Life Foundation – Something A Little Different
What does Valentines mean to you? A big ring? A dozen roses? Chocolate? Wait, CHOCOLATE? For me, yea, it basically has always meant chocolate. I’ve never spent a Valentine’s day that was so romantic that I swore I’d never forget it. Actually the only one I can remember was the one when my first born child was about 4 weeks old. He was born on January 14th. And, that very February 14th, I made the decision that my hard working husband deserved a decent Valentines. So, I made arrangements to meet him at this Chinese place between our house and his job.
Well, the place was packed and our one month old son was far from even a little bit impressed with the lack of room and all the noise. Lesson Learned. Period. Anyway, there’s some other folks who do better holidays than I do and who celebrate better than we do. And, one such group of people are the people conducting an awareness campaign and are known as LIFE Foundation.
LIFE Foundation is holding a contest over the next few weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day. Basically, the idea is that Valentine’s Day has become to be labeled as a “greeting card holiday,” but this year in particular offers the opportunity for people to get back to the holiday’s roots by rethinking what a genuine gift of love is.
So, LIFE’s goal is to make this year’s holiday a time to consider life insurance and make it a selfless and enduring gift giving occasion. And, buying someone life insurance can be much like buying them chocolates. Ok, maybe that’s a bit much but you know what I mean. At least the life insurance would be around much longer than the box of chocolates. Unless you are like me and you wear that box of chocolates around your waist for a few years.
To encourage people to commit selfless acts of love this Valentine’s Day, LIFE is sponsoring an online contest during the weeks leading up to February 14. Anyone over age 18 is invited to nominate a close friend or family member who has exhibited selfless love for a chance to win a variety of prizes, including $2k towards the Cartier Love Collection! Learn more at http://www.insureyourlove.org/.
The contest ends February 14th! And, it’s worth noting that the act of selfless love doesn’t have to be insurance related but can be anything! I hope you enter as well!
Go check it out, ok? Just do it for me. Consider it your Valentine gift to me! mkay?
January 20th, 2009 at 11:22 am
if you study the history behind valentine’s day, it was not a romantic holiday at all, but a time to reflect on one’s love of family and life:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day
Great idea, thank you.