This month marks the 6th birthday of Sunshine Rewards, and we want to celebrate it with our members! Between now and January 23, we have some great stuff going on!

On a personal level, I cannot thank enough the merchants, OPMs, networks, and MEMBERS who have helped us stay in business and thriving over these last 6 years. Sunshine Rewards is more than just a job for me. It’s a way of life for my family.

Now on to the fun!

• Crazy Credits: Visit the forum to see how completing offers and taking surveys can earn you DOUBLE credits in this member-favorite contest.
• Sunshine Rewards Trivia: Think you know Sunshine Rewards? We will be posting trivia questions across the forum, our Facebook page, and Twitter. Be the first to answer correctly and win prizes!
• Hidden Birthday Cake: Find the birthday cake hidden on Sunshine Rewards and win a party favor. (starting soon)
• Increase Cash Back: We’re offering great cash back on some of your favorite merchants. See the Sunshine Rewards homepage for a current listing.
• New Member/Referral Contest: Every new person who joins Sunshine Rewards between January 18th and 23th will be entered to win a $25 Amazon Gift Certificate. Even better–if you are the member listed as their referral and they win, you win a $25 Amazon Gift Certificate as well!
• Share Your Memories: We are inviting all Sunshine Rewards members to share their favorite memories on our Facebook wall. They can be sweet, sentimental, or even sassy. We want to know what you remember most about the past 6 years.

Stay tuned to the forum, our Facebook, and Twitter for more information!

We are excited to announce the winners of our Sunshine Rewards 2011 Holiday Giveaway! A huge thanks goes to our sponsors, who make our contests possible. In addition to the prizes below, we gave way THOUSANDS of dollars in bonuses! Read on to find out who won, how you should claim your prizes, and what will happen to the prizes that are not claimed.

Amazon Kindle (4Inkjets) Jan C. (19526)

$50 Fashion Playtes Gift Certificate (FashionPlaytes.com) Marcy M. (124) and Kim S. (65)

$50 Stila Gift Certificate (Stila Cosmetics) Poppy H. (3480)

Dale and Thomas Gift Basket (Dale and Thomas Popcorn) Karn M. (4187) and Jennifer N. (22847)

Butter Pecan Meltaways (David’s Cookies) Lynne M. (3670) and Lourdes M. (11197)

Slice Gift Package (Slice Products) Loretta G. (10427)

Thermos and Mug Set (Deluxe) Karen L. (6057)

Two Pair of Cleatskins (Cleatskins) Stephanie P. (4868)

Club Penguin One Month Membership (Disney Games) Mary Lynn R. (6669)

LiLash Purified Eyelash Serum (LiLash) Alicia C. (22276)

$50 Groupon Gift Certificate (Groupon) Sue C. (16574)

World Map (Maps.com) Linda W. (4640)

Pair of Ray Bans (EyeGlasses123) Katie A. (7033)

Burberry BE4074 Sunglasses (Shop Sunglasses) Susan I. (22039)

Gift Certificate for Sports Memorabilia (Fan Zoo) Carrie N. (14221)

To claim your prize, please fill out a Ticket with your shipping address and phone number. Prizes must be claimed by midnight Eastern January 23. If you have no use for your prize or would like it to be awarded to someone else, let us know. All unclaimed prizes or declined prizes will be given away in a Second Chance Contest in the Sunshine Rewards Forum starting January 24.

Original Post: Want to win a $25 Amazon gift card just for playing games? Sunshine Rewards is happy to be sponsoring a new contest on Facebook featuring the Big Fish game Fairway Fever.

What is Fairway Fever? The goal of Fairway Fever is to clear as many cards as possible within one minute. Fairway Fever runs on a tournament style, where each week you compete with your friends for the highest score and longest drive. There is a tutorial in the game to show you how to play.

Rules: You must be a Sunshine Rewards member to be eligible. Our tournament starts December 5 and ends at 11pm Eastern on December 9. Visit the tournament on Facebook at: http://apps.facebook.com/fairwayfever. To have your high score registered, you MUST “friend” me (Tricia Meyer) on Facebook so that I can officially see your score.

Also, be sure to visit the Sunshine Rewards Facebook page periodically to post your scores and see those that others have posted to see how you are doing in the tournament.

The person with the highest score as of the end of the tournament wins the $25 Amazon gift certificate. The runner up will get a Sunshine Rewards prize pack of goodies.

Be careful, we are not responsible for your chores, laundry, work, and meals not getting done because you get addicted to the game! And don’t forget that you can find Fairway Fever and many other games at Big Fish. In fact, you’ll find great Big Fish Games coupons and cash back through Sunshine Rewards.

(And don’t worry that you will have stay Facebook friends with me. I only need to see your score on Friday to confirm it!)

What is Appliance Art? Appliance Art is an easy way to customize the look of your kitchen without remodeling or spending a lot of money. Give your refrigerators, cabinets, or dishwasher an easy upgrade when you apply colorful, seasonal, chalkboard, whiteboard, or even stainless-steel looking magnets or adhesives. Change up the look in your kitchen with an easy peel and stick.

Here are a few of our favorites:

Right now you can get 40% off any purchase at Appliance Art when you use our exclusive coupon code SUNSHINE40 (ends November 20). Plus, enter below to win the holiday art of your choice. Visit Sunshine Rewards to see all of the Appliance Art coupons and cash back offers.

To enter:

1) Visit Appliance Art and check out their collection. Leave a comment below telling us which Appliance Art product you like most and how you would use it (one entry).

2) Post on Twitter about the contest and leave a comment below with your Tweet (one entry).

3) Blog about this contest or post the contest in your giveaway section and leave your link to the post below (one entry).

4) “Like” the Appliance Art Facebook page and leave a comment below with your Facebook name (one entry).

Drawing will take place November 20, 2011, at noon Eastern. Must be a US Resident, age 18 or older to enter. Winner will be notified via e-mail and have 24 hours to respond or a new winner will be selected.

Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend but it doesn’t mean that she shouldn’t check out Emeralds, Rubies, Pearls, and Garnets as well. In fact, the most beautiful jewelry is that jewelry that is designed specially for you in whatever metals and gems you like best. There’s no better place to design that jewelry than Gemvara and we are lucky enough to be giving away a $150 gift certificate to their site!

I spent a little while on the Gemvara site today and was amazed. There are so many reasons to customize your own jewelry. Here are just a few that I came up with as I was playing around with their design tool:

• Create “family jewelry” such a s Mother’s pendant with the gemstones for everyone in the family–dad included.
• Create a special initial or birthstone piece for a daughter’s 16th birthday.
• Design a piece in the colors and metals that match most of your outfits so that you have a “go to” piece of jewelry that you can where almost any time.
• Create jewelry that matches a certain outfit that you really want to accessorize to wear to a wedding or reunion.
• Customize a piece of jewelry in such a way that it will fit your own personal budget.
• Create a family heirloom that can be passed down with a personal touch because it was created by the family.

I just love this site and I know that you will, too. Combine their beautiful jewelry with the Gemvara coupons and cash back that we offer on Sunshine Rewards and you will have an exquisite, high quality piece of art for yourself or a loved one that will be cherished over time. Watch the video below and see how you can get entered to win a $150 Gemvara gift certificate.

To enter:

1) Visit Gemvara and create your own piece of jewelry. Leave a comment below with the link to the piece that you design (one entry).

2) Post on Twitter about the contest and leave a comment below with your Tweet (one entry).

3) Blog about this contest or post the contest in your giveaway section and leave your link to the post below (two entries).

Drawing will take place November 15, 2011, at noon Eastern. Must be a US Resident, age 18 or older to enter. Winner will be notified via e-mail and have 24 hours to respond or a new winner will be selected.

Halloween Express is your headquarters for both child and adult costumes, including teen and plus sizes. They have everything from full costumes to accessories like wigs and makeup. Find this year’s most popular costumes like the Captain American, Sue from Glee, Smurfs, Monster High, Mad Hatter, and more. No matter what you want to be, you can find it at Halloween Express.

We even have Halloween Express coupons. Use our exclusive coupon code SUNSHINEREWARD to save 10% sitewide plus get 5% cash on purchases.

To enter:

1) Visit Halloween Express and look around. Leave a comment below telling us which costume on Halloween Express you would buy if you won the gift card (one entry).

2) Post on Twitter about the contest and leave a comment below with your Tweet (one entry).

3) Follow us on Twitter (@sunshinerewards) and leave a comment below (will be verified) (one entry).

4) Blog about this contest or post the contest in your giveaway section and leave your link to the post below (two entries).

Drawing will take place October 11, 2011, at noon Eastern. Must be a US Resident, age 18 or older to enter. Winner will be notified via e-mail and have 24 hours to respond or a new winner will be selected. Halloween Express gift card to be used online only.

Congrats to our winner! $100 Halloween Express Card: Susan; $50 Halloween Express Gift Card: Jammie

How would you like to be entered to win up to $100 in addition to your survey credits?

Simply complete 5 surveys in any one day between September 21 and September 23. For each day that you complete 5, you will be entered to win $50 deposited into your Sunshine Rewards account. If you are picked as the winner and complete all nine Daily Surveys on that day, we will double your prize to $100! 

When you complete any daily survey through Sunshine Rewards, your credit will appear in your account within two hours. Check out our Stoplight System to see how surveys are crediting for others in the last few hours so that you don’t have to waste your time.

As a reminder, here are our current daily survey opportunities. You can take the surveys with the knowledge that your information is not being harvested or sold. All of our daily survey panels are carefully screened for quality.

• Global Test Market (USA) (Earn .70)
• Greenfield Daily Survey (Earn .90–Temporary Increase!)
• AMP/MTC (Earn .90 for Short or Earn 1.15 for Long)
• SurveyHead (Earn .75–Temporary Increase!)
• MyView (Earn .60) 
• SSI Daily Survey (Earn .60)
  
• SSI Daily Survey (Earn .50)
  
• Give Us Your Two Cents (Earn .60)
• Samplicious (Earn .75)

 What’s so great about the daily surveys? First, you have the chance to give your feedback about movies, products, services, and more. Second, the surveys are completely legitimate, which means no spam when you complete them. Lastly, you can continue to try every day until you get one of each.

Check out all of the daily survey opportunities at Sunshine Rewards today and learn how you can earn cash and rewards just for giving your opinion.

It’s almost time for school again and all of us are looking for ways to save a little (or a lot) on school supplies. Sunshine Rewards has made some great deals with top name merchants to help you get the most from your money. Visit our Back to School Coupons and Deals page (updated hourly) for coupons and free shipping specials from hundreds of merchants. Then check out our Double Back to School promotion to find out how you can get increased cash back (up to double!) on over 30 merchants.

Whether you need textbooks, college and dorm essentials, clothes, shoes, backpacks, school uniforms, or even gifts for those starting school, we have the perfect back to school specials for you. Jillian and Cassie are almost ready and want to show off what we’ve gotten through Sunshine Rewards so far this year!

Get your motors running this month with Daily Surveys at Sunshine Rewards and you can win one of 3 $100 Gas Gift Cards. To enter, complete any of our 8 Daily Surveys. You will receive one entry for each Daily Survey that credits to your account between May 1, 2011 and May 31, 2011 (Eastern time).

Prize #1: One $100 winner will be randomly chosen from all of the entries. The more surveys that you complete, the more entries that you will have.

Prize #2: The person who completes the most surveys during the entry period will win a $100 gas gift card.

Prize #3: The person who has completes the most Daily Surveys during the entry period who has not completed a survey through us yet in 2011 will win a $100 gas gift card.

All 8 Daily Surveys are eligible: Greenfield, MyThoughtCounts/AMP, My View, Survey Head, SSI, SSI(2), Samplicious, and GiveUsYourTwoCents.

Click here to see all of the Daily Surveys and get started!

Everyone loves a good April Fool’s Day joke, but this is not one! Today only, every person who makes a purchase through Sunshine Rewards will be entered to win 100% cash back on their purchase. That’s right–the winner will get a credit for their entire purchase price.

The rules are simple. Make a purchase through Sunshine Rewards at any of our merchants who offer cash back, and each purchase will be counted as one entry. Next week after all of the shopping credits come through, we will randomly choose one of the purchases and increase the credit for that purchase to 100% (up to $500).

This special deal ends at midnight tonight (April 1), so get shopping at any of our 1000+ stores!

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