Holiday goodness was given, stories were created and shared, votes were cast, and now the results are in! While all of the story submissions tugged at the ol’ heart strings, you, the community, decided on the best holiday story.

Here’s a big shout out to The Goodest Story Ever Contest winners:

The Goodest Story Ever (1st place): Denise Lambert won a flight for 2 ($1,800 value) with 49 votes for her holiday story, “One Single Mom to Another”.

Instead of Cancun, Denise will be using her prize a little differently. She says,

I plan to take my 5 year-old daughter Gwendolyn to Paris, France for a couple of weeks in the summer. We are french, and I’m going to rent an apartment and spend my days playing in the parks with her, seeing the sites, and cooking with awesome french ingredients. (ok, ok, two weeks of pain o chocolate). [note: pain au chocolate means chocolate croissant in English]

I might also take her on the train to Vienna…

And of course, do my own good daily in FRANCE! Continue Reading

Well, you’ve had 6 weeks to help support some great kids in Uganda and submit your best holiday story to the Goodest Story Ever Contest. But it’s still not too late to blow past the leader! You have 2 more days still: contest closes this Friday at midnight on January 31.

And if you’re a little behind, that’s ok. Here are 6.5 Ways to Get Yourself to Cancun so use the remaining time to promote the heck out of your story!

For those of you looking to cure yourself of the winter blues, why lift yourself up and read the feel-good stories? Just don’t forget to vote for your favourites and do the contestants a favour by passing their stories onto the rest of your network.

Good luck, Everyone! May the bestest story win. 

The holidays are over now, but they don’t have to be! Keep the spirit alive by sharing your feel good holiday story with the world. And hey, you might even find yourself on a sizzling hot Cancun beach ($1,800 value) for all your efforts! If you haven’t already, submit your story to The Goodest Story Ever Contest today.

But the fun doesn’t stop there. If you really want to win one of the great prizes being offered, this post is for you! Since the community decides who wins by voting for their favourite story, you can increase your odds by spreading the word to your network.

Here are 6.5 ideas for promoting your story to your peeps:

1. Tell everyone you know. Phone and/or email all your friends, family, co-workers, classmates and anyone else you can think of, and ask them to take 5 minutes to help send you to sunny Mexico. If they’re already registered Do Gooders, it’ll take them even less time! Mention all the prizes and how easy it is to submit a story, and you might even inspire some healthy competition. Continue Reading
   

Imagine sharing your most memorable holiday stories, inspiring others AND changing the world! That is essentially the premise of our holiday contest…oh ya and did we mention you can win a flight for 2 to Sunny Cancun, Mexico!

the good

This is the season for Doing Good. You could be all humble about it and not tell a soul, but why be selfish? Share your Goodest (most memorable, heartfelt and fun) holiday stories with all of us at Daily Challenge with the hopes of inspiring others to spread the Do Gooding Love.

the stories

You’ll be out doing good anyways, why keep all those smiles and thank yous to yourself? We’re asking you to document your Do Good adventures through written words, pictures and video. Then come back to the Daily Challenge Goodest Story contest page and share your holiday story with everyone.

the stuff

We know you don’t need any more incentives to spread cheer this time of year, but we’re totally addicted to giving! So the Do Gooder with the best (a.k.a. Goodest) holiday story will win the grand prize of a flight for 2 to Sunny Cancun Mexico ($1,800 value). Check out the rest of the stuff we’re giving away!