Birthday Interactive
Energizer launched a special website dedicated to the 20th Birthday of the Energizer Bunny, www.energizer.com/bunnybirthday. The site includes an instant replay of the Energizer Bunny escaping the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It also features vintage Energizer commercials and an interactive timeline of the company’s pink icon through the years. Visitors can shop the Energizer Bunny® store and send Keep Going® e-cards to their friends and families with themes like birthday, happy holidays, get well, patriotic and more.

Caffeinated Chocolate Energy Chews Creating Quite A "Buzz" Among Consumers.
BUZZ BITES® Offer An Affordable Alternative To Expensive Energy Drinks.
www.vroomfoods.com

(Costa Mesa, CA) - It's a product that provides a unique energy source for people on the go. And it offers a much easier way to get a quick caffeine fix - all with the great taste of chocolate. Buzz Bites® Chocolate & Mint Chocolate Energy Chews from Vroom Foods, Inc. contain a proprietary blend of caffeine, ginseng, taurine and B vitamins to help enhance performance, increase endurance and stimulate metabolism. One Buzz Bite® contains 25% more caffeine than an entire leading energy drink, while offering more energy producing ingredients - at about 1/6 of the price. Check out this caffeine comparison chart for details - http://www.vroomfoods.com/comp_chart.html

"Vroom Foods chocolates are a great low cost alternative to the high priced, highly sugared energy drinks and coffee items that leave you with a sugary aftertaste and your pockets empty," said Jason Kensey, president of Vroom Foods, Inc.

Convenience is also what makes Buzz Bites attractive and beneficial to
consumers. No more hassle of making a cup of coffee or running through a drive-thru for an over-priced latte. And no more worries about spilling hot coffee or a sticky energy drink while driving. Consumers can simply un-wrap a bite-sized Buzz Bite® cube and be on their way. Buzz Bites® are designed to be easily accessible as well. A six-piece tin of chocolate energy chews is less than the size of a credit card and easily fits in a pocket or purse.

Buzz Bites® Chocolate and Mint Chocolate Energy Chews are available in six count tins online, and in limited retail locations for $2.99 - $3.99 -- or for only .50¢ each in over 30,000 vending machines nationwide.

Vroom Foods, Inc. also still offers its "Seriously Caffeinated®" Foosh
Energy Mints in peppermint flavor as well. Like Buzz Bites®, FOOSH Energy Mints provides a blend of caffeine, ginseng, taurine and B vitamins to give users a quick refreshing burst of energy and fresh breath.

For more information or to see a complete line of Vroom Foods, Inc.
products, go to: http://www.vroomfoods.com/store.html

After selling thousands of their popular “Ba-rack The Vote” tees, Barackawear Inc. is proud to celebrate Obama’s historic election with their new “Ba-rack-ed the Vote” collection. Emblazoned with a modified version of their signature logo on the front, shirts prominently feature a “44” on the back, commemorating Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. An alternate style features the graphic, “Yes We Did,” a proud play on the Obama campaign slogan “Yes We Can,” which inspired millions of Americans throughout the campaign.

Men’s and women’s t-shirts are available for $24 at www.barackthevote.com.

About Barackawear

Brother and sister duo Brandon & Lori Broussard launched Barackawear in 2007 in an effort to raise awareness and support for Barack Obama's bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination and election. 25% off the proceeds from their "Ba-rack The Vote" t-shirts, doggie t-shirts and lapel pins are earmarked for the Obama campaign. A script runner for Tyler Perry's "House of Payne, Brandon serves as a close advisor to Lori (who has taken a break from wardrobe styling for clients such as R&B star Ciara) to run Barackawear fulltime. When they aren't traveling for work and Obama events, Brandon enjoys eating Haribo Gummy Bears and running marathons while Lori prefers beach time, drawing and cooking.

America Can Choose Ugliest of Ugly at SureFit.com

Photos poured in from Reseda to Charlotte, revealing a nation cluttered with furniture catastrophes, but only the worst of the worst sofas were selected as finalists for Sure Fit’s Ugliest Couch in America Contest. The twenty chosen photos will be posted on www.SureFit.com from October 15th through November 15th for a public vote. The grand prize winner will receive a $5,000 living room makeover courtesy of Sure Fit Inc., the leading provider and marketer of ready-made furniture covers, and Kim Myles, designer and host of HGTV’s Myles of Style.

Melanie Pitts from Watauga, TX was chosen as a semi-finalist yesterday for Sure Fit’s 2008 Ugly Couch Contest! She beat out hundreds of other entrants to make the top 20. While she has already won a Sure Fit slipcover for making it to the finals, she is now in the running for a $5,000 living room makeover, courtesy of Sure Fit and Kim Myles, designer and host of HGTV’s Myles of Style. Voting is open to the public on www.SureFit.com until November 15th.

Judges Kim Myles, Natalie Warady, Style Director for O at Home, Jacqueline Gifford, Features Editor for OK! Magazine, and comedian Sean Kent, seen on E! Entertainment and NBC’s Last Comic Standing, were tasked with difficult job of sorting through the hundreds of entries and judging each based on carefully selected criteria.

"I thought that this would be easy. How many couches could be that hideous?” said Myles. “Turns out, the playing field is wide and varied, and the nuances of 'ugly' are endless.”

Exposed foam, ‘70s floral, and hideous color combinations worked to disarm the judges as they rated each couch for ugliness of design and fabric, offensiveness of color, inappropriateness and uniqueness. The twenty top-rated photos brought something extra to the table, however, supplementing their disastrous designs with plain poor resuscitation techniques.

“I would never have thought to repair the broken arms of a couch with what looks like casts!” said Warady. “The prognosis for that interior design trick: not good.”

Each semi-finalist now on www.SureFit.com will receive a Sure Fit slipcover of their choice, ensuring that no ugly couch goes uncovered. As the leading creator of stylish, easy, affordable decorating solutions to quickly transform your home, Sure Fit created the “Ugly Couch Contest” to illustrate that Sure Fit slipcovers can turn any couch into a stylish sofa.

To vote for the ugliest couch in America, visit http://www.surefit.net/uglycouch200 8/finalists.cfm between now and November 15th.

Sure Fit products are available via mail order catalog, select major retailers, online at www.surefit.com, and by phone (800) 305-5857.

The Houston “Survivor” Challenge

The Challenge is On!

HOUSTON - Council Member, Jolanda “Jo” Jones, a former contestant from the popular CBS reality series, Survivor and Mayor Bill White who is the honorary chair are bringing the jungle to Houston. The Houston “Survivor” Challenge, will be held Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Sesquicentennial Park on the lush green banks of Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston. This event will give 20 Houstonians the opportunity to compete with real celebrity Survivors, and other TV celebrities, in a full day of physical and mental challenges, culminating in one top winner. For those not participating, there will be a chance to cheer on your favorite “survivor” as this event will be free and open to the public.

WHEN: Saturday, October 25, 2008 from 9am-7pm

COST: Free and open to all – special Pygmy Island area for kids

Food and drinks will be available for purchase

WHERE: Downtown’s Sesquicentennial Park (adjacent to the Wortham Theater Center at Preston and Bagby streets)

PARKING: Parking is available in the Theater District Parking garage and metered street parking. For a map of Theater District parking, log onto: www.houstontx.gov/tdparking/tdparkingmap.pdf

WHAT ELSE: Some of the reality show alumni who will be participating in the event include those Survivor alumns
Natalie Bolton, James Clement, and Erik Riechenbach. Houstonian Uchenna Agu, who, along with his wife Joyce won the Amazing Race, will serve as the host of the event. Proceeds from the 2008 Houston “Survivor” Challenge will benefit the Buffalo Bayou Partnership (www.buffalobayou.org) and the U’jana Conley Foundations for SIDS (www.ujanaconleyfoundation.org). We look forward to your participation as we turn the banks of Buffalo Bayou into a jungle you are sure to survive!

SPONSORS: 106.9 The Point, 107.5 K Hits, City of Houston, City of Houston Convention & Entertainment Facilities Department,
City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department, Continental Airlines, Council Member Jolanda Jones, Council Member Peter Brown, DMars.com, Flair Event Productions, Mike Garver, Gallant Garage, Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau,
Holiday Inn Express, Q Family Care, KHOU-Channel 11, Miles Insurance Agency, Port of Houston Authority,
Raytec Construction Resources

For additional event and Houston Survivor application information, log onto www.ujanaconleyfoundation.org.