Join us for a Twitter social to help you get ready for back to school

While you're all still lounging by the pool, making the most of your linen, or squeezing in a last minute vacation with the family, we're already thinking about helping parents out for back to school season. (Oh, the sacrifices we make f…

Twitter Social with Staples
While you're all still lounging by the pool, making the most of your linen, or squeezing in a last minute vacation with the family, we're already thinking about helping parents out for back to school season. (Oh, the sacrifices we make for you.) So we're so excited to be teaming up with Staples to talk Back to School on a fun, cool Twitter Social this coming Tuesday and we hope you'll join us. You may not know it, but Staples is an amazing destination for back to school shopping -- even stuff you didn't imagine they'd have for your kids? Yeah, they have it. Please join us on Tuesday, July 29, 9pm ET sharp to chat with our editors Liz and Kristen in real time, share your fave tips and advice, get all of your own back to school questions answered, and commiserate about having to pack school lunches again. (Don't worry, we have tips for that too.) Oh, and giveaways! Seriously awesome giveaways for you, and maybe best of all, stuff for your own childrens' classrooms. Because we know how much your teachers spend out of their own pockets on their classrooms, and we want to help make it easier on them, too. To join, just show up! That's it. But to be eligible to win one of the prizes, make sure to enter here before our social starts, so that you'll be eligible for the (awesome) prizes we'll be giving away. And of course, be sure to follow @coolmompicks, @momitforward, and @staples on Twitter. Extra big thanks to our friends at Mom It Forward for helping us put on this Twitter Social. Looking forwarding to seeing you on Tuesday night! - Kristen + Liz

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