Hi,
Well it has been a crazy for the last two weeks, ever since I won a $1.2 Million dollar house in Maryland. I bought a raffle ticket in December and figured I would get an email in January telling me who the winner was.
Friday the 23rd was the drawing for the house and what do you know, I WON! I still can't believe it. I took a trip to Maryland last weekend and visited my new estate. I live in Colorado and plan to sell this wonderful house, so it is now on the market for $800,000.
www.fiftydollarhouse.com
One thing you have to remember is that since this was a raffle I have to pay gambling taxes on the win and this is about $300,000. Ouch!
What has been a blast is all the media attention. I have been on the local TV stations in Denver as well as Wash DC. I was on Inside Edition, Good Morning America and went to NY this week to tape the Tyra Banks Show. www.tyrashow.com
It was a very interesting experience, they took my cell phone at the door and it is crazy back stage. The green room is really 8 green rooms and lots of noise and people. Tyra was doing a show on how to save money in a bad economy and I won a $1.2M house with a $50 raffle ticket.
While I evjoyed the 30 seconds I got on the show, it was the other people on the show that were the most fun. Heather, Freebies4Mom.com, and I went to the Colo School of Mines together but had never met. We are now best friends and will stay in touch. Then Wendy, sweetiessweeps.com, does nothing but enter free contests and she wins all kinds of stuff. These lady's are my kind of girls!
Now that the media attention is starting to die down, I can get back to my normal life, I hope.
The Fire Station Buddies on the other hand are getting a lot of attention as well. They have been part of the print media interviews I have done and can now add the Washington Post to their resume. With the money that I do make on the house will get me more advertising spots and allow me to get more books, Buddies and gear available for sale.
We are all flying high and having a lot of fun.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Press Release - The Legend
Hi,
The first book of ten is now available for purchase at the web site. Massive marketing will begin next week to promote this book. There will be future book signings where kids can come and see the Buddies, fire trucks, ambulances and law enforcement. So stay tuned.
See what is happening at www.firestationbuddies.com
Thanks,
Karen
Fire Station Buddies, Inc. – The Legend
by Karen McHale
Fiction
Soft cover; $9.99
ISBN: 978-0-615-24602-4
Available at
www.firestationbuddies.com
For more information,
please contact
the author at
firebuddies@att.net
Karen McHale
303-803-2669
Announcing the First of Ten Children’s Books in New Series Featuring the Fire Buddies
Author teaches kids to be prepared for emergency situations and raises money for volunteer fire departments across the United States Meet the Fire Buddies. These irresistible friends live in the mountain town of Glacier Creek, Colorado, and help the local firefighters take care of the
station and the trucks. They’re too young to go out on calls, but they just happen to be napping on Engine 2 one day when the alarm sounds and the engine takes off!
Arriving at a house fire, the Fire Buddies see frightened children and immediately get off the truck to comfort them. This helps Fire Chief Mark realize the Buddies can be useful, even though they can’t yet fight fires. Hereafter, the Buddies are each assigned to a truck and help the kids at the scene. Part and parcel with their new responsibilities, each has to learn how their individual truck and all its equipment operate. In short, the Buddies are now “firefighters in training.” Fire Station Buddies, Inc. – The Legend is available at www.firestationbuddies.com.
In addition, a safety and operations manual for older kids, other training-type and miscellaneous items, and actual hand-made Fire Buddies that love to play in the dryer are available on the website. 20-25% of all sales go into the fire fund to help volunteer fire departments purchase equipment! Kids can even join the crew at Station 2 and become volunteer Fire Buddies!
Future books: In the next nine books in the series, real children can learn about problem solving, strategy, and fire fighting right along with the Fire Buddies. Fire Station Buddies, Inc. – Incident Command System will be available in May of 2009, Fire Station Buddies, Inc. – Stealth Team 2 will be available July of 2009, and Fire Station Buddies, Inc. – Animal Control 22 will be available in late 2009.
# # #
Fire Station Buddies, Inc. – The Legend by Karen McHale, Fiction; Soft
cover; $9.99; ISBN: 978-0-615-24602-4
Author: Karen McHale is a chemical engineer and volunteer firefighter with the Clear Creek Fire Authority in Idaho Springs, Colorado. She is on the wildfire team, drives the ambulance, and helped compile the emergency operating procedures in her county. She has worked on hazard
management, mass causality, and pandemic planning and holds several certifications for fire fighting, safety, and management.
The first book of ten is now available for purchase at the web site. Massive marketing will begin next week to promote this book. There will be future book signings where kids can come and see the Buddies, fire trucks, ambulances and law enforcement. So stay tuned.
See what is happening at www.firestationbuddies.com
Thanks,
Karen
Fire Station Buddies, Inc. – The Legend
by Karen McHale
Fiction
Soft cover; $9.99
ISBN: 978-0-615-24602-4
Available at
www.firestationbuddies.com
For more information,
please contact
the author at
firebuddies@att.net
Karen McHale
303-803-2669
Announcing the First of Ten Children’s Books in New Series Featuring the Fire Buddies
Author teaches kids to be prepared for emergency situations and raises money for volunteer fire departments across the United States Meet the Fire Buddies. These irresistible friends live in the mountain town of Glacier Creek, Colorado, and help the local firefighters take care of the
station and the trucks. They’re too young to go out on calls, but they just happen to be napping on Engine 2 one day when the alarm sounds and the engine takes off!
Arriving at a house fire, the Fire Buddies see frightened children and immediately get off the truck to comfort them. This helps Fire Chief Mark realize the Buddies can be useful, even though they can’t yet fight fires. Hereafter, the Buddies are each assigned to a truck and help the kids at the scene. Part and parcel with their new responsibilities, each has to learn how their individual truck and all its equipment operate. In short, the Buddies are now “firefighters in training.” Fire Station Buddies, Inc. – The Legend is available at www.firestationbuddies.com.
In addition, a safety and operations manual for older kids, other training-type and miscellaneous items, and actual hand-made Fire Buddies that love to play in the dryer are available on the website. 20-25% of all sales go into the fire fund to help volunteer fire departments purchase equipment! Kids can even join the crew at Station 2 and become volunteer Fire Buddies!
Future books: In the next nine books in the series, real children can learn about problem solving, strategy, and fire fighting right along with the Fire Buddies. Fire Station Buddies, Inc. – Incident Command System will be available in May of 2009, Fire Station Buddies, Inc. – Stealth Team 2 will be available July of 2009, and Fire Station Buddies, Inc. – Animal Control 22 will be available in late 2009.
# # #
Fire Station Buddies, Inc. – The Legend by Karen McHale, Fiction; Soft
cover; $9.99; ISBN: 978-0-615-24602-4
Author: Karen McHale is a chemical engineer and volunteer firefighter with the Clear Creek Fire Authority in Idaho Springs, Colorado. She is on the wildfire team, drives the ambulance, and helped compile the emergency operating procedures in her county. She has worked on hazard
management, mass causality, and pandemic planning and holds several certifications for fire fighting, safety, and management.
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