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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Vote for O'Fallon Home in Patch's Deck the House Contest

Browse the Winter wonderland, and cast your vote!

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Share Your MoDOT Seat Belt Video on Patch, Earn a Scholarship

Patch is teaming up with the Missouri Department of Transportation's contest for the best student-produced commercial promoting seat belt use. Our category is the readers' choice. See how you can enter.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Share Your MoDOT Seat Belt Video on Patch, Earn a Scholarship

Patch is teaming up with the Missouri Department of Transportation's contest for the best student-produced commercial promoting seat belt use. Our category is the readers' choice. See how you can enter.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Share Your MoDOT Seat Belt Video on Patch, Earn a Scholarship

Patch is teaming up with the Missouri Department of Transportation's contest for the best student-produced commercial promoting seat belt use. Our category is the readers' choice. See how you can enter.

For the fourth year in a row, the Missouri Department of Transportation is sponsoring its "Battle of the Belt" contest, inviting students around Missouri to produce a 30-second commercial promoting seat belt use. This year, Patch joins the contest with an additional prize category: The readers' choice prize, good for a $250 scholarship contribution for the winning entry. That joins the Gold, Silver and Most Improved categories MoDOT already has. Why this contest? Because MoDOT says Missouri teen safety belt usage rate for 2011 was only 67 percent. Not good enough, officials say. Battle of the Belt is a safety belt competition between Missouri high schools to encourage the use of safety belts among students. If you're already producing your…

Charlie

9:00 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Seat belts do save lives and costly medical bills. Cloverleaf Insurance 1-800-530-5822 or www.cloverleafins.com/blog/exercising_car_safety.aspx   more ›

Monday, September 24, 2012

Win Up to $10,000 in the St. Louis Bread Co. Sandwich Showdown

Submit your best sandwich creation in the contest, which runs through Oct. 6. The grand-prize winner will $10,000, a $500 gift certificate, free bagels for a year and more.

St. Louis Bread Co./Panera Bread is looking for the best new sandwich in the United States. Think you have what it takes to craft a legendary sandwich recipe? Submit your idea online through Oct. 6 at www.TLC.com/Panera. Find a list of toppings and ingredients that can be combined with the Bread Co.’s artisan breads, then use the interactive tool to assemble and submit your gourmet creation. The winner receives a grand prize of $10,000, free bagels for a year, a $500 gift certificate and a featured placement on the Panera Bread menu in January.     After all entries are submitted, the top 20 sandwich ideas will be selected. The top four runners-up will each receive $1,000 in cash and a $150 Panera Bread gift card. The 15 remaining …

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Win $100 Mall Gift Card in Patch Back to School Photo Contest

The best first day of school photo wins a $100 gift card good at Chesterfield Mall, Mid Rivers Mall, South County Center or West County Center in St. Louis!

The smell of fresh crayons, the sudden spike in jeans sales, the year of learning ahead—is there anything more exciting than the first day of school? When you’re packing your children’s backpacks with the binders, books and school supplies they’ll need for the new school year, we’re asking you to remember one very important thing: your camera. We want to see those bright, smiling faces ready for the first day of school, so we decided to start a contest: The best “It’s my first day of school!” photo wins a prize. Submit your first day of school photos by hitting the “Upload” button on this article anytime between August 13 and August 31. Patch editors will randomly select the winner from the photos submitted. And what do you win? Just a …

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Photo Contest: Be An Olympian!

Take photos of you, your kids, your neighbors, your friends doing something Olympian— diving, swimming, kayaking, gymnastics—and you could win a prize!

Patch wants to celebrate the summer Olympics, and all the games that go with it! To do that, we're inviting you to share your favorite photo of you (or your kids, your friends, your neighbors, heck, even your pets!) participating in a sport that is part of the Summer Olympics. So whether it’s sailing or fencing, swimming or gymnastics, archery or kayaking (or any of the 26 sports in the games)—please share your photo! You can post a photo to this article until 5 p.m., July 30. Patch editors will choose our 10 favorites, and then you, the reader, can vote for the winner in an article that will be posted on July 31. The winner will receive a $50 gift card to a local sporting goods store. Here are some more details on the contest:

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Congratulations to the Winners of Our 'Why I'm Lucky' Contest

These five winners were selected by a random drawing. Thank you to everyone who entered.

Congratulations to the five winners of our "Why I'm Lucky" contest. They have each won a prize package including a $50 Dierbergs gift card and some cool Patch stuff: a T-shirt, a ball cap, a notepad and a tote bag. Thanks to all the people who entered, especially for sharing their stories about why they're blessed with good luck. The winners, according to their Patch registration profiles, were: Thanks again for entering.

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Jean Whitney

5:41 pm on Wednesday, March 21, 2012

James, thank you for sharing. We'll be thinking of you and your sweet daughter!   more ›

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Good Luck Seen in the Eyes of a Child

While we celebrate the luck of the Irish, read stories of good luck by Patch readers that range from scary to heartwarming.

One survived a near disastrous ocean cruise. Another had a traumatic episode during pregnancy and got to the hospital in part because her husband forgot something and returned home. Yet another keeps in touch with the two women who saved her life when she had a heart attack. These are some of the stories Patch readers have shared so far in the "Why I'm Lucky" contest that runs until noon on Monday. There's still time to enter; all you need to do is submit a photo that illustrates why you're lucky. Don't worry: Your story doesn't have to involve a life-changing experience; winners will be chosen at random. Get more details and enter here. But some of the stories you've already shared are touching, chilling and heartwarming. A BABY IN BRAIN …

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Contest: Show 'Why I'm Lucky,' Win Groceries, Patch Goodies

Share a picture to illustrate why you're a lucky guy or gal (as long as St. Patrick's Day is on our minds); we'll give five random winners a special package of Patch merchandise and a $50 Dierbergs gift card.

St. Patrick's Day is on our minds, and we've got the perfect way to see if the luck of the Irish is with you: We're giving away five prize packages including $50 Dierbergs gift cards and a package of Patch merchandise. All you have to do is show us "Why I'm Lucky." Enter our "Why I'm Lucky" contest for a chance to win. Here's how: Once you've entered, we'll enter you into a drawing to be one of five winners of our Patch prize package, which includes a $50 Dierbergs gift card, a Patch ball cap, T-shirt, tote bag and note pad. OK, now for the rules: Click Here for complete Official Rules. Click on the "upload photos and videos" button this page to send us your photo and remember to describe what it represents. But be sure to come back and to…

StL fan

6:50 am on Monday, March 26, 2012

Thank you to the Patch for being randomly selected to win!!!!   more ›

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