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2016 Gold Daisy Awards - Now Accepting Nominations

And YOU get the chance to win an overnight package at Suncadia!

February 4, 2016
Macaroni Kid Snoqualmie Valley - Issaquah is once again on a quest to find the places families love in our community: your favorite businesses, service providers, places to play and more!


Like the children’s daisy game “She loves me, She loves me not,” this award asks parents to PICK the best of the best. Macaroni Kid's Gold Daisy Awards recognize the most beloved local businesses for kids and families.
 
Who do parents turn to when they want to find the best places to go or the best doctors or the best story times? Other parents! We want YOU to nominate the businesses that your kids and your family love in Issaquah, Sammamish, Snoqualmie, North Bend, Fall City and Preston.  

How Do You Get Started?
From now through February 14, 2016 at 11:59pm, simply nominate your favorite businesses! Nominate as many or as few businesses as you would like. This is your chance to shout out to all of those awesome, local businesses you go to all the time and that other parents might not know about.  Only one submission per email address please; you must be a subscriber to the newsletter to nominate. You can subscribe here.

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CLICK HERE NOW to nominate 
local businesses via our online form.

What's In It For You? An Overnight Package to Suncadia!
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?  And yes, it's fun to win stuff too.  Just by nominating local businesses, you have a chance to win a FAMILY GETAWAY PACKAGE to the Suncadia Resort in Cle Elum, Washington. This package includes a one-night stay in a two-bedroom suite, as well as a $100 gift card to Portals Restaurant. 
What's In It For The Businesses?
We will announce the finalists and winners of each category in upcoming issues. The winning business in each category will receive free placement in our Business Directory for yearlong recognition, a 2016 Macaroni Kid Gold Daisy Awards certificate and window cling to display at their place of business, and the honor of knowing that local families think they are the greatest! 

Are you a business owner? Feel free to promote this contest to your loyal customers on your own customer lists, website, and social media! 

THE SCHEDULE
  • Nominations are open from February 4, 2016 until February 14, 2016.
  • Starting February 18, you can vote for the businesses that received the most nominations, only the top 5 businesses will be selected. Voting will close on March 4, 2016.
  • Winners will be announced on March 10, 2016.
RULES
  • Submit only one nomination ballot per email address; please nominate businesses in at least five categories.
  • To nominate a business you must be a Macaroni Kid Snoqualmie Valley-Issaquah email subscriber, to sign up click here.
  • 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.
  • Information Page: http://bit.ly/1ROxU7C
  • Sweepstakes Rules: http://bit.ly/1JGgszO
  • Macaroni Kid confirms AND validates each email to ensure authenticity. We reserve the right to eliminate votes that are deemed to be invalid or have interfered with the fair administration of this contest. 
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CLICK HERE NOW to nominate 
local businesses via our online form.