Giveaway: The cold and flu package.
Posted by Donna Freedman on Oct 7, 2011 | 121 commentsAnybody else here old enough to remember hot-water vaporizers with Vicks Vapo-Rub dissolved in them? Big glass-bodied things that bubbled and murmured and released a menthol-scented steam that helped us croupy kids breathe.
I rediscovered that aroma at BlogHer 2011 — in a box of tissues.
A box of Puffs Plus Lotion With the Scent of Vicks is sitting on my desk right now. It’s the centerpiece of this year’s cold and flu package, which could be yours if the random number generator smiles on you.
In addition to the tissues, the giveaway includes:
- A box (20 tablets) of Adult Robitussin Peak Cold Formula
- A box of Zarbee’s All-Natural Nighttime Cough & Sleep Drink
- A tube of Chapstick Moisturizer (green apple flavor) for your fever-cracked lips
- Four sample packets of Advil Congestion Relief
- A 16-count package of Cepacol lozenges, in case your throat is raw from coughing
- A box of Celestial Seasonings Lemon Zinger tea bags — hot liquids are good for you when you have a cold, but I’m sending a non-caffeinated tea because sleep is good for you, too
- A cute li’l jar of Bonne Maman honey, to go in the tea
- It’s packaged in a reusable shopping bag whose logo is very appropriate: SaveAntibiotics.org.
Here’s hoping you’ll sail through the fall and winter without a single sniffle. But if you get sick, you’ll be ready to self-medicate.
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The deadline is 9 p.m. PDT on Monday, Oct. 10.
Oh, aren’t those tissues the best? Vicks fixes everything…
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I was raised on Vicks, I also use it for sore muscles. This giveaway sounds like something to keep at your desk, because stuff sneaks up on you.
I follow both yours and your daughter’s “I Pick up Pennies” via email. Hopefully your daughter has the same bag of cold-goodies also.
Always good to plan ahead….thank you
I love the Vicks scented tissues, they come in handy when I’m stuffed up from an allergy attack as well.
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That sounds like it could be very useful in the coming months! Count me in, and thank you for doing the giveaway! (Hope you’ve got a stash of your own, though, just in case.)
Ah, Mom treating you with Vicks Vapo-Rub and Jones sausages when you’re a sick little kid. Good times.
Hope I don’t need the kit this winter but would love to have it at my desk as a weapon against my co-workers germs.
Thanks Donna!!!
I totally remember those vaporizers! My Mom had this weird bluish glass one and you put Vicks in the top in this little spout thing, but it worked!
I hope I don’t need any of this stuff in the coming season, but if I do, it sure would be nice to have!
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Thank you!
I would love to win.
The giveaway sounds cool… count me in!
Good to be prepared!
Ohhh, what a wonderful prize. This would soothe my poor tired self
I already have my first cold/flu of the season–yuck! But this would help me be ready for the next!
sounds like a neat prize for a bad situatin. This would help greatly!!
I bought a Vicks Vaporizer brand new a year or two ago (they are plastic now) to help my daughter — and, thus, me — sleep when she had a cold. That thing is MAGIC!
I never had the Vicks contraption, but have seen them. Count me in.
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I’d love to win this! Thanks for the chance!
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i never win anything, but i enter contests and giveaways just the same.
Thanks for giving away the loot.
Great giveaway idea!
I hope I don’t need these things, but hey, just in case.
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The perfect survival kit for the cold and flu season! Thanks!
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Flu shot – check! Cold and flu package – check! I’ll be covered!
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sounds like a deal
Last time I got sick, I only had kids medicine in the cabinet!
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I love vicks!! What ever my Mom used–I use.
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Thanks for the chance! A cold package would be great!
Would love to have this! I hate being sick and having to go to the store. It’d be great to be stocked up in advance.
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I have a nasty cold now a nd could use your basket.
We always did the Vicks on our chest covered with a towel warmed in the dryer.
This is one prize I would like to win and never need to use.
I could use this right now (snuffle). Thanks.
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Oooh. Pick me, pick me! I subscribe via email.
Probably need this at least once this Winter.
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I do remember the hot-water vaporizers with Vicks.! My mom always used it when we were sick. Thanks for the giveaway! We’re already finding our first colds of the season.
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I would love to have these things on hand for the inevitable cold…
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I want to win this as I have an awful yucky cold right now!
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This would be a great to have on habd
i have a cold
Someone in my family will need these items!
I remember the vaporizers with Vicks vapor rub dissolved inside! Loved the smell!! Please enter me!
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Need to win this to stock up before sickness hits
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On week 2 of my fluey thing … this sounds like the next thing to heaven!
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We could really use this. Thanks.
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This would be a great pack to have if I get a cold this year!
just got over a nasty cold. So I know someone else in my family will soon be following and need these items.
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Be prepared, I always say! Love your blog.
Oh, my gosh, I sure could use this!
I could totally use this cold and flu package!
Hi, Cold Season is upon us!
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My husband could use this about now!
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Just subscribed via email. It’s OK if I don’t win : ) Don’t want you to mail this package cross-country.
@Hunter: I mail giveaways all the time. This is not a problem.
Pick me!
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Yeah – I remember the vaporizer – and Mom rubbing the vapor rub on my chest when I was a kid. Boy, am I dating myself or what?!
I would love to win this prize pacakge.
Thanks for the opportunity and the memories!
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Great giveaway!
We all need a care package like that!
Just found your site and I love it!
So need this lil’ pkg! Anybody remember the home remedy of putting vicks vapor rub on the bottoms of your feet…and wearing socks to bed? I still do it…it really helps! Really!
This would be handy!
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I dont remember, but I would still love to win!
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I remember Vicks but I have the best memory of camphor oil. My mom would heat up a spoon of it and rub it on my chest. Still love that smell.
this is a Wonderful Giveaway!!!!! Wonderful idea and so sweet and generous of you!! I am from swapmamas
Doubt Ill win, I have entered soooo many but have never won anything so i doubt very seriously i will lol but this giveaway is worth a try~~ <3
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Entry #3 –>> Because a Fan on Facebook! oooo and also shared you!!! Hope I win
Could def use the giveaway, i get sick AlOt!
Anyways mama thanks for the great giveaway!
I remember the vicks rub and the vaporizer . Seems like only yesterday but in reality was 40 years ago!