Giveaway: $50 Visa shopping card for one lucky mama!

04/15/2015 nwamamas

It may be April 15th, but we’re starting a giveaway today that’s sure to turn that tax-day frown around: One of you awesome mamas will win a $50 Visa shopping card!

We KNOW you want to score that.

FNB Logo-Stacked-Reversed with black backgroundThe giveaway is courtesy of First National Bank of NWA, which is the sponsor of a new feature we’ll have on nwaMotherlode starting later this month called “$avvy Banking with FNBNWA”.

$avvy Banking will be a Q&A format where your money questions will be answered by the finance-wise bankers at First National Bank of NWA.

FNBNWA is a community, family owned bank in NWA dating back to 1872 with branches in Rogers, Centerton, Fayetteville and Lowell.

HOW TO ENTER: If you’d love to win this $50 shopping card, throw your name in the online hat! Just click on the words “leave a comment” at the bottom of this post and share a money question you’d like to have answered by First National Bank of NWA for our new $avvy Banking segment.

Are you hoping to buy a bigger house and are wondering how much you can afford? Are you concerned about any money mistakes you might be making? Are you going through a divorce and wondering how you can protect yourself financially? Are you just wondering how you can save more?

We know some of you may not want to ask your question in public, so you can also email your answer to us at giveaways@nwaMotherlode.com.

Motherlode_Ad_MOBILEINCREASE YOUR ODDS OF WINNING: Help us spread the word about the $50 Visa shopping card giveaway by emailing your friends and family about the giveaway. We’ll give you an extra chance to win for every person you tell. Just be sure to put giveaways@nwaMotherlode.com on the CC line of your note so we can give you proper credit.

(You can also earn an extra chance to win by signing up to receive the free email newsletter we send once a week. Click here to sign up.)

facebook-twitterBE SOCIAL: You can also earn extra chances to win by commenting on our Facebook page, following us on Twitter or following us on Pinterest. If you do any of those, just mention it in your comment or email so we can give you proper credit.

We’ll choose a winner for the $50 shopping card a week from today, on Wednesday, April 22nd. In the meantime, visit the First National Bank of NWA Facebook page and see what they’ve got going on. Click here to stop by. They like to share lots of fun NWA news along with real-time banking info!

Good luck, mamas!

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