Basket Gift Movie Night
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Have you ever wondered why Tennessee earned the nickname as the “Volunteer State?” During the War of 1812, the state provided volunteer soldiers who wound up playing an important role. With particularly exemplary duty during the Battle of New Orleans, Tennessee was hailed as a great help. Doesn’t a Volunteer-Thank You gift basket filled with edible goodies seem like a great way to pay homage to the state’s historical philanthropy?
Tennessee offers a wealth of notable cities, including Memphis (the largest), Nashville (the capital), Chattanooga, and Knoxville. Through these locations, easy access to eight other states in the U.S. is made possible, as Tennessee lies adjacent to Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas (just to name a few). The Mississippi River is also situated within close proximity to the state.
Sports enthusiasts may cheer for a gift basket containing memorabilia regarding their favorite home teams, such as the Memphis Grizzlies (NBA basketball) and the Tennessee Titans (NFL football). Make sure to stock up on corresponding colors to accompany sports-related themes, such as navy blue, light blue, smoke blue, white, and golden yellow for the Grizzlies; and navy, Titan blue, white, and red for the Titans. Also, the Grizzlies display a bear for their mascot, which could go over well with younger gift basket recipients.
To prepare a Discover Tennessee gift basket, you could pull ideas from some of the famous natives and residents associated with the state. In the world of poker, Chris Moneymaker hails from Knoxville, and has made quite a name for himself on the celebrity poker circuit. A gift basket highlighting a Poker Night theme makes great Father’s Day, birthday, and retirement gestures.
In the field of music, the soulful Isaac Hayes and the bubbly Dolly Parton are connected to Tennessee. A “Working 9 to 5″ gift basket (paying homage to Parton’s comical 80s flick) filled with coffee, tea, and snacks would make a great gift for the newly hired. Heavy hitters in the film industry include Samuel L. Jackson and Quentin Tarantino, which would make great movie theatre-themed gift baskets. Popcorn, beverages, and candy make great accompaniments for a basket including the popular Tarantino movies, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction (which also starred Jackson).
Additional Tennessee themed gift basket ideas to consider may include the usage of state symbols. To get the creative juices flowing, you should know that the state bird is the mockingbird, the state flower is the iris; and the state animal is the raccoon.
Wendy Wood is the owner of Seek Gift Baskets, an online gift basket directory. For more information on gift baskets Tennessee visit http://www.seekgiftbaskets.com/directory/search_result/Browse/Tennessee
Exciting!
As many of you may know, Sex and the City 2 hits the big screens on May 27th. In celebration, BCLC has recently launched the $3 Sex and the City Scratch & Win ticket! For $3 players have a chance to win the top prize of $50,000 and several other prizes including a trip to New York PLUS $5,000 spending money.
BCLC is gifting one lucky FVP reader with the following Sex and the City Scratch & Win Ticket Prize Pack, valued at approximately $400. This great gift includes:
• 10 $3 Sex and the City Scratch & Win tickets
• 1 Tiffany & Co. Bow Pendant ...oooooh, sparkly!
• 4 Cineplex Odeon movie passes
• SJP perfume
• DVD of the 1st SATC movie
The new Sex and the City Scratch & Win tickets are now available for purchase at BC lottery retailers. Overall chances to win a prize are 1 in 3.45 – pretty good odds! Players must be 19 years of age or older to purchase, play or redeem. Know your limit, play within it.
To be entered to win this fabulous gift basket, you must be 19 years of age or older. Please enter a comment below for your chance to win. Winner will be chosen May 31, 2010.
WAIT, THERE’S MORE! We have several Sex and the City Scratch & Win tickets to gift our readers, on top of this awesome basket giveaway. Over the next week we will be drawing random winners from our entries below, as well as holding contests on our Facebook & Twitter profiles. Stay tuned and good luck!
