And the Giveaway Winners are…

The giveaway winners are listed below and will be contacted via email WITHIN THE NEXT 60 MINUTES with further instructions. Please do NOT email me if you have specific questions related to the giveaways; instead, you can email bryn@hip2savedotcom (if you are a winner, I strongly encourage you to add the email address bryn@hip2savedotcom to your contacts or to be sure to check your spam folder as some readers have discovered the giveaway email in their spam folder). Thanks!

Please rest assured that all winners are chosen completely at random via a built-in system that randomly selects a set number of winners from each giveaway post. However, once the winners are selected, I review the comment that each winner left to be sure that the required question was answered (i.e state your favorite product over at ______). If the winner failed to answer the required question, then another randomly selected entrant is deemed the winner. I also keep a database of all the winner’s email addresses…this enables me to be sure that the same reader cannot win a giveaway more than once in a 30 day period. Hope this information helps to clarify some of your questions…if you still have questions related to the selection of winners etc, please email bryn@hip2savedotcom. Thanks!
Ranchmark Grill Control BBQ Stand, Tools and Drip Dish (8 Winners)
Required Comment: What is your favorite July 4th memory?
* Janelle F. “My favorite 4th of July memory is the 1st time I saw fire works when I was %. I’ve loved them ever since. Happy 4th everyone!!!”
* Liz D. “My fave 4th memory is simple: my middle child, my only girl, was born on June 29, 2006. That July 4th my husband took our firstborn out to visit with relatives at the lake while I stayed home with the baby. I spent the whole day nursing, napping together, and falling in love with my newborn baby girl.”
* Sarah W. “My fav. memory of the 4th is swing dancing in my grandparents driveway while watching fireworks!”
* Lori F. “One of my favorite memories would have to be having an “old fashioned Independence Day celebration” We had about 50 friends and family gathered at our home. We had great food, fellowship, swimming, inflatables, and of course fireworks. This was a few years ago and my son still asks if we can do it again. It was wonderful and another sweet memory for our children to remember from their childhood.”
* Amy J. “We have done an annual 4th Party for years now the family comes over and it never Fails Rain and Cold for Ohio weather year after year.. this year going to be 89!!! Pool here we come!”
* Alyshia S. “Favorite? When we stayed at a beach house in Newport, Ca with all my family there and did fireworks on the beach. So fun!”
* Tricia M. “Every year my brother has a BBQ and we watch fireworks from his house. It has been an annual tradition and I have too many wonderful memories just to mention one. Just spending time with all of my family is a great memory.”
* Deserae F. “My favorite memory is watching the fireworks at the river in Idaho Falls!”

Apple iPod Shuffle 2GB (5 Winners)
Required Comment: Why is the deployed soldier in your life deserving of an iPod Shuffle?
* Kaitlin B. “My best friend Tyler deserves this Ipod! He is serving in Iraq right now. 6 weeks after he left on deployment, his wife decided to leave him. 3 weeks later he found out that his daughter was abused by her baby sitter. He is going through so much right now and music is his escape from the world.”
* Jennifer “omg thank you Collin so much for doing this my hubby just left a couple days ago and would love to have this i can not afford to get him one right now and he really wanted one before he left i really hope he wins he is going to iraq he has two little girls at home that are 2 and 5 months he is the best thing that happened to me.”
* Ashley H. “A guy named Cary Carter!! He worked with me last 2 years when he was in anesthesia school as an SRNA & he married my friend, who is also a nurse, Jill!! They were also my neighbors. Now they moved across town but Jill is very sad at work because her Cary was deployed for 11 months. He worked so hard through no pay of 2 years of school & now is serving as a CRNA in the Army!! Yeah Cary!! He could totally use this IPOD!!”
* Brooke H. “My brother in law, Dan, is currently serving our country in Iraq. He is a doctor in the Army. He left behind his wife and 7 children who miss him dearly and I know he misses them. He and his wife are really into dancing. I’m sure he’d love to be able to listen to some of the music they dance to…to help drown out the noise of the fighter planes constantly flying overhead.”
* Cortnie H. “My husband’s best friend (for 30 years) is serving his 2nd tour overseas. He is a wonderful man and would love an IPOD. He has given up so much, including the births of his daughters, to serve his country.”