What better way to launch a new site than a contest! And what a more appropriate gift for the launching of a site spreading awareness of the dangers or manufacturing in China than a $50 gift card to AmericanApparel.net?!

You have never heard of American Apparel? Please do go check them out then. The owner, dove built the company on the premise that clothing manufacturers CAN produce high quality clothing and treat their workers well by paying them a “living” wage and providing a healthy work environment. He makes sure of this by keeping everything he does in-house. This is called “vertical manufacturing”. I have toured the factory in LA myself and can vouch for the fact that AA treats their employees well. Dove himself is quite eccentric, and though I may not agree with all of the provocative marketing he sometimes uses. I APPLAUD his desire to see manufacturing change and build a company that has now become internationally known. The knitwear itself is also some of the best I have ever felt!

On to the contest.
To enter simply write a post on your blog announcing www.notchinamade.net and briefly explaining the idea behind the site. I would love it if you used the bottom provided on the button page in your post, but it is not required. In the post also include a link to this post and let your readers know about the contest. Once you have done this, come back to this post and enter your POST address and name here. The other upside is you will have a link to your blog right in the post- which may bring you more traffic! But PLEASE make sure and link to your post and not your blog.

Faithful readers don’t fret! Just because you don’t have a blog doesn’t mean you can’t enter for a chance to win $50 spending at American Apparel. Simply enter by sending out an email about Not China Made (dot) Net containing a link to this blog, brief information on it’s purpose, and information about the contest with a link to this post, to FIVE of your friends. Just make sure to copy me at notchinamade@mac.com and I will put your name in the hat!

On Monday, August 20th I will be drawing a name from the hat and you will see it via VIDEO BLOG on both this site and my personal blog.

Again, you are not required to use the image above, but I would really like it if you did!

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