 11/12)
Do you dread Daylight Savings Time? This is when we roll the clocks back one hour and it gets darker around 4:30. I am actually looking forward to it. I’m finding it hard to get up when its pitch black out at 6:00 am – of course that extra hour of sleep is always nice too! Energizer is urging all of us to change the batteries in our smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors when we set our clocks back. This is a welcome reminder. It will take less than five minutes and it could save a life.
This year the time change is on November 4 and it also marks the 25th anniversary of the annual Change Your Clock Change Your Battery® program. Energizer and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) are once again working with local fire departments nationwide to raise awareness on the importance of working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors in helping to keep families safe in their homes. In conjunction with this program, Energizer is offering a Family Safety Kit Prize Pack (shown above) for giveaway to one lucky Moms Own Words reader!
About the Change Your Clock Change Your Battery Program
The message is simple, and the habit can be lifesaving. Thirty-eight percent of fatal fire injuries occur in homes without working smoke alarms, while 24 percent occur in homes in which at least one smoke alarm is present but fails to operate, frequently due to dead or missing batteries.* For 25 years, the Change Your Clock Change Your Battery® program has been dedicated to helping share the life-saving reminder to change the batteries in your home’s smoke and carbon monoxide detectors when you change your clocks for daylight savings. This year, Energizer and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) will mark the silver anniversary of one of the nation’s top home fire safety programs by turning back the clocks of time to celebrate the many life-saving fire safety and preparedness innovations that are now available.
Energizer is honoring its 25th year by donating 250,000 batteries to fire departments across the country to distribute to local families in their areas and adopting 25 fire departments in 25 cities across the nation, who, in addition to batteries, will be equipped with a variety Energizer® family safety products for their department and to share in their communities. Together, they will host Home Safety Days and neighborhood canvasses spanning throughout National Fire Prevention Month in October until the end of daylight saving time on Sunday, Nov. 4.
Energizer’s 25 Days of Family Safety Kit Giveaways!
From October 11 through November 4, visit the Energizer Bunny® Facebook page and click on the Fire Safety Info Tab. Here you will have the chance to enter a sweepstakes to win an additional Family Safety Kit. Energizer will be giving away one Family Safety Kit per day for 25 days. Contained in the kit, valued at more than $150 is:
- One reusable grocery tote
- Two Kidde Battery-Operated Combination Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarms
- One package of Energizer Advanced Lithium batteries
- One package of Energizer® MAX® Batteries with Power Seal Technology
- Two Energizer flashlights
- Two Energizer Flameless Wax Candles
- One Energizer Bunny Plush Bunny
In addition you can find fire safety tips, a home escape plan that you can download and draw your family’s home escape plan, as well as a coloring and activity sheet.
About Energizer
Energizer Holdings, Inc. [NYSE: ENR], headquartered in St. Louis, MO, is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of primary batteries, portable flashlights and lanterns. Energizer is a global leader in the dynamic business of providing power solutions with a full portfolio of products including Energizer® brand battery productsEnergizer® MAX® premium alkaline; Energizer® Ultimate Lithium; Energizer® Advanced Lithium; Rechargeable batteries and charging systems; portable flashlights and lanterns; power connectors, inductive chargers and, most recently, comprehensive household lighting collections.
Energizer continues to fulfill its role as a technology innovator by redefining portable power solutions to meet people’s active lifestyle needs for today and tomorrow with chargers for rechargeable portable devices; charging systems for wireless video game controllers; and specialty batteries for hearing aids, health and fitness devices, as well as for keyless remote entry systems, toys and watches. Energizer is redefining where energy, technology and freedom meet to bring to market consumer-focused products that power the essential devices that help people stay connected and on the go at work and at play. Visit www.energizer.com, www.facebook.com/
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Energizer Family Safety Kit Prize Pack Giveaway
One Moms Own Words reader will win the Energizer’s Family Safety Kit shown above. The Family Safety Kit complete with a reusable grocery tote contains the following items:
One two-pack of 9volt Energizer® MAX® Batteries with Power Seal Technology – Dependable, powerful performance for the devices that help keep your family safe; now hold their charge when stored for up to five yearsOne Energizer® Flameless Wax Candle – Enjoy the realistic flicker of a scented wax candle without the worry of open flame or hassle of soot and dripping waxOne Energizer® Weatheready® Safety Light – Waterproof flashlight powered by AA, AAA or C cell batteries; includes safety whistle and imprinted preparedness checklistOne Kidde Battery-Operated Combination Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarm
The total value of the Family Safety Kit is approximately $78 per kit!
Giveaway ends on Nov. 12th, 11:59 PM EST. Open to US. Winners (18 or older) will be chosen by Random.org through Rafflecopter and contacted by email. Please respond in 48 hours or a new winner will be chosen. To be fair to everyone, comments not meeting requirements will be deleted. Thank you for entering and good luck!!
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No, I don’t have any. I will buy a smoke detector.
wendym at cableone dot net
No we don’t have any of those as of yet.
i have smoke detectors and check those do not have a house that needs the monoxide detection though
I have a smoke detector that uses batteries and electricity. I do not have carbon monoxide detectors though. Thanks for the chance.
yes, we have both & check regularly
check them every new years day
I have a smoke alarm in our home and did check the batteries when we moved in a couple months ago.
Yes I have battery operated smoke detectors and I checked the batteries a couple months ago.
I have smoke detectors that are electric and battery equipped. I don’t have carbon monoxide detectors though.
Yes we have both..My Hubbie does HVAC-R Commercially so we change Batteries on time!!
Yes, we do. I checked them last the clocks changed and will next time they change.
Yes, we have them and when they start beeping, we change the batteries
I have both but have not checked the batteries within the last 4 months
We have smoke detectors that run on batteries and electricity! We need to get carbon monoxide detectors though!
Yes,we do. But we have not checked them lately
Strezo@sbcglobal.net
We have them in most rooms but they are old and could probably stand replacement. I haven’t checked the batteries in a couple of years though, thanks for the timely reminder.
We have smoke alarms and they beep when theyneed new battteries/
We have a house that does not need carbon monoxide detetor.
Thanks
Hi, I have smoke detectors but not carbon monoxide detectors. They are working because they all recently went off when I turned the heater on for the first time this year. I use no gas in my home..Thanks for this giveaway!
I do have many smoke detectors and 2 carbon monoxide detectors. I do change the batteries once or twice a year and I do test them.
We use to have both but they both died so we need to replace both of them.
yes, we have both and I check them monthly.
yes we do and check them often
We use both!! — We check them often, I’d say every two months or so!
Yes I have them; i need to check them
Yes, we check our batteries on a regular basis.
I did but the darn smoke alarm broke.
We have both and yes I’ve checked the batteries because I just put them up so I know they are fresh!
yes and yes!!
No, we don’t have either.
Yes, I do and yes I check them often
I have both alarms and I recently replaced the batteries.
Yes we do and thanks for the reminder to check the batteries!
I have smoke detectors and I change the batteries when the time changes in the spring and fall, but I don’t have carbon monoxide detectors.
I do have battery operated smoke and CO2 detectors and I check them 2 times a year when we change our clocks. As I walk around fixing clocks, I check detectors.
We need to get some more smoke detectors!
We do have smoke detectors and just checked the batteries on them this past weekend!
yes we check it on a regular basis
We check (actually, change) the batteries every fall wth DST. That campaign really works for us!
Thanks!
h4schaffer at gmail dot com
Yes, we do own one, and change the batteries each fall. Thanks for the chance.
Yes we have smoke detectors.
We have smoke detectors and I changed the batteries in the spring with the time change.
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
I have a battery operated smoke detectors and I check them to make sure they work. Thanks!
We have both and we check them
Kims2312@verizon.net
Yes, we do!
We have both but have not checked the batteries. I’m sure they need replaced!
Yes I have battery operated smoke and carbon monoxide detectors , and we do check the batteries.
Yes we have the alarms, but thank you for the reminder to check the batteries!!
No we don’t have any up, I need to get some though.
I do have battery smoke/carbon alarms and plan to change the batteries next weekend when the time changes. That serves as my reminder to check and change!
We have both & both have alarm sysems that warn when the batteries are getting low.
We have both and change the batteries every six months.
We have alarms that are hard-wired (with a battery backup). My husband gets to replace these and did this about a month ago. rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com
yes and check them when we change the clocks for daylight savings time
We have battery operated smoke detectors and I check them twice a year (daylight savings reminder) so will check again next week.
I have a smoke detector in the hallway but I haven’t checked the batteries in a while…thanks for the reminder! Thanks also for the great giveaway!
furygirl3132[at]comcast[dot]net
We only have smoke detectors and replace the batteries about twice a year.
I don’t have a smoke detector installed at the moment. This is a good reminder!
I have smoke detectors but not carbon monoxide. Our house is all electric. We change the batteries twice a year.
We change the batteries in our smoke detectors every New Years Day
We recently moved into this house, and had all the detectors checked during the inspection!
I have several smoke detectors in my house and I change their batteries every 6 months
Yes, we have 3 smoke alarms in our home, checked batteries just before Hurricane Sandy hit our area.
I am going to check – campaigns like this are a great reminder
Thank you for hosting this giveaway
Louis
pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com
yes we do have them and i changed the battteries in the spring
Yes we have battery operated smoke and CO detectors. I have checked the batteries.
We have several, but we do need to test them!
Marysa {at} marysa {dot} com
I do have battery operated smoke detectors that I check.
We have a wired smoke detector so we don’t have to worry about batteries. But we don’t have a carbon monoxide detector.
I do. They are older, but I do have both! I have not changed the batteries recently, normally I wait until they beep, but I love this idea of changing them when you change your clocks! A great way to never forget!!!
Carbon monoxide detectors are plug-ins. I just replaced theb attery in our smoke detector a month of so ago.
For some crazy reason, our Carbon Monoxide detector is wired into the security system, but the three smoke detectors are battery operated. We replaced batteries in one a month ago because it was beeping. Thanks for this reminder, I added to today’s honey-do list for the hubby to change the batteries in the other two.
Currently i just have a smoke detector and check the batteries every month, need to get carbon monoxide detectors.
our smoke detectors are wired in, but they have battery back up which we check often.
Yes we do, and we just moved a week ago, so we checked then
i have good detectors, i have not checked them lately
yes, I do and we check it monthly I like the - – Paul T/Pauline T aka Paul Tran….. emscout9 at Hotmail dot com
We change the batteries in our smoke detector when the time changes, twice a year!
Yes I have battery operated smoke detectors and I checked the batteries a couple months ago.
Yes I do, and the batteries were tested not too long ago.
I have detectors and need to check the batteries.
Yes and we just checked it with the time change.
I changed the batteries with the time change.
I have a Smoke Detector, but I haven’t changed the batteries in awhile.
chrissylea1979 (at)gmail(dot) com
Yes we do and we check them on Daylight savings every 6 months.
Thanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com
I have a smoke detector,but have not checked the battery recently.
We have a few. DH recently changed the batteries in them.
We have battery run ones, it’s been a long time since I check the batteries, thanks for reminding me.
Yes we do and we check the batteries every year.
I have have several. I need to check the batteries soon .
I don’t have
I have 2 smoke detectors.
We have several smoke alarms and 1 carbon monoxide detector. I changed the batteries last week when we changed our clocks back.
yes and Yes!
Thanks!
I change my batteries atleast twice a year, usually close or on daylight savings time
We only have smoke detectors and we change the batteries when it starts beeping. In the meantime, there’s a tiny light on each that flashes occasionally to let us know that the batteries are still working.
yes and I change the batteries yearly
Yes we do and we change the batteries regularly but I’d love to combo one.
Batteries that I changed last week. yAY ME.
I have a smoke detector and I usually don’t change the batteries until it beeps.
we have a smoke alarm, we changed the batteries a few months ago
Yes, and I actually change them when we change the clocks
Yes, we do; and they are brand new.
ihave a smoke detector but noe carbon monoxide detector
I just have a regular smoke detector
Just changed the batteries a few days ago 
I just moved so i checked them
Changed them last Sunday.
I change batteries when it starts to beep.
We had 3 smoke alarms in our house – 2 battery and 1 hardwired. We haven’t checked the batteries lately. Thanks for the reminder to do that!
would liek to have this
good luck 2 evry1.
no we dont.i change the batteries every 6 months
we have both and change the battery every fall whether they need it or not
brich22 at earthlink dot net
I have both but forgot to check them with the time change – will be doing that today!
We have several and we just recently checked the batteries
Yes , but I need to be more diligent with checking and changing the batteries.
Yes, I have both & I just changed the batteries in them last week
Yes we do, we check them every 6 months
We have 1 smoke deterctor and it is a disposable one. We were looking at it and found that it’s time to replace it. We don’t have a carbon monoxide deterctor.
Our batteries were changed last month.
I ghave electric detectors
Thanks for the giveaway! Janna Johnson jannajanna@hotmail.com Janna@feedyourpig on gfc
I have a smoke detector and I did check them recently.
i have a smoke alarm but no carbon monoxide detector..my smoke alarm beeps when the battery is bad
Yes we have battery operated detectors and we tested them in Aug.
Yes, have dual ones. Do have to get the batteries changed in them.
yes, we check them during the time change
Yes, and I just changed the batteries. Thanks for the giveaway.
We just moved in, so they were checked right when we moved in!
I currently am renting. There is one smoke detector, but I don’t believe it works. No carbon monoxide detector. I have checked the batteries.
I have both and changed the batteries when daylight savings kicked in
i need a carbon monoxide detector but i do change the batteries often on my regular one
I do have battery operated detectors, and have not checked the batteries lately
Yes, and we just changed the batteries with the time change
Yes to both questions.
Yes, and yes we have!
We have smoke detectors but they are hard wired into our house.
I just changed the batteries recently, as a matter of fact. Would be great to have one I don’t have to ever think about changing!
We do have them but I really need to check them all.
smoke – yes, carbon monoxide – no (but plan on changing that soon!)
Yes, we have both and we just checked the batteries
We have smoke alarms and we just checked the batteries.
tdlsfm(at)yahoo(dot)com
We have a smoke detecter and usually change the batteries when the time changes.
i do have them, but no i havent checked the batteries
yes, and I checked them last month.
Yes, I have them, and have recently changed the batteries!
yes and yes
We do, but have not changed the batteries recently
We change our batteries every time change.
Oh my smoke alarm let me know it had a low battery. It beeped every couple seconds in the middle of the night. It scared my dog so much she pooped and peed everywhere. I soo need a different brand of smoke alarm!
We have smoke detectors and change the batteries when they beep.
We check them 2xs a year!
jofo120 at yahoo dot com
No, I don’t have anything. not even a smoke detector.
I have a battery operated smoke detector, just checked the batteries last weekend
Thanks!
Yes we do but in one room only I think we need it on all the floors of our house
WE do have them and check them every few months
yes and yes.
I have a smoke detector w/ new(ish) batteries, but not a carbon monoxide detector
We have smoke detectors that we checked a couple of months ago
Yes we have battery operated and yes we check them twice a year
They are hard wired too and I check the batteries regularly
have smoke detector, batteries have been checked
We have smoked detectors and I have checked them.
Yes I checked them when we changed clocks