mom of the year

Nominate a Mom You Know for the Second Annual Walmart Mom of the Year Awards

June 7, 2013 by Kathryn 2 Comments

Moms are amazing in so many ways, but there are some moms that go above and beyond to an extraordinary degree. Whether they balance a busy career as they are raising a thriving family or they devote countless hours to important causes while still caring for loved ones, there are hundreds of different ways a mom can stand out and become extraordinary.

Walmart Canada created the Mom of the Year Awards to honour those outstanding mothers in our lives and right now nominations are being accepted for the Second Annual Mom of the Year Awards. What I love so much about these awards is that they don’t just recognize the exceptional women in our lives; they also give those women the chance to recognize the causes they’re passionate about too. The Mom of the Year winner this year will receive $10,000 for herself and $100,000 to donate to her favourite charity!

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Which Worthy Woman will be Walmart Canada’s First Every Mom of the Year? #MOTY

September 24, 2012 by Kathryn 4 Comments

A few months ago I wrote about the launch of Walmart Canada’s first annual Mom of the Year award. This fabulous new program honours those moms that go above and beyond both for their children and for their community. After almost 17,000 nominations, the eight finalists have been chosen and soon one very special mom will receive $100,000 for her chosen charity and the honour of being the very first Mom of the Year!

I headed over to the Mom of the Year website to read through the finalists’ posts and I have to say, I do not envy the judges that have to choose just one of these amazing women to receive the title of Mom of the Year. From Katie Schulz, a dedicated mother and champion at raising awareness and funds for Cystic Fibrosis Canada to Olivine Bernatchez, a woman whose passion for volunteering earned her a medal from the Lieutenant Governor and who continues to give her time to others at 84 years of age, these women truly do embody selflessness, passion and dedication to the causes that are important to them.

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Nominate a Mother You Know for the Walmart Canada Mom of the Year Award #MOTY

June 19, 2012 by Kathryn 5 Comments

I don’t think there’s any more amazing job than being a mother. It’s both the most difficult and the most rewarding task that a woman can undertake. But there are some women that take motherhood to a whole new level of awesomeness and honouring those women is just why the Walmart Canada Mom of the Year Award was created.

I have to admit that when I first heard about this fabulous new annual award from Walmart Canada, I had a hard time figuring out whom I might want to nominate for this award. I’m honoured to know so many amazing mothers and I couldn’t imagine choosing just one for something so special. But then one day I realized that I knew the perfect woman for this award after all; a woman that has been a mother not just to one or two, but to dozens of kids that were all in need of care, special attention and, most of all, love.

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