Luvs Take A Stand Campaign And $5 Off Coupon Giveaway

Unless you’re new here you know that my son CJ is 10 and still has some potty issues. When we travel he usually wears a pull-up. Both of my boys grew up in Luvs diapers. CJ loved them because they had Blue’s Clues on them. I loved them because they were more affordable than the other diapers and worked great. Low price does not always mean low quality.



Luvs is going to be offering a coupon for $5 off any Luvs product on September 15, 2009 as part of their Take A Stand campaign. The goal of this campaign is to empower folks to take a stand for things that are important to them, whether that be the price of diapers or something more personal. Marissa Jaret Winokur, Tony-Award-winning actress, Dancing With the Stars contestant, and host of Oxygen Network’s Dance Your Ass Off, is helping lead this campaign. If you visit the Luvs site you can watch videos of Marisa speaking about the things she takes a sand on. Plus you can join the community and share your own stories. There’s even a Baby Builder app that let’s you create your own avatar.

I don’t have a giveaway to offer you in this post. I put the word giveaway in the title to get your attention. It’s Luvs that’s giving something away (the $5 coupon). I can give you a piece of advice – you should take a stand for what you believe in, whether it be lower diaper prices or your child’s education.

My son CJ is ten and has been in our town’s school district for his whole life, beginning at the age of 3. Over the past two years we discovered that my son’s IEP had been broken several times. When we asked for things we were told that my son wouldn’t benefit. Here’s an example. CJ has severe speech delays. He’d gotten a minimal amount of signing in school and we asked for more many times. We were told he couldn’t manage learning sign and speech.

After much thought I decided that I wanted him taken out of the district. I wanted him to have the services he not only needed but also that he deserved. My Mom agreed immediately and RB wasn’t far behind. Of course the school didn’t want us to take him out of district – that costs more money. We stuck to our guns and looked at some other schools. The district even wanted us to look at schools where the people in charge consulted with the district. I turned those down and found the school I wanted him to go to. We fought for it and CJ started going to school there in July.

We have seen more progress in the last six weeks than we did in a very long time. We took a stand for what we believed our son needed and it is now paying off. He has been trying to talk more – we hear all sorts of words. He’s come home with a few new signs each week to accompany the words he’s trying so hard to say. I am so glad that he’s thriving there and that we took a stand. I have a special sign that I mentally give our school district every time CJ does things they said he couldn’t do. It involves giving the district a mental salute with one of my five fingers. Not ladylike I know but it’s how I feel.

I’d love to hear what you’ve taken a stand for. Please pretend this is a giveaway and leave me a comment telling me.

Tags: Blue's Clues, cj, Education, Luvs, pull-ups

Category: Family