National Napping Day & a Giveaway

Today marks National Napping Day and Protect-A-Bed is celebrating in a big way! 

TODAY ONLY, Protect-A-Bed will be hosting a Twitter contest where they will be giving away sets of Premium Pillow Protectors to those who share the funniest place they've ever taken a nap.  To enter: follow @Protect_A_Bed on Twitter and use the hashtag #nappingday to share your funniest or strangest nap location.

Napping is an art – an art studies show bolsters health and creativity. History has produced a legion of great nappers. Among them are Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Edison and Lord Byron, who after sweet slumbers achieved great feats of art, science and literature.

Studies abound tout the benefits of napping, from enhancing memory and learning, to improving work performance, and increasing mental acuity and overall health. That’s why on the first Monday after daylight saving time begins, it’s fitting to celebrate the benefits of the nap and those who take them.  However, those who nap the best understand a sleeping place needs protection from allergens and dust mites. After all, waking from a nap with the sniffles is no way to wake up at all.

Research shows that 10 percent of the general public and as many as 90 percent of people with allergic asthma (depending on the study you read) have an allergy to dust mites. Dust mites love spoiling our napping refuge, taking up residence in mattresses and pillows. In fact, as many as two million dust mites can thrive in an unprotected mattress.  Besides dust mites, it’s not unusual for other allergy triggers like pollen and pet dander to become trapped within mattresses. By using a mattress protector, allergy sufferers can create an impermeable barrier between themselves and the allergens within their bed. When you use both a mattress protector and pillow protectors that seal allergens within pillows, a virtually allergy-free nap space is created.

So today, harness the creative power that comes from napping, and embrace your inner Da Vinci. Remember, the art of napping needs a canvas, and that canvas comes from Protect-A-Bed.

Win it: 1 Lucky Coupon Clippin' Mommy reader will win a Protect-A-Bed Premium Mattress Cover (Queen)

Mandatory Entry: Leave a comment telling me the strangest place you have ever taken a nap.
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Extra Entries:

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• Add my button to your blog (leave me a link where I can find it. 3 entries)
• Blog about this giveaway including a link to this post
• Follow CouponClippin on twitter
• Tweet about this giveaway including @CouponClippin & a link to this giveaway (can be done daily)

This giveaway will end on March 31, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST. The winner will be drawn via random.org. The winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond. Open to US residents only.

Disclaimer: The information was provided to me as part of a campaign with Global Influence and Protect-A-Bed.  I will be receiving a Queen Size Protect-A-Bed Premium Mattress Cover for writing this post and hosting the giveaway.