Thursday, October 25, 2012

Change Your Clock Change Your Battery with Energizer {Family Safety Kit Review & Giveaway}

Energizer logo
You know the stereotype about seniors who constantly complain about some aspect that can't be changed? Like inflation or their ailing health or the weather? I'm already prepared to fulfill my role doing just that 30 years from now.

I already even have my topic of choice: Daylight Saving Time.

Twice a year I find myself myself moaning and groaning about how early it gets dark in the evening or having my kids wake up an hour before the crack of dawn or my frustration level over just about everything that has to do with Daylight Saving Time. Whoever decided that we would go through this every spring and fall, I have a strong word or two for them (and quite a few instances of shaking my angry fist as well).

However, since it doesn't look like this tradition is going anywhere anytime soon, I can at least focus on the positives of Daylight Saving Time. One main one: the annual Change Your Clock Change Your Battery program.


This fall, Daylight Saving Time occurs on November 4 and marks the 25th anniversary of the annual Change Your Clock Change Your Battery program. This program focuses on not only changing our clocks but also that Daylight Saving Time is the perfect time for families to adopt a life-saving habit: changing the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.

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% occur in homes in which at least one smoke alarm is present but fails to operate (frequently due to dead or missing batteries). Don't be another statistic!

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. How can you get involved? Head over to the Energizer Facebook page and browse their large amount of Fire Safety Info!

Fire Safety Info

Now through November 4, when you visit the Energizer Bunny Facebook page and click on the Fire Safety Info Tab, you'll not only find great tips, a home escape plan, and coloring and activity sheets, you will also have the chance to enter a sweepstakes to win a Family Safety Kit — Energizer is giving away one 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
The Change Your Clock Change Your Battery program is just one of the ways Energizer brings to life the company's commitment to making a positive impact in communities across the country.

Don't let another season go by without checking your smoke alarm and changing the battery! This year use the extra hour "gained" to remind your friends, family and neighbors of this life-saving habit and join Energizer in promoting this important fire safety method.

And, thanks to their generosity, one person will be able to be fully prepared for safety because...

One lucky person will win a Family Safety Kit*
(ARV $78) from Energizer!

Kit includes: (1) Kidde Battery-Operated Combination Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarm, (2) packages of Energizer MAX Batteries with Power Seal Technology, (1) Energizer Flameless Wax Candle, (1) Energizer Weatheready Safety Light flashlight, and (1) Change your Clock, Change your Battery reusable tote bag

(Enter with the Rafflecopter form below. If you have any questions or problems entering, there is a video tutorial found here that can help.)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

A big thank you to Energizer for providing a Family Safety Kit for me as well as for one lucky giveaway winner. The opinions shared are my own and honest and if you really need to see more, click here to see how I roll.  

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FrangiePani said...

Yes, I will be doing that

FrangiePani said...

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michelle hill said...

Yes I would try them

jmajor4870 said...

yes i will

kymom13 said...

I try to...

wigget said...

i will try to remember to

bayctygrl said...

Yes, I always do!

hippopurplemonkey at yahoo dot com

Anonymous said...

I will change the batteries!

phall0106at yahoo dot com

Sara said...

I will be checking the batteries and I will change them if needed

scottsgal said...

we change ours the first of each year

Kelly R. said...

We always change the batteries in our smoke alarms with the time changes.

trisha said...

If I remember yes i will

Unknown said...

Yes I always do! Thanks for the giveaway!
Happy Halloween,
June

Mario1 said...

Great prize we spend money on a host of things like this every year and to get a safety kit for free is a great idea and a savings thanks

Rita M said...

I think Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery is a great idea - I will do it!

Unknown said...

Every year I swear I will and usually end out waiting for that annoying beep to start though.

peg42 said...

Yes, we'll be changing our batteries.
Thanks so much.
rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com

Seyma Bennett Shabbir said...

No, usually wait until battery dies
seyma_bennett@hotmail.com

cbowlingtn said...

Yes I will

Sharon said...

i usually dont but will make a reminder to do it this time!

Sharon said...

iloveroxy 918 at gmail dot com

Anonymous said...

Yes, I will!

Unknown said...

yes, we always do

Jenny Stanek said...

Yes!

orangestar17(at)hotmail(dot)com

MELINA said...

don't practice day light saving time is arizona so wont change batteries

Tawny said...

Yes, we will be changing the batteries here and go to my Mama's and change hers as well.
Very, very important!

PAIGE said...

Yes, yes, yes...always do!
elysesw@aol.com

Marysa said...

That is a really good idea! I think our smoke alarms are hard wired, but it is a good idea to make sure the batteries are fresh too!
Marysa {at} marysa {dot} com

d schmidt said...

I do not usually but I will be changing my batteries

mummytotwoboys@yahoo.com

Unknown said...

Yes we will be doing it

ReviewsSheRote said...

I will now =)

s said...

yes - we will.

Anonymous said...

Yes, just like every other year.

sflickinger at rocketmail dot com

Anonymous said...

No.
kyonac1@gmail.com

SueZH said...

I normally do it New Year.

Anonymous said...

I will be changing our battery to coincide with Daylight Saving Time.
reejen at comcast dot net

Anonymous said...

it will be my intention to do so.rob,rcf60527@yahoo.com

Kathy said...

Yes, we'll be changing our batteries then.

Brenda said...

No, my husband usually just changes the battery when the smoke alarm fusses at him.

ann said...

No cause when one of mine beeps for a new battery with a week all the other ones beep to so they all get changed about the same time

Unknown said...

I will change them
gabbflabber@live.com

FIBERONE said...

I will not be changing the battery next month because I have recently replaced the battery. However, I like the slogan and may use it next year as a reminder to change the battery.

Marti Tabora said...

I always change my batteries when the time changes.

FireRunner2379 said...

We always do, then put the old batteries in the kids toys!

Frugal Tumbleweed Acres said...

Yes, I will be changing the battery.
gourdsrmylife(at)yahoo(dot)com

Louise Cunningham said...

yes I will change the batteries! :)

Unknown said...

No but I should.

chantal cooper said...

my hubby does

apple blossom said...

No usually don't change til they start beeping.

julie said...

yes, it's the best way to remember to do it.

Debra Guillen said...

The clock change is always my reminder too change batteries (Debra L. Guillen)

Anonymous said...

our are hard-wired! but I know some dear friends who do not have such, and think I will remind them to check/change their batteries!

Anonymous said...

I will try to remember!

bison61 said...

no, we always change ours the first of the year-Jan. 1

tiramisu392 (at) yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

No as we alwasy change ours out on New Years Day!!!

cgentry1952@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

Yes, I will do both.

Unknown said...

My Clock does that auto matic. Thank You. Jerri Davis

clc408 said...

I'll be changing batteries with the time change.

Rachel said...

I will change them

Bridget said...

Yes we will be changing our batteries.

Karen F said...

Yes, we plan to

Anonymous said...

i just change them every month to be sure they work star95011()yahoo()com

Karla said...

I change them when they start to beep.

Anonymous said...

I will be doing that
Sukie (dot) meadows (at) aol (dot) com

kalea_kane said...

I live in Arizona and most of the state doesn't change time for daylight savings. So we change our batteries on January first. It is the best way for us to keep track.

KellysShining(at)gmail(dot)com

Unknown said...

yes,I will

Danielle said...

yes I will!

debijackson said...

yes i will debbie jackson
djackson1958 at hotmail dot com

Cheryl Chervitz said...

I try to remember to do that each year, with this, I will do it.

Terra Heck said...

Yep, I plan on it. Thanks.
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com

Joseph Skidmore said...

I change the batteries every year in the fall,also change the smoke alarms every 5 years.

Selinda said...

We will be changing!

Thanks,

selinda_mccumbers at yahoo.com

mogrill said...

Yes! We do every 6 months.
Thanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com

Karen said...

I already do this :)

ktgonyea at gmail.com

AmandaC said...

Now we will! This is my husband and my first home together and so we are new to this whole thing.

Jessica Rose said...

Maybe! If I remember! We usually only change them when they start beeping!

ijessica_r at yahoo dot com

Growl Tiger said...

I will change our batteries.

Stacey V said...

Now that you've reminded me I will!

mmc123456 at yahoo dot com

Amy L said...

Yes, we always change the batteries in our smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detector when we change to and from Daylight Savings Time.

Pricousins said...

Yes, I will change my batteries to coincide with DST.

Thanks for the chance!

pricousins at aol dot com

llinda29 said...

i don't do that

Unknown said...

My daughter learned about this at school, and that's our plan!

Anonymous said...

I would love this

PAdoglady said...

Yes, I will

jcwega27 said...

yes
jessicawedwards@gmail.com

Linda W. said...

yes, better safe than sorry!

Diane said...

Being prepare should be taught to be a way of life, not a emergency response

casaflamingos said...

yes, i will!

Kimberly said...

Without fail
Kims2312@verizon.net

Mary C said...

It's the time of the year to change them!

ighmeg at yahoo dot com

Anonymous said...

oh yes! every year!

Unknown said...

yes and I have to buy a new smoke alarm. the last one had a hissy fit over some burnt toast and wouldn't quite so I jumped up and some how it got snatched clean off the ceiling and thrown against the wall.

sheila musselman askins said...

oh yes will be changing the batteries!

Unknown said...

We've never done that before with each time change, but it's a great idea! We will be starting it.

Daphne Turner said...

No

pinktaz60 said...

Betsy Rubendall Barnes
pinktaz60@hotmail.com

We always change our batteries on Daylight Savings, easy to remember :)

Unknown said...

Yes, we'll definitely start doing that, especially with a baby in the house!

Unknown said...

we do it!
Thanks for the giveaway! Janna Johnson jannajanna@hotmail.com Janna@feedyourpig on gfc

Anonymous said...

Will change the batteries.

Jessica said...

I'm going to go do it now, because I always forget until someone mentions it.

Tanya M said...

Yes, we will.

Jessica said...

Yes I will be changing our batteries
jjak2003 at gmail dot com

BeckyM said...

Yes... we will be checking/changing batteries!
info(at)mijalphotography(dot)com

Lydia Vierson said...

Nope I changed it two weeks ago when it started to chirp

Kristin B said...

Luckily for me, I do not have to deal with Daylight Savings Time. Arizona doesn't do it.

Dawn A said...

I try every year to remember to change my batteries during daylight savings time.

Leona P said...

I changed them a month ago

Stevie said...

already changed it this week

CherylS22 said...

We always change the batteries to coincide with changing the clocks in the spring & fall.
Thanks for the giveaway!

Di said...

yes, have it marked on calendar to change batteries when we change the clocks

Anonymous said...

No, but I should.

CindyWindy2003 said...

probably not, i don't even remember to change my regular clocks to daylight, carawling(at)hotmail(dot)com

Anonymous said...

I will buy the batteries, but will have to have my son install them. It's an easy reminder every year! janthony332002 at yahoo.com

Sandy VanHoey said...

I have gotten use to changing every New Years day

mahnrafjtb said...

We usually change them on that day but we had to change them early due to they started beeping. We put tape on them with the date we changed them but we might change them again just to stay on schedule.

♡♥♬ Louis ♬♥♡ said...

I'll be changing the batteries. Campaigns like this are a great reminder
Thank you for hosting this giveaway

Louis
pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com

ithinkthrifty said...

I will be this year!

sweetsue said...

I just changed my battery last week because my smoke alarm was beeping, but normally I would.
Susan Chester

rebecca11111 said...

yes i will

Ann Fantom said...

No, we change our smoke detector batteries in the Spring.

abfantom at yahoo dot com

ariannasma216 said...

yes of course!

Dave said...

we don't do daylight savings (in AZ) but will try to come up with another system!
entered as Davis

Sarah Hall said...

Yes, we always try to change the battery when we change our clocks.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the reminder! will be changing my batteries

sarah79harding said...

Yes I will be this year,thank you for the reminder. Sarah79harding@yahoo.com

Auri Lae said...

That's a great way to remember it! I think we'll be doing that from now on.

Gina F. said...

I will be changing my battery to coincide with Daylight Saving Time.

ginaferrell3 at yahoo dot com

Diane W said...

Yes change twice a year with time change.

Mom Knows Best said...

No we are lazy and wait till the smoke detector beeps

Unknown said...

Yes. I have batteries here to do that today!
hondaray6 at hotmail dot com

Melissa said...

I usually wait until the alarm chirps and lets me know the batteries are low.

Tabathia B said...

No my batteries were checked about 5 months ago

rayreadb said...

No, I won't be changing batteries.

RealtorSD said...

we are moving into a new house so we'll be putting in new alarms with new batteries
sarah at realtorsd.com

Anonymous said...

i'll be changing them tonight.. thanks for the reminder :)

heatheranya at hotmail dot com

Unknown said...

Yes. We change them every year.
magickalblessings26{at}gmail.com

melmorgan4 said...

Yes, we changed them last night.

Shachez said...

I usually have my husband do this, thanks for the reminder.

brich2222 said...

we changed ours!


brich22 at earthlink dot net

Daniel M said...

will check them and replace if necessary - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com

/\Heather/\ said...

Oooo, yes! It just passed, but I'll go out tomorrow for replacement batteries!

Suburban prep said...

We do it on our anniversary which is a week later.

Diane said...

Our smoke detectors are hard wired into our electric system

BRIDEOFHYDE said...

I won't be changing the batteries for Daylight Savings time because I usually do it on New Year's Day when I deep clean the house for the new year.

lola said...

will be changing batteries

Megan said...

We changed our batteries when Sandy hit.

Unknown said...

No, I haven't changed them yet.....

Anonymous said...

i didnt -but i'll tell my hubby to check them now
tcogbill at live dot com

Unknown said...

Yes, we do.

Unknown said...

yes we did

Sarah MomE25 said...

That is a great idea!

Unknown said...

That was a great idea. I'll try to get that synchronized for next year.

Lieutcrunch27 (at) gmail (dot) com

jhester said...

Great idea! We changed ours about a week before daylight savings because it was beeping at us. :)

Roy F. said...

No. Ours are hard wired.

Valerie said...

No, never thought of that. I should.

valerielenard(at)yahoo(dot)com

Theresa said...

I haven't but I should start.

cc_girly(at)yahoo(dot)com

latanya t said...

I forgot to it this time

Danielle Davis/Grady said...

We just replaced all our batteries that needed it last month! :)
Thank you!
Suchaproudmama @ yahoo.com

aaltw_515 said...

yes I did change ours with the time change

sethandtjay@yahoo.com

lilyk said...

I'll try to remember to change my battery to coincide with Daylight Saving Time.

Cassie R. said...

yes i will be!

slehan said...

Yes, I do it every year.
Thanks for the contest.

slehan at juno dot com

dailymom said...

Yes I did

Unknown said...

i changed my batteries with the time change

Narda said...

will have to change batteries tonight

Carrie Phelps said...

I did not but thank you for the reminder.

newnameford said...

Done! Thanks for the reminder

Unknown said...

Yes, we always do

DebbyM said...

Yes, we always change our batteries when we change the clocks...its the best reminder.

Christy said...

I changed my batteries.

safety_chick@hotmail.com

*Mirage* said...

Nope... the smoke alarm in my room started squealing it's little heart out and freaked the kids out a couple weeks ago so it got it's battery changed early! ;)

Tamar said...

nope, I don't have battery-operated ones.

Priscilla Benavides said...

I'm sure that the maintenance men from the apartment complex came to change the battery the friday before the time change.
priscillavbenavides@yahoo.com

katfam95 said...

DH does it on some other schedule.

katfam95 at aim dot com

Wanda McHenry said...

Our's are electric with battery back up, and yes we changed the batteries.

Wanda McHenry
wbailey113 at hotmail dot com

tina reynolds said...

yes we did

Karen said...

Yes, I did. Thanks for the giveaway.

Diane Zielinski said...

Nope, but thanks for another reminder.

Samantha Childress said...

No, I have recently just changed the battery, but thank you for the reminder.

Becky Davis said...

Yes, i always change the batteries each time change.

Anonymous said...

No, I just change the batteries when they need to be changed.

Trudy
onlyjustine at yahoo dot com

esldiane@gmail.com said...

I always change them on the start and end of daylight saving time
diane baum
esldiane@gmail.com

Kelly Massman said...

we don't have a set pattern for changing batteries.

rosannepm said...

Ours is hooked into our electrical system
rosans4@comcast.net

corey1971 said...

I already did! (Corey Olomon)

cman said...

We already have.

Unknown said...

I didn't before, but it was a great idea, so I did. Thanks!

channallocks said...

we sure did

channallocks said...

we sure did

Gennie Lancaster said...

We did!

Maryanne said...

I did not

Daniel M said...

will check and replace if necessary - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com

Jody Sisson said...

Yes, we did change them.

Jen said...

Yes I will change them

Erica C. said...

We already changed our batteries before the time change.
ericacarnes(at)gmail(dot)com

tiffany.hoyt said...

We changed our batteries.

tiffany.hoyt@hotmail.com

Nickolay said...

We did change ours

Sass said...

I already did! :-)

Nicole C. said...

Yes, I did.

choateorama(at)gmail(dot)com

tracey said...

yes, we did
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rochelle johnson

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