Every few months, Sunshine Rewards picks a new charity to feature. This month we are choosing one that is near and dear to my heart, the Best Friends Animal Society.

Members of Sunshine Rewards can make donations in $5 intervals from their Sunshine Rewards accounts by visiting the Donation Station. Sunshine Rewards will match these donations up to $500. In addition, we are gathering special promotions from merchants such as FetchDog.com, PawsUpPetSupply.com, and Petsmart.

Between now and June 30, members can also visit the Sunshine Rewards auction page to bid on select items, the proceeds of which will be going to Best Friends. Our first item up for bid, donated by PawsUpPetSupply.com, is a West Paw Design Dog Bed. Read more about our campaign at Yahoo News.

I was going to make a video myself to share some of the Best Friends stories with you, but when I found this video, I knew that it showed in pictures much more than I could describe in words.

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Tags: animals, best friends, cats, charity, dogs, donations, pets

I had heard of Fit Flops before but had not seen them until a friend mentioned at Bunko last night that she was wearing them and loved them. As I started doing a little more research today, I found out that they are going to be featured on Oprah this week.

The makers of Fit Flops maintain that you can tone your leg muscles by wearing them. Some people wear them for the comfort alone. I’ll be anxious to see what Oprah has to say about them. The designs themselves are definitely cute, coming in a range of colors. They look just like regular flip flops with a little bit of platform.

Where can you buy your Fit Flops online? Earn rewards from Sunshine Rewards when you purchase them from Macys, Bath & Body Works and Eastbay. The price is the same at each, but we have different coupons and cash back amounts for the different merchants.

Want to see the Fit Flops in action for yourself? I found this great video on Youtube.

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Tags: exercise, fit flops, macys, oprah, review, shoes, Sports

It’s time for voting to begin in the first round of our Video Contest! Here are your three choices from this week:

1-800-FLOWERS Roses
Shoebuy Family
Disney’s JoJo’s Circus Costume

Voting for this round will end at 5pm Eastern on May 17. You can vote using the poll on the left side of the Videoblog. Remember that you can still submit videos. A new round of voting will start on May 19. Each week the prize will be a $25 Amazon.com Gift Certificate. And don’t forget to tell your friends to come vote!

Tags: amazon, contest, gift certificate, video

One of the earliest merchants that we ever added to Sunshine Rewards (and still one of our most popular) is Disney Shopping. Fans of Playhouse Disney will love this JoJo’s Circus costume purchased by one of our members during a recent special at Disney Shopping.

Check out the video and be sure to check out SunshineRewards.com for some of the great Disney deals that she mentions!

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Tags: costume, Disney, halloween, jojo's circus, review

Now here’s a family who knows how to make the most of Shoebuy and Sunshine Rewards. Mom keeps the kids in style and uses our exclusive coupon to boot (no pun intended!).

Shoebuy is consistenly one of the member favorites at Sunshine Rewards, and now you can see why for yourself. Check out this video contest entry.

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Tags: coupon, free shipping, review, shoebuy, shoes