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Friends Forever Girls Doll Contest

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By Lisa Hendey • Jun 2nd, 2009 • Category: Contests, Lisa's Blog

This week, we are pleased to offer your chance to win a beautiful “Friends Forever Girls” Doll!  One lucky winner will be able to choose from the six dolls in the Friends Forever Girls collection.

Here’s a brief description of the Friends Forever Girls dolls:

The Friends Forever Girls are a collection of dolls and books, specifically created to promote positive play and foster responsibility while helping young girls to build self-respect.

* The dolls represent an age appropriate look, with age appropriate clothing.
* 18″, All vinyl
* Safety Tested for Ages 6 & up

Kristi Necochea is the founder of Friends Forever Girls and is graciously sponsoring this week’s contest.  She shares:

Three years ago I set out to create the Friends Forever Girls, a collection of dolls and books that along with the Butterfly Promises, promote a positive message to young girls.  I am blessed with a wonderful husband, Rich, and 3 amazing children, Drew- 9 (just received his 1st Communion last week!), Madelyn-6 and Jack- 4.

Kristi is also offering an added bonus for CatholicMom.com readers interested in purchasing these adorable dolls for their daughters.  Simply enter FFGGS at check-out and shipping is FREE!

To enter, you must leave a comment on this post with a valid email address (which won’t be published or shared) before Midnight PST on Saturday, June 20, 2009.  I’ll draw a random winners and announce the names over the weekend.

Update: Our lucky winner is Brenda (#37) who should be receiving her prize soon.  Take a look at our other CatholicMom.com contests for more great chances to win!

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  • These dolls are a wonderful and are very cute
  • Windy Hagmean
    Boy is there ever a need for modest dolls! My oldest daughter just turned 7, these would have made a great birthday gift! Two more girl birthdays coming up, will keep in mind. Thank you for sharing!

    Windy
  • Colleen
    Thanks Lisa for the introduction to these dolls. I had not heard of them.
    Thanks Kristi the generous giveaway.
    i really appreciate the concept of positive, co-operative play and it appears that these dolls will promote those ideals. Right now my daughter still loves her Waldorf style natural doll but i have to work hard to minimize the influence of the ubiquitous Disney (and others!...)
  • Katy
    Just found your podcast and loved it! Thanks for introducing these dolls to us - what a wonderful alternative!
  • Lara
    One of my four daughters would love this!!
  • Melissa
    These dolls are so adorable! I have never heard of these dolls until today...my daughters would love and treasure one. I'm sure they will add it to their Christmas list once I show them!
  • What a treasure! One of these would make a lovely gift for my daughter. Thank you for the chance to win!
  • Valerie
    Thanks for making such beautiful dolls. It is nice to see real looking modest dolls not some of the other dolls that are on the market today. These are such positive roll models for girls. My daughter is just getting into dolls and I feel these would be appropriate dolls for her. I am always looking for educational and value oriented items for my twins. Thank you again for making these fantastic dolls available so we have more choice in such a comercialized market! Thanks for the chance to win one!
  • Denise
    Thanks for the chance.
  • Danelle
    Thank you for the contest. My daughter will love to win one of the dolls!!!! I am a catechist at my church and your website helps tremendously with activities, lesson plans and ideas.
  • Rose
    This is an answer to a prayer! Thank you for the chance to win a doll for my daughter.
  • Juliet Hoke
    Thanks for the great Mass Readings resources. They help us ALL focus and pick up more from the Mass.
    We would like to be entered in the contest for the doll prize also! Thanks.

    Juliet Hoke
  • Mariah
    The dolls are great! It is nice to know that there is a set of dolls wearing modest clothing out there. Thank you for the opportunity!
  • Jeni Doolittle
    What a great idea, toys and advertising have such an effect on young children and how perfect to provide young girls with a positive encouraging toy . With any luck these dolls could replace negative influnces such as the Bratz dolls and other girl toys that promote inapproiate dress and self respect. Thanks for you work in making our world a better place for the children who are our future. God Bless!! Jeni
  • Monica Maruqez
    They are really cute!
  • My grandaughter, Marina, would love this doll. Thank you for offering a great roll model doll for young girls.
  • Christine
    These dolls are great. Since we are stationed overseas with the military, we are relegated to what the Post Exchange carries - namely Bratz and Barbie dolls - not my idea of the dolls I want my impressionable daughter to play with. Kudos for creating positive roll model dolls that are all the more appealing due to their Catholic faith based origins.

    Thanks for offering the chance to win one of these dolls. The price is a bit steep - although not nearly as bad as American Girl. It would be wonderful to see these mass produced so girls everywhere had an opportunity to play with a doll that sends out the RIGHT message.
  • Francie
    The dolls are adorable! Thx!
  • Corina
    These dolls look great! Thank you for the opportunity to win one!
  • robbie
    wow - what a wonderful idea! my daughter is starting to play with barbies and it makes me cringe. Thanks!
  • Sara S.
    We so need an alternative like these! Thanks for sharing such a great product with the world, and the chance to win one! God Bless, Sara S.
  • Amy
    I would locve a chance to win a doll for my daughter Teresa!
  • Joyce Miller
    What a wonderful idea! I wish my grown daughter were young enough to enjoy one of these dolls. Hopefully I will someday have a granddaughter to share these dolls with.
  • Nicole C.
    My daughter would be crazy about these dolls!!
  • Any one of my 5 girls would love these dolls!
  • Hey, It's me again! The dolls come with everything they have on. Natalie comes with the outfit she's wearing, a gym bag and the vest. They all come with the hardcover book, The First Day of Forever. We also sell the outfits separately. So for example, if you get Natalie and want to purchase the outfit that Reina has on, you may do so. I'm trying to expland our clothing line...we'll have 2 new outfits in the fall.
  • Danette Rieckhoff
    THE DOLLS ARE WONDERFUL! WELL DONE!
  • Maria De Bruyn
    These are very beautiful dolls. I like the Hispanic doll especially because my adopted daughter is Hispanic.
  • What a fabulous innovation! Please enter me!
  • Thanks for another great giveaway. This dolls are beautiful and would make a wonderful gift. They are also a great alternative to American Girl. Thank you.
  • Linda M
    Kristi... in looking at the website. do the outfits on the dolls come with the dolls or do you have to order the outfit separately? For Natalie.. the description mentions the acqua vest but not the rest of the outfit.
  • Linda M
    Thank you Kristi for your explanation. I appreciate you taking the time to share that with us.
  • Hello- This is Kristi, the creator of The Friends Forever Girls. Thank you so much for all of your wonderful comments. They confirm what I thought, that parents, if given a choice, would want to give their daughter something that promotes a positive message.

    I would also like to comment on Linda M's post. I'm very glad that you brought this up because it gives me the chance to explain my decision to donate $1 for every sale of the Kristina Takes the Stage book to the local Inland Empire or Madison, WI Komen Chapters.

    I found out about this connection 6 months ago and I checked it out. I donate to the local Madison and Inland Empire Chapters. The money donated to these two local chapters stay at the local level, helping local women and their families, and does not go towards the national fund, which then in turn, donates to PP. I also donate to the Deanna Favre Hope Foundation, (which also helps women and families affected by breast cancer).

    Breast cancer is so very important to me on a very personal level. Our local Inland Empire Chapter, has been such an enormous help to my dear friend, (who is also Catholic). Three years ago she discovered she had breast cancer. This was a year after she delivered her twin boys (at the time she and her husband also had a 4 and 6 year old). Since then, 2 more women in my group of friends have been diagnosed. We live in a very small community and our local Inland Empire Komen Chapter has been so incredibly helpful to my friends and their families. I wanted to do something for the organization (again, the local chapter- NOT the national) that had helped them so much. So, I understand the controversy, but the donations are made on a local level and not on a national level, and I know the funds stay locally and not passed on to PP.

    Thank you for letting me respond and I hope this explains my reasons. Again, please know the donation that we make is only from the sale of the book, Kristina Takes the Stage, and not from the other books or dolls.
  • Linda M
    I would like to be entered in the contest to win the doll. My duaghter likes the Kristina doll. She has been wanting an American Girl and have been working to show her other alternatives. So, she really likes these dolls. My only concern is that for every book that is sold, $1 is donated to select Komen foundation affiliaties. I have a concern as to the connection with planned parenthood and komen foundation.
  • Shivaun
    Beautiful dolls!
  • Ruth Holden
    Adorable dolls - thanks for the opportunity to win one:-)
  • Susan
    What cute dolls!
  • Marie M
    I've seen these dolls before and would love to have one for one of my girls! Thanks!
  • Stephanie Linden
    All 4 of our girls love dolls. Thanks for the chance to win!
  • Mary
    My daughter would love one of your dolls.Thanks for holding the contest!
    God bless!
  • Kristin
    What beautiful dolls! My daughter would love them! I'd never heard of them before. Thanks!
  • Evelyn
    The dolls are beautiful and their message is even more so! God bless!
  • I have 4 girls who would LOVE to play with one of these dolls! Thank you for giving us the opportunity to enter this contest.
  • Sarah
    My 3 daughters would love one of these. Thank you for the great give away.
  • Marie
    My daughter would love one of these dolls!
  • Maria
    Please enter me! My daughter would love one.
  • My daughter would love one of these dolls! Count me in! God bless. ;)
  • Laurajean
    Oooh, I have 4 daughters, but I know which one would love one of these dolls!
  • Annette
    Please enter me! Thanks!
  • Maria
    Count me in! And a huge Thank You for creating these wonderful dolls!
  • Christina Tawney
    Thank you for producing these wonderful dolls for our girls. We as moms need all the support we can get to raise virtuous women. This is a toy to be proud of!
  • Jean
    My granddaughters would be very happy to have this doll.
  • Deanne Carr
    Never seen these Beautiful Doll before Love to have one for My Granddaughter
    IIt's nice to see dolls that have a good and Healthy outlook that can capture the minds of little girls
    And have to worry about all the garbage that's out there in the stores.

    Wish You Lots of Success Deanne
  • Susan DiParisi
    My two daughters (now only toddlers) would so benefit from having positive role models in their dolls such as these! Thank you for entering us! God bless you and your doll business!
  • Carol
    You areb blessed with a wonderful gift and it must be heartwarming to see all the positive responses from so many of us who appreciate that you had a dream and a God given talent and saw your dream come true. May God Bless you and your lovely family for what you are doing. Anyone who has a daughter, granddaughter, niece, god daughters , etc. know that girls love dolls. To have a doll that gives a message to appreciate themselves, the world and praise for our Heavenly Father is a beautiful testament to what you do! In the world today it is so refreshing to find something as precious as your dolls to bring a smile to a young girls life to have such a pretty doll with a message that will bring them closer to their faith. Thank you for allowing me to respond. I am a grandmother of two precious granddaughters .
  • My daughter is just now at the age that she'd really enjoy these dolls. I'm fighting against the overpriced American Girl series, but love the idea!
  • Molly Smith
    My daughter would love these! Thanks for the chance to get one!
  • Tanya Cleary
    Loving these dolls! My daugther would be so excited! I just found this from Faith & Family - love this Catholic Mom site, too!! God Bless you!
  • Cathe
    These dolls look great! Maybe if I win one, my daughter will share with me:)
  • Katie
    What wonderful dolls. Another "avenue' to explore that is not Disney. Thank you for the chance to win one of these dolls.
  • Thank you for the giveaway! I know a little girl who would be so thrilled!!
  • Rosemary
    I'm so pleased to see an alternative to Barbie for my daughters!! They love dolls, but I don't allow Barbie. What a great idea - modestly dressed dolls who aren't "brats"! Thank you for having this contest - I hope we win!
  • Monique
    I have 13 yo twins who still love their dolls! One of these would be an awesome addition! Thank you for this promotion!
  • Chrissy
    my daughters would love this!
  • please enter me ! thanks !
  • Nina
    These dolls look like a wonderful playmate for our daughters.
  • Robynn
    I have not seen these dolls before, they are beautiful. I will be sharing this link with my homeschool group.
  • Celeste
    How fun!
  • Erin
    I am excited to learn of these dolls, and my daughter who is about to turn 7 would love one!
  • My daughters would LOVE this! Thanks for the opportunity!!!!
  • What great dolls. Please enter me.
  • Debbie
    Very nice dolls! My 4 daughters would love it. I will look into these for the next birthday!
  • My daughter would love these!!! We'd love the chance to play with them. Thanks for the giveaway!
  • Tina L
    Thank you for the contest - the dolls are beautiful. It is so nice to see a healthy alternative to other dolls on the market these days.
  • Carmen
    My goddaughter would love this doll. Thanks for the opportunity.
  • Sarah G
    My daughter would be thrilled to win!
  • Joan
    I would love to win one of these dolls for my 6 year old niece. It is such a breath of fresh air to see dolls like this!
  • Bridget
    Thank you for offering such a neat contest! My daughter would love these dolls.
  • Ann F.
    What a wonderful idea! We'd seen the "Life of Faith" series dolls, but, it's so great to see a line of dolls created by a Catholic mom! Thank you for the opportunity to win one! My seven-year-old daughter would love it!
  • kelly mckeough
    What a wonderful way to encourage our daughters to respect themselves and others.
    Thank you for following your heart and stepping out in faith to create a positive
    doll to enhance their childhood!
    God Bless,
    kelly
  • JJ Martin
    Thanks for entering me in contest.
  • Amy
    I have 2 girls (8 and 5) who would love to play with these beautiful dolls! Thanks!
  • Marge T.
    Enter this Grandmother. I have six granddaughters. Thanks.
  • Jen in CT
    Please enter our family into the drawing for one of these dolls. My daughter would love to have one. Thank you.
  • Patty D
    I never heard of these dolls but am anxious to check them out. I would love to win one for my 7-year-old-granddaughter and have it presented as a gift from her "fairy godmother" since her real Catholic godmother has "forgotten" about her since the real godmother left our church over a silly disagreement. Anna's mommy usually buys her a present from "her fairy godmother", and I think this would be a wonderful gift. Please enter my name. This is a beautiful idea. Thanks.
  • These dolls are adorable. My daughters would be delighted to have one.
  • Tracie
    WOW those are beautiful dolls. One of my girls would love one of those.
  • Diane
    What a gentle way to teach virtues. Thanks for coming up with a great product!
  • Beverly
    With four daughters these would be well-loved over here! Please enter us!
  • I would very much like to start our collection of your dolls with the winning prize. :) My girls will be thrilled!

    Thank you, have a blessed day!
    Maxine
  • Karla
    This would be a wonderful prize! My two daughters would love dolls like this ...
  • Mary
    My daughters would just love these dolls. I have never heard of these before. Thanks!
  • Abra
    How cute!! I would love to have one of these dolls for my twins.
  • I am so excited to see some dolls FINALLY that represent our values as a Catholic family. I can't wait for KT to see these!
  • Robyn
    These are perfect! Please enter me in the drawing. Thanks!
  • Please enter me!
  • What a wonderful gift for girls! I would love to be able to give one to my niece! (She turns one in August.)
  • Julie F.
    What a great doll! Thanks for the opportunity to win one. My girls would love this!
  • My 7 yr old would love these dolls! What an awesome way to live out the Faith. Thank you!
  • Jill
    My daughter would love one of these dolls!!!
  • jay
    Thanks would be great for the gals in my life.
  • Maxine
    I'd love one of these for my daughter. Thanks!
  • Virginia
    What beautiful dolls! My daughter would love to be the proud owner of one of these. Thanks for offering a wonderful giveaway.
  • Please enter me in the giveaway. These dolls are wonderful
  • Rita Dust
    My little granddaughter would love this doll. I am so happy to learn about these dolls, such a wonderful change from Barbie and American Girl dolls. Thanks for the chance to win one. Rita
  • Manuela
    I love the dolls and especially the message that comes with them. Keep up the great work.
  • Beth
    I would love to win one of these for my niece. Thanks for the opportunity to enter.
  • Sharon
    What a great idea! It is so nice to see another wonderful product that is modest. You are truly living your faith.
  • Dolls for granddaughters!
  • I have four lovely daughters, any of whom would love one of these dolls.
  • Denise
    Enter me please.
  • These dolls are precious. My little girls would love them!
  • These dolls are beautiful! There is such a need for appropriate (and lovely) dolls for Catholic girls. Congratulations on a job well done!
  • Jennie Lou
    I hope to win too! Thanks for a fun giveaway.
  • Mary Hennessey
    These dolls look great. I am glad to know there are there. I have a 6 years old daughter and 3 granddaughter, all of which would love one of these dolls.
  • Jess
    My daughters would love this! Thanks for the chance.
  • JEN
    Friends Forever - Friends Together - Friends the Better! Hope we win. Thanks for a chance.
  • Mary Beth
    These dolls sound beautiful, and perfect for my 7 year old daughter. Thank you for creating them!
  • Jill
    I knew if I resisted AG dolls long enough something better would come along! My daughter would LOVE one!
  • These are lovely! Thank you for the chance. I have one daughter and four nieces, so a dolls are well-loved around here.
  • Christina
    I love the idea of these! Please enter me!
  • Anita
    I have one daughter with four brothers, so she needs all the "girlfriends" she can find!
  • Mimi
    My girls would love these dolls! Thanks for the giveaway!
  • Mari
    I would love for our daughter to have a healthy catholic version to Barbie when her friends come over to play. I am steering her away from Barbie and at times is hard to get her attention off the Barbies when she is in stores, etc...
    These look so precious, that I think she will not have trouble at all forgetting about the existence of other dolls.
    Any of these willl be a treasured welcome to our new dolls collection.
    THANKS for making these available to us, concerned parents.
  • Christy
    I have two daughters and theoy would LOVe these!
  • Carol
    They look great! My two girls would love them.
  • Jamie
    Please enter me, I have two daughters and they love playing with dolls very much.
  • Theresia
    Please enter me. Would love to have this for our daughters. thanks for the giveaway!
  • Carol
    These dolls are are so wonderful and wholesome, hope I win.
  • Jenny
    These are beautiful dolls! My daughter would love to play with one of these!
  • This is a lovely idea!

    And I know a little one who would enjoy one!

    Thank you for the opportunity!
  • PP
    Perfect timing - I've just started looking around for some nice dolls for my soon-to-be 4-year old daughter!
  • Katy
    Great idea.
  • Julie
    How fun.
  • Theresa
    Thanks for creating this... I know my girls would love this.
  • Melissa G
    These are beautiful,and I love the message they are trying to teach. Please enter me for the drawing. I can use all the help I can get to give my daughter the true message of the beauty of being a girl!
    Thank you for your generosity!
  • Mary =)
    God Bless you & thank you for the chance to win one of these dolls for my daughter.
  • Emily
    These are fantastic amongst all the other dolls out there. Thanks!
  • Mary
    Would LOVE one of these for my little girl! Thank you Lisa & God bless!!!
  • Lisa Shortell
    These are great! I can't wait to show these to my daughter! Thanks!
  • Susan
    My daughter is too young, but my niece would love these dolls.
  • Carina Combs
    My daughter would love one of these dolls.
  • Andrea Janicki
    My daughter Bella would love one of these dolls!
  • wendy wallach
    i have a great little girl in mind who would absolutely adore this doll!

    madamerkf at aol dot com
  • Crystal F
    My daughter would absolutely love one of these dolls. Thank you!
  • Belinda
    These are adorable. Thanks for the chance to win.
  • Hey Lisa,

    Great podcast (ep 104) I'd love to get in the hat for winning the doll for my baby niece!

    God bless.
  • Carrie Miyake
    It is so nice to see quality dolls on the market that can be "role models" for my daughter.
  • Michelle Moshier
    Thank you for giving me the opportunity to enter to win. MM
  • Brenda
    Would love to win.
  • Lesley
    I have three daughters that would absolutely love this collection. Thank you Kristi!!!!
  • Kathy M.
    Please enter me in the contest.
  • Aimee C
    sounds great, my daughter will love this!
  • Paula H
    My daughter would love one of these. I like the two new dolls.
  • Jane Holleran
    Please enter me in the contest for the Favorite Friends Doll. I think these dolls and the belief behind them is wonderful.
    God Bless, jane
  • Susan
    I had not previously heard of these dolls---but will be learning more about them now! Please enter me in the contest, my 5 yr-olds would really enjoy the doll!
  • Jim
    Please enter me too.
  • Wow...sounds great. I've not heard of them before. Glad to see such positive toys.
  • Thank you for the giveaway, those dolls are really cute and my daughter would love one of these dolls.
  • Angela
    Please enter me as well. My daughter would be thrilled to have one of these dolls. Thanks!
  • susan
    the dolls are so nice, my daughter would love one! thanks for the chance for her to win
  • Ann Clark
    Thanks for the contest. The dolls are lovely.
  • RMT
    I've never heard of these dolls before, but my daughter would love one. Thanks!
  • Please enter me as well, the dolls are lovely
    thanks
    Nicole
  • MMW
    I love the message that these dolls send. I would love to share them with my daughter and son! Thanks for the giveaway!
  • Jennifer
    How lovely! Thanks for contest - my daughter thinks they are great!
  • Renee G
    These look great. Please enter me.
  • Kim
    These dolls are beautiful. Such a nice change from the American Girls! Thank you!
  • MRS.MOMMYY
    love these- beautiful and clean.
  • Oh, what delightful dolls, and whether I win or not, I think I have my answer to the American Girl desires of my 4yo, don't I? :) Thanks for all the tips for great products, including these beautiful dolls!
  • Kelly Ann T.
    Alison would like Reina since she wants to be a vet. All of these dolls are cute. Thank you for the giveaway.
  • Mary Ward
    These dolls are just lovely. I'd love to be entered.
  • Kathleen
    I've never seen or heard of these dolls before. They look great. Thanks for the chance to win one.

    kport207 at gmail dot com
  • I would love to win the Natalie doll for my daugther!
  • Kim
    These are beautiful dolls! Thanks Lisa for making this contest available!
  • Lesly Orf
    I know my daughter would love one of these dolls. Thanks for the great giveaway.
  • Elizabeth Shearer
    Wow! This would be perfect for my daughter for her birthday on July 13th. It also happens to be the 13th anniversary of the day I met my husband...my forever friend! :)
  • How cute!!! I know my daughter would love these!
  • Please enter me in to win one of these dolls! My daughter's 7th bday is this Sunday (7/7)!!! She'd LOVE one of these! thanks and God bless, Mary
  • Terri
    another great concept for a contest and a free shipping offer to boot! ... just another reason to stay tuned to CatholicMom.com.
  • Jodie
    My daughter and God daughter would think these dolls were great. Very cute! i like the modest clothing they are wearing. stylish but modest!
  • thanks for the contest. my daughter loves dolls.
  • Rhiannon
    Thanks for the great contest!
  • Kararena
    My daughter would love one of these! Thanks for the opportunity!
  • My daughter would cherish one of these dolls! thanks for the giveaway!
  • Kim (MrsFifer1863)
    Wow I never heard of the dolls. Sarah would just love this. I will be sharing the link with her as soon as she gets home from school.
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