Calling All Kids Age 8-11!  Join me this Saturday, September 8th, 2012 – Braintree, MA – Braintree Mall @ 2PM (Kids, 2nd Floor) at Macy’s!

This year, Macy’s is celebrating their 7th Annual Spelling Bee!  Recently, I was asked to be a part of this wonderful event!  Of course I could NOT say no!  Macy’s has been a part of my life since childhood.  Between the Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade (yes, I watch it every year), to the Macy’s Fourth Of July Fireworks (I watch those too), and everything that Macy’s does to support amazing charities, both locally and nationally, I didn’t need any convincing to say yes with a big smile!

During my youth, I remember begging my parents and their friends to ask me how to spell different words.  I would sit at our kitchen table, my piggy (really a dinosaur) bank in front of me, and expect coins in return for properly spelled words.  Most of the time, they complied.  Whether they went along with me because I was cute, or because I sounded like a broken record until I got my way, didn’t matter one bit.  The result for me was simple… I would spell words correctly and they would pay me.  Regardless of whether they gave me a penny or a quarter, I just loved the way my piggy (dinosaur) bank sounded after I depleted their wallets.

In today’s world, instead of Spelling Bee participants answering questions with a piggy bank in front of them, the prizes they will receive are a little more in tune with today’s times. That said, clearly you cannot have a contest without prizes!  Macy’s is awarding 27 fantastic prizes, for the 27 stores participating!

The winner from each store will receive a prize which includes… drum roll please… one (1) year of online learning from Kaplan Tutoring, a $150 online gift card from Scholastic, and $100 Macy’s Gift Card, and an Apple iPad 3.  The Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) for each Prize is about $1,650!  It would have been so dreamy If Macy’s sent representatives to pose as my parent’s friends during my youth with goody bags similar to the ones that competition winners will receive!  I would have forgotten about my piggy (dinosaur) bank for certain!

For more information about Macy’s Spelling Bee, how you can enter, contestant rules and regulations, as well as spelling bee locations and times by accessing this link!

Don’t forget to join @macys and @trendingmom using (hashtag) #MacysBee as we live tweet during the event!

Hope to see you at the Spelling Bee this Saturday, September 8th, 2012 – Braintree, MA – Braintree Mall @ 2PM (Kids, 2nd Floor) at Macy’s!  If you cannot make it, connect with @macys and @trendingmom on Twitter using #MacysBee during the event!

Disclosure: I am a member of the Everywhere Society and Everywhere provided me with compensation for this post about Macy’s Spelling Bee.  However, all thoughts and opinions expressed herein are my own.