec) at least 13 years old at the time of entry. Employees and directors of Prime Publishing LLC, affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotion agencies, judges and legal advisors, and the immediate family (parent, child, sibling and spouse of each) or members of the households of such employees and directors are not eligible. By entering, you (and your parents and legal guardians if you are a minor) agree to these "Official Rules" and that the decisions of Sponsor and Prime Publishing LLC are final and binding in all respects.

Void in Puerto Rico, the Province of Quebec and where prohibited.

2. PROMOTIONAL PERIOD

Promotional period begins on August 19, 2013 at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time (ET), and ends on September 16, 2013 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET.

3. TERMS

You may donate an unlimited number of items. Each item donated shall be counted as one entry in the prize drawing.

Sponsor's computer system shall be the official computer for the random selection of winners. Winners, and the prizes won by each winner, will be determined by a random drawing.

Failure to claim a prize within fourteen (14) days of the date on which the prize is awarded shall result in forfeiture of the prize.

You are eligible to win an AllFreeKidsCrafts.com sweepstakes only once every six months. Only one winner per household is permitted in any sweepstakes. You are eligible to win a prize valued at $300.00 or more only once every twelve months.

4. PRIZES/ ODDS

The prizes offered in the Promotion, along with the odds of winning and the approximate prize value for the prizes, are as follows:

To be declared a winner for any of the prizes offered through the Promotion, a potential winner from Canada will be required to correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a 4-function mathematical skill-testing question in no more than 5 minutes, the test to be administered by telephone. If a potential winner from Canada cannot be contacted and the skill test administered within seven (7) days of notification, or the question is not correctly answered, the prize will be forfeited. Canadian residents may be subject to withholding taxes, and Canadian residents are responsible for the reporting and payment of any income taxes.

TAXES ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILTY OF WINNER. CANADIAN RESIDENTS MAY BE SUBJECT TO WITHHOLDING TAXES AND CANADIAN RESIDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPORTING ANY PAYMENT OF ANY INCOME TAXES.

5. PLAYING CONDITIONS

Sponsor reserves the right to investigate and verify any prize winner and disqualify any winner who it finds, in its sole judgment, has not complied with these Official Rules

Winner and verification determinations are made by Sponsor, whose decisions are final and binding in all respects.

6. GENERAL CONDITIONS

Winners may be required to complete, execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and where lawful, a Publicity Release within seven (7) days of notification in a form provided by Sponsor. Failure to return documents timely, or if prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable, or if Winner is found not to be in compliance with these Official Rules or otherwise ineligible, may result in disqualification with an alternate Winner selected.

Where permitted by law, you hereby give permission to Sponsor and its respective parent companies, distributors, affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, vendors, advertising agencies and promotion agencies and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents permission to use, reproduce, exhibit, display, print, distribute, publish and broadcast, without any obligation to compensate you, your name, city/state, picture, portrait, likeness, voice, biography, and winner's statement, contained in, or relating to, your entry in the Promotion in any and all advertising marketing and promotional materials, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the world wide web, except where prohibited by law, and without notice, approval or review by you.

Where permitted by law, you, and on behalf of your heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Prime Publishing, LLC and their parent companies, distributors, affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, vendors, advertising agencies and promotion agencies, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability for, or relating to, any and all rights, claims and causes of action whatsoever that you may have, or which may arise, against any of the foregoing for any matter or cause whatsoever, including without limitation, any injuries, loss or damage of any kind, whether direct or compensatory, incidental, consequential or otherwise to any person, including death, and property damage, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the Prize, your participation in any Promotion-related activity, or your participation in the Promotion.

Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion or the Website; to be in violation of the Terms of Service of the Website; to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person.

Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed or like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods and persons using any such methods will be disqualified. Each entry submission must be manually key stroked and manually entered by the individual entrant; automated and/or repetitive electronic submission of entries (including but not limited to entries made using any script, macro, bot or sweepstakes service) will be disqualified and transmissions from these or related email or IP addresses may be blocked. The accumulation of coins generated through robotic, automatic, macro, or like methods is also strictly prohibited, regardless of whether the Automated Cheat was used in connection with your account.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A USER OR ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND COSTS (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEYS' FEES) FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

If for any reason this Promotion is not capable of running as planned due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Promotion, Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion. If the Promotion is terminated due to tampering or technical difficulties prior to its expiration date, notice will be posted at http://www.favecrafts.com

ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES FROM THOSE RESPONSIBLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

7. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

SPONSOR DOES NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMMUNICATIONS LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO ITS WEBSITES. SPONSOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROBLEMS OR TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION OF ANY TELEPHONE NETWORK OR TELEPHONE LINES, COMPUTER ON-LINE SYSTEMS, SERVERS, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, FAILURE OF ANY E-MAIL OR ENTRY TO BE RECEIVED BY SPONSOR ON ACCOUNT OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, HUMAN ERROR OR TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON THE INTERNET OR AT ANY WEBSITE, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.

SPONSOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INCORRECT OR INACCURATE CAPTURE OF INFORMATION OR THE FAILURE TO CAPTURE SUCH INFORMATION, WHETHER CAUSED BY WEBSITE USERS, TAMPERING OR HACKING, OR BY ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT OR PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATED WITH OR UTILIZED IN THE PROMOTION. SPONSOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR INJURY OR DAMAGE TO PARTICIPANTS' OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON'S COMPUTER RELATED TO OR RESULTING FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROMOTION OR DOWNLOADING MATERIALS FROM OR USE OF THE WEBSITE.

IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR, PRIME PUBLISHING LLC OR THEIR PARENT COMPANIES, DISTRIBUTORS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, VENDORS, ADVERTISING AGENCIES AND PROMOTION AGENCIES AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROMOTION, ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE OR THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE WEBSITE AND IN THIS PROMOTION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

8. DISPUTES

As a condition of participating in this Promotion, you agree that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between the parties, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion, or any prizes awarded, or the determination of the Winner shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action exclusively by arbitration pursuant to the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association, then effective. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will you be permitted to obtain awards for, and you hereby waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys' fees, other than your actual out-of- pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering this Promotion), and you further waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or your rights and obligations or Sponsor's or Prime Publishing LLC's rights and obligations in connection with this Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Illinois, U.S.A., without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof, and all proceedings shall take place in that State in the City of Northbrook, County of Cook.

In the event of a dispute as to the identity of the Winner based on an e-mail address, the winning entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational, institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e- mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.

9. WINNERS LIST

For name of winners mail a self-addressed stamped envelope for receipt no later than 30 days after this promotion expires to: Promotion # ___ (see above) c/o Prime Publishing LLC, 3400 Dundee Road, Northbrook, IL 60062. For Official Rules mail a self- addressed stamped envelope to the above address marked "OFFICIAL RULES" for receipt no later than 10 days before this promotion expires. Canadian residents may omit return postage for rule and winners list requests.

10. Sponsored by:

Prime Publishing LLC, 3400 Dundee Road, Northbrook, IL 60062. With special thanks to our 'Provider of Prizes'.