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Earn the Badge - Opens Sept 1

by Purple Catching Up

Rated: E · Message Forum · Activity · #2133333

You want it? Earn it. How? Complete these simple tasks and the badge is yours!

Who doesn't love merit badges?

Seriously ~ find me a person who doesn't
and
I will give YOU one just to bring them to my attention!

~ It's Party Central Time 2025 ~

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Your task, should you choose to accept it…
Complete the tasks ~ Earn the badge.

Got it?
Go!

One day only. ▼

Each day from September 1st - September 7th Daily Surprise Badges on that day only.
Sept. 1 - Contests

Task
Enter ANY contest with a birthday theme. Link the entry.
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Sept 2 – WDC Supportive Friend

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Sept 3 - Music

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Sept 4 - Growth

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Sept 5 - Crossword or Word Search
OR
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Sept 6 – Teamwork

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Sept 7 - Positivity

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B O N U S #1 – SEPT 1 – 7 – Flash Fiction

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B O N U S #2
Any Donation of 30,000 Gift Points, will receive the
NEWLY COMMISSIONED
EXCLUSIVE EARN THE BADGE
MB
Donors:

General Merit Badges ▼

#1 ~ Good Things Take Time

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#2 ~ Give 1 - Get 1
Any General Merit Badge
Task ~ Which General mb do you covet?
Send one general merit badge to one member of WDC,
Earn the Badge will send the same badge to you!
Post on the newsfeed so we can see that you've done it and link that post here.
Offered by: "Earn the Badge - Opens Sept 1"
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#3 ~ Novels

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#4 ~ Poetry

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#5 ~ Artistic

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#6 ~ Enlightening

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#7 ~ You Can & You Will

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Exclusive Merit Badges ▼

#8 ~ Blog City
or
Task
Blog City to receive Merit Badge tag Author Icon on the Author Icon contest forum when you have completed everything and it's listed in one post.

1. 7 blog posts responding to the posted prompt and post each entry #
2. interact with at least 1 person each day in their entry post the blogger's entry #
3. Review Blog City with a minimum of 1000 characters and post the review number
4. Review one leader's blog and post the review Number
5.Who wrote Lyn's favorite quote?

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#9 ~ The Norb Award

Task
Comment on at least one blog entry each day from 9/1-9/7. Any blog, at least 4 coherent sentences related to the entry. Link all 7 post entries into one forum post here.

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#10 ~ BCoF
or
Task
BCoF to receive Merit Badge tag Author Icon on the Author Icon contest forum when you have completed everything and it's listed in one post.

1. 7 blog posts responding to the posted prompt and post each entry # with your completion
2. What promotion is going on at BCoF?
3. Review one leader's port and post the review #
4. Write a post on the newfeed promoting blogging and post the note #
5. BCoF just hosted a Virtual 50 State Challenge, review one of the bloggers book/blog and post review #

#11 ~ The Beatles

Task
Write a short story (under 1,000 words) or poem (40 lines or fewer) that are connected and based on Beatles song (their choice of music). Or write a redaction poem of a Beatles song.

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#12 ~ Purple's Prize

They say Purple is the color of royalty. Write either a poem [40 line max], or short story [1,000 word max] about Royalty. Fact or Fiction, your choice!

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Rare Awardicons & Merit Badges ▼

#13 ~ HSP Awardicon

Task ~ Give 3 Quality Chapter Reviews of the same book in either the Romance or Erotica Genre
Offered by: "House of Sensual Prose "
Earned by:

All reviews must contain substance ~ no fluff and be at least 750 characters, excluding ml count.

Submit all reviews/writing/contest entry links/posts in one forum post.

You may do every task only once! How many badges can you earn?

Each set of reviews must be for different items if you are working toward multiple badges. In other words, no repeat reviews.

Make sure to include all the required links in one forum post.

All Donations welcome. Let me know if you want to create a challenge and send a specific merit badge. All donations can be linked to this forum.
Donors ▼

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This activity will CLOSE at 11:59 pm September 10th! Good Luck!

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