Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

498
525
533
234
727

Timestamp: 2009-11-28 02:15:04 UTC

Unfortunately, comment #234 was found to be an invalid entry. As a replacement, the following comment was chosen:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

622

Timestamp: 2009-11-28 02:30:20 UTC

Congratulations to Sandy Huffman, Meg Snow, Natasha Laity Snyder, LaRee Holcomb, and Anne Gullion! Keep your eyes open for a confirmation e-mail that’s on its way to you.

It’s been quite the birthday celebration, and we thank you all for getting involved in our Birthday Bash giveaways!

With all the mashed potatoes, family gossip, and napping you’ve likely taken care of today, I expect that the winners of today’s giveaway is the last thing on your mind! It’s certainly a busy time of year, and we hope you had a marvelous time with family and friends on Thanksgiving. The winners of the Medium Can Packs were selected with the Random Integer Generator:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

290
480
420
673
200

Timestamp: 2009-11-27 02:29:41 UTC

Congratulations to “traceface”, Debbie Pratt, Jeanine Feldkamp, Jessica Jensen, and Jennifer Andersen! Keep your eyes open for a confirmation e-mail that we’ll be sending out. We wish happy shopping to all of you who are braving our Black Friday Sale tomorrow, and remember that that’s the day we’ll pick the winners of the Harvest 72″ systems! Good luck!

On Thanksgiving Eve, the team at Shelf Reliance is thankful for all of your birthday wishes and continued support. The winners of the Harvest 51″ systems were selected with the Random Integer Generator:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

697
776
61
149
747

Timestamp: 2009-11-26 00:11:07 UTC

Unfortunately, comment #697 was found to be an invalid entry. As a replacement, the following comment was chosen:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

586

Timestamp: 2009-11-26 00:50:41 UTC

Congratulations to Jessica Pulsipher, Sandy Perlic, Will Stillwell, April Elsegood, and Terri Walker! Keep your eyes open for a confirmation e-mail that we’ll be sending out. Happy Thanksgiving to all, and we’ll see you back here for our last two giveaways!

All this traveling will result in a few delays on the blog, but have no fear! Our Birthday Bash giveaways will continue as expected, and though announcements of our chosen winners might come late in the day, rest assured that we haven’t forgotten about your entries. Have a happy Thanksgiving, and we hope to see you snagging deals at one of our Black Friday locations!

Turkey Day’s getting closer and closer, and the prizes just keep coming! As mentioned in our King of All Giveaways post, the prize for today – Tuesday – is the Grain Mill Wheat Grinder.  This great kitchen accessory is regularly priced at $79.99, but it’s on sale now for $49.99. It would make a great gift for anyone who’s getting serious about food storage.

Now, on to the winners. We used random.org to choose 5 numbers between 1 and 845. Each of those numbers corresponds with an entry. Here are the chosen numbers:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

190
514
4
547
176

Timestamp: 2009-11-24 19:02:19 UTC

Those entries have earned a Grain Mill Wheat Grinder for 3 more newsletter subscribers and 2 more Facebook fans. Our winners are Cheri, Stacia, Lorraine, Diane, and Lynetta. All of their entries have been validated, and they’ll be receiving a confirmation e-mail shortly.

Thanks to all who entered! Those of you who are waiting to see your name appear in our list of winners still have time! 15 more prizes are ready to be awarded, and the best is yet to come. We’ll see you back here tomorrow!

You may have thought this day would never come, but here we are! It’s time to get these giveaways started. As mentioned in the giveaway post, the prize for today – Monday – is the Cansolidator Pantry. We used random.org to choose 5 numbers between 1 and 792. Each of those numbers corresponds with an entry. Here are the chosen numbers:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

521
650
84
256
379

Timestamp: 2009-11-23 19:04:17 UTC

Those entries have earned a Cansolidator Pantry for 3 newsletter subscribers and 2 Facebook fans. Our winners are Gigi Griffis, Heather Langer, Brittany (no last name given), Ashley Rahlf, and Kelsey Hornibrook. All of their entries have been validated, and they’ll be asked to accept their prizes via e-mail.

Thanks to all the participants! Remember, if you didn’t win, you’re not out of luck yet. We have 20 more prizes to give away, so stay tuned and keep your fingers crossed. Have a great day!

Celebrating our 5th birthday here at Shelf Reliance has been a blast so far, and all the festivities have gotten us to thinking about how the whole operation got started. What started as a small idea between college friends has evolved into a well-respected, growing company.

Jason and Lindsay Budge became acquainted with Steve and Amy Palmer while attending college. Though they didn’t know about the great friendship and partnership they would eventually form, both couples saw a great need and responsibility to prepare their families for the future.

Lindsay & Jason Budge

Amy & Steve Palmer

The Budges and Palmers have always believed that the keys to happiness are the pursuit of self-reliance and the proper balance of life’s priorities, including a sound education, healthy diet, physical fitness, financial independence, devotion to family, and faith in God. However, there was a key component missing in their goal to be self-reliant: an adequate supply of food and provisions to prepare their families for unforeseen hardships or emergencies. They didn’t know where to start, what to store, or how to rotate and use a long-term food supply.

In the summer of 2004, Jason and Steve felt a strong desire to find a solution to this problem. At a time when they were facing difficult decisions and personal challenges (including Jason’s wife, Lindsay, being hospitalized for three months to save her unborn twin daughters), Steve and Jason moved forward with a desire to help people become more self-reliant. They turned down extraordinary financial opportunities, took a leap of faith, and started Shelf Reliance.

Shelf Reliance has developed proprietary food rotation products which make food organization and rotation more manageable. We’ve also developed our own line of food, THRIVE. While the extensive shelf life of this line makes it an excellent solution for long-term food storage, the convenience and great taste of this easy-to-use product makes it the perfect complement to everyday meal preparation and proper daily nutrition. Shelf Reliance is passionate about having the best food products on the market and making them an essential part of everyday living!

Jason Budge and Steve Palmer

Through innovation, hard work, balance, the dedication of its employees and representatives, and an unceasing determination to help people around the world become prepared, Shelf Reliance has become the most trusted name in the industry.

It’s birthday time here at Shelf Reliance, and to celebrate the last five years, we’ll be giving away some truly spectacular prizes in sets of five! The King of All Giveaways is our way of saying thanks to loyal customers and faithful readers with over $5,000 in prizes – $5,639.75, to be exact. Let’s start by introducing the prizes, followed by the giveaway rules and entry methods.

THE PRIZES

From November 23rd-27th, we’ll be giving away five prizes a day. The winners will be chosen next week, but you can start leaving your entries now!

Monday, November 23rd

5 Cansolidator Pantry units, our ever-popular option for shelf organization and food rotation

Tuesday, November 24th

5 Grain Mill Wheat Grinders, a really great tool for adding the natural goodness of whole grain to your diet

Wednesday, November 25th

5 Harvest 51″ units, a system that adds organization and space to smaller homes

Thursday, November 26th

5 Medium Can Packages, featuring some of our most popular THRIVE foods in medium-sized cans. This is an extra-special offer for an item that’s not currently available on our site. Here are the foods you can expect to see in the medium can package:

Freeze Dried Raspberries
Apple Slices
Sausage TVP
Butter Powder
Potato Chunks
Freeze Dried Chopped Onions
Cornmeal
Elbow Macaroni
Beef Bouillon
Powdered Milk
Whole Eggs
Red & Green Bell Peppers
Orange Drink
Freeze Dried Strawberries
6 Grain Pancake Mix

Friday, November 27th

5 Harvest 72″ units, the ultimate in Food Rotation Systems from Shelf Reliance

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HOW TO ENTER

There are five different ways to enter our birthday bash giveaway. Please note that all entries must be left on the original blog post in order to be counted. After you complete an entry, return to the original blog post and leave a comment telling us which entry you’ve completed. Remember, you can increase your chances of winning by representing each entry in a separate comment. Although the prizes will be given away next week, you can start entering now! Don’t delay!

Entry #1 - Sign up for the Shelf Reliance newsletter at www.shelfreliance.com. If you already receive the newsletter, you can count this entry.

Entry #2 - Become a fan of Shelf Reliance on Facebook. If you’re already a fan, you can count this entry.

Entry #3 – Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter. Be sure to include a link to the giveaway post in your tweet. When leaving your comment for this entry, please include a link to your Twitter profile. (You can leave this link in the body of your comment OR in the URL field for your comment.)

Entry #4 - Write a blog post that includes a review for any Shelf Reliance product. The blog post should include at least one link to www.shelfreliance.com and another link to the product you’re reviewing. When leaving your comment for this entry, please include a link to the blog post that includes the review. (You can leave this link in the body of your comment OR in the URL field for your comment.) Note: you may repeat this entry as many times as you’d like by writing reviews of different products. Remember to represent each product with a separate comment.

Entry #5 – Purchase a can of our new THRIVE Fudge Brownies, with 100% of the proceeds donated to the Children’s Organ Transplant Association. You can visit this page to learn more about Benson and Claire Skinner, two special friends of Shelf Reliance who are in need of organ transplants. If you wish, you can also donate directly to COTA in the amount of $14.90 to earn this entry. Note: you may repeat this entry as many times as you’d like by purchasing multiple cans of THRIVE Fudge Brownies or donating $14.90 to COTA. Remember to represent each donation or can with a separate comment.

Entering our giveaway will mean that you’re entered to win all of the prizes described above. The winners of each daily giveaway will be announced at noon, according to the Mountain Time Zone. All entries received prior to noon on a certain day will be eligible to win that day’s prize and any prizes that follow. Entries will be accepted through Friday, November 27th at 12 pm.

Winners will be contacted via e-mail and will have a week to respond and accept their prizes. Entrants may win no more than one of our 25 prizes.

Only those in the continental U.S. are eligible to win these prizes with free shipping; those outside of the continental U.S. are free to enter if they agree to pay for the cost of shipping (should they win). Offer excludes dealers and Shelf Reliance employees. The winner will be chosen randomly. Entries will be checked and verified; any comments that aren’t in accordance with the giveaway rules will be disqualified and removed. Due to an increase in spam and inappropriate comments, please note that entries will be moderated and may not appear immediately. Please remember to leave each entry in a separate comment. Best of luck to all!

Update: Thank you for participating! Please make sure to double-check the entry rules before submitting comments. Many entries are being disqualified in an effort to make the giveaway as fair as possible. Entries must comply with the above rules to be approved. Please know that newsletter subscriptions from nonexistent e-mail addresses are easy to track and that any entries placed under such circumstances will be disqualified.

To celebrate our success and thank you for your support, we’ll be giving thousands of dollars in presents and freebies. It may be our birthday, but the party’s all about you. There are three special promotions to be aware of. Keep reading to learn about the discounts and prizes that are available to Shelf Reliance customers!

Birthday Bonus Sales

From Monday through Friday of this week, we’ll be hosting Birthday Bonus sales. Visit the Shelf Reliance blog at 5:00 pm each night to see which surprise item will be discounted by 50%. The sale will last from 5:00 pm to midnight for one day only, so you’ll have to be quick on your feet! A discount of 50% represents some pretty serious savings, so be sure to check back each day to discover the new Birthday Bonus. (Note: All times are scheduled according to the Mountain Time Zone.)

Gift Card Giveaway

In celebration of our 5 years at Shelf Reliance, every 5th order placed between Monday, November 16th and Sunday, November 22nd will be entered to win a $50 Shelf Reliance gift card. Both phone orders and online orders are eligible for this giveaway. This part of our birthday celebration is something of a surprise, so there’s no way to know for sure which orders are entered to win until the end of the giveaway. Of course, placing more orders in that time frame will increase your chances.

And last but not least …
The King of All Giveaways!

You simply can’t afford to miss out on this. We’ll be giving away FIVE EACH of the following items to blog readers just like you:

Cansolidator Pantry
Grain Mill Wheat Grinder
Harvest 51″
Medium Can Pack
Harvest 72″

All told, $5,589.75 in prizes will be awarded to our lucky winners. For more information on how you can be one of them, watch for a new blog post later today. Best of luck to each of you, and remember to stop back often for all the latest news on our Birthday Bash celebration. Thanks for reading, and thanks for supporting Shelf Reliance!