WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
We have had 12 new members join us this week – so a big ESP welcome to maisie1977, flump_02, mumsy, finners19, natalie, NICOLA, TRISHA, 2fordan, rhian, Leanne Davies, allansmum, & ambernectar. If you haven’t already, come and let us know about you and your family in Introductions where we have opened a thread especially for each of you. If you need any help with anything just send an email to wiccababe
COMPETITIONS
Congratulations to Nikki (mumof4) for getting the 11,000th post.
The ESP Trivia Challenge is proving very popular with some of you, and there’s plenty of time to get great scores racked up for July, with a big box of choccies up for grabs for the highest scorer.
Adam (daddy2josh) won last weeks Caption Competition and a new one will start on Sunday so get those clever and funny captions in.
NB: all outstanding prizes will be posted out this week – sorry!
CELEBRATIONS
We have no birthdays, anniversaries or any other celebrations on the calendar this week, so remember to post all your family birthdays and celebrations on the Calendar and we will help you celebrate
SHOPPING
YELLOW MOON brings together the best value arts and crafts, educational products and craft ideas under the sun! EVERY time you buy from YELLOW MOON (either online or from the catalogue) Extra Special Parents receive up to 25% cash-back (excl. VAT and p&p). So, the MORE you buy the MORE they receive! SHOPPING on-line with YELLOW MOON is a rewarding experience. Not only is Extra Special Parents rewarded with a cash-back, but you’re rewarded too with a 5% discount every time you order £45 or more (excl. p&p) before 31st August 2006! Just remember to quote our source code SEX10033
We also have an affiliate agreement with the following online retailers: AMAZON , The Kids Window, Letterbox, PC World, The National Lottery, Books Direct, Ann Summers and Knickerbox so that any purchases you make through the links we have provided will result in Extra Special Parents receiving a small commission.
Our other affiliate scheme is with eBay, every time you use the link and bid or buy it now, we receive a small commission, and if you don’t have an eBay account and sign up via the link we also receive a small commission. EBay is the world’s most popular auction site, where you can pick up some terrific bargains for yourselves and your family and also sell all that stuff you no longer need.
TELL YOUR STORY
Some of you know the reasons why we started the Extra Special Parents website; how isolated we felt and how difficult we found it trying to find information and support for Willow’s congenital condition. We have been in touch with a press agency to tell our story to raise awareness not only of Willow’s condition but to promote ESP to more parents and carers who have had the same difficulties.
The agency has very kindly offered to hear stories from any of our members, if you wish to tell your story. If your story is printed in any of the newspapers or magazines, the agency will secure a payment to you for your trouble, usually in the region of £200.
Extra Special Parents is a closed forum, and non-members DO NOT have access to any posts you make, and we do not pass any of your details to anyone without your express permission.
If you would be interested in telling your story please email wiccababe and I can give you more details.
ESP 2 - SISTER SITE
The ESP forum has sprouted arms and legs over the last 6 months and so Graham has set up a sister site ESP2. At the moment it’s for photos of all our extra special mummies, daddy’s and other family members as well as a Hobby Corner. If you haven’t already joined ESP2, just click here and register using the same username as you use on ESP. And watch out in the coming months for more additions to the sister site.
WEB AWARDS
We have managed to win a number of Web Design and Website Awards lately, so we are very proud to show them off on the Awards Page of the site. We would also like to thank all of you who have voted for us for some of them.
Have a great week everyone
Graham Brockie & Debbi Robertson
The Management Team