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Where do YOUR favorites stand?

Last call to vote for your favorite business in the Gold Daisy Awards

December 10, 2014

This is it! Here is your last chance to VOTE for the 2014 Macaroni Kid Aurora Gold Daisy Awards! Tell us you YOUR go-to choices are to entertain, enrich, and exhaust your kids!

CLICK HERE TO VOTE

Cast your vote today for your favorite place for fun, lessons, health care provider, restaurant, and more! You will be helping area families find the best local businesses — plus it is a FUN way to highlight what makes Aurora a fabulous place to live, shop, eat, and play!

VOTE and have a chance to win a $25 gift card to a local business of your choice compliments of Macaroni Kid Aurora!  Only one nomination or vote per email address. Duplicate votes will not be counted.


CURRENT STANDINGS:

ART LESSONS
  1. The Paint Cellar
  2. DAVA

DANCE/MOVEMENT LESSONS
  1. Dance 2 Gather
  2. Aurora Dance Arts

DRAMA/THEATER LESSONS
  1. Aurora Fox
  2. Notable Kids

GYMNASTICS LESSONS
  1. Saddle Rock Gymnastics
  2. Achieve Gymnastics

MARTIAL ARTS LESSONS
  1. ATA family martial arts
  2. National Martial arts

SWIMMING LESSONS
  1. SafeSplash
  2. The Trails Rec Center

YOUTH SPORTS LESSONS
  1. Lil' All Stars
  2. i9

FAMILY FRIENDLY FESTIVAL
  1. Southlands Sounds of the Summer
  2. Italian Festival

ONE TANK ROAD TRIP
  1. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
  2. Estes Park

PLACE FOR INDOOR FUN
  1. Skate City
  2. Kids Nite Out-Trails Rec Center

PLACE FOR TWEENS TO HANG OUT
  1. Kids Nite Out-Trails Rec Center
  2. Teen Scene-Southlands

BIRTHDAY PARTY VENUE
  1. The Paint Cellar
  2. Utah Pool
  3. Saddle Rock Gymnastics

BIRTHDAY CAKES/CATERING
  1. TIE-Goochie Cupcakes and Cakes by Karen

BREAKFAST PLACE
  1. Three Little Griddles
  2. Snooze

COFFEE/TEA SHOP
  1. Bean Tree Coffee
  2. Coffee Tree Cafe

DATE NIGHT RESTAURANT
  1. The Wine Experience
  2. The Bent Fork Grill

FAMILY NIGHT RESTAURANT
  1. Tokyo Joe's
  2. Which Wich

ICE CREAM/FROYO
  1. TIE-YoCraze and Coldstone

PIZZA
  1. Freestyle Pizza
  2. Wholly Cannoli

DROP IN CHILDCARE
  1. Angel Camp
  2. KidsTown

FULL-TIME CHILDCARE
  1. Angel Camp
  2. Primrose of Tallgrass

FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER
  1. Lexley
  2. Capture

HOUSECLEANER
  1. Mile High Cleaning Company
  2. Final Touch

KIDS HAIRCUT
  1. TIE- Jack and Jill and Sweet and Sassy

PAMPERING PLACE FOR MOM
  1. Heads Up Salon
  2. Massage Envy

PRESCHOOL
  1. Angel Camp
  2. Primrose of Tallgrass

REALTOR
  1. TIE-Zip Realty and Aurora Real Estate Team

TUTORING SERVICES
  1. Mathnasium
  2. Sylvan

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT
  1. Kristin Kindred-Thirty-One
  2. Chelsea Whitfield-Arbonne

KIDS CONSIGNMENT STORE
  1. Little Tykes
  2. Kid to Kid

TOY STORE
  1. Beyond the Blackboard
  2. It's Your Move

PEDIATRIC DENTIST
  1. Saddlerock Pediatric Dentistry
  2. Adventure Dentists

PEDIATRIC ORTHODONTIST
  1. Advanced Orthodontics
  2. Reed Orthodontics

PEDIATRICIAN
  1. Advanced Pediatrics
  2. Centennial Pediatrics

PEDIATRIC VISION
  1. Aurora Family Vision
  2. Children's Hospital Vision

WOMEN'S HEALTH
  1. TIE-Colorado Complete Health and Generations OBGYN

BEST KEPT SECRET
  1. TIE-Sushi Katsu and Aurora Fox

BEST NEW BUSINESS
  1. Neat Cheeks
  2. Mile High Cleaning Company



Winners will be announced in December!

Stay tuned to our Macaroni Kid newsletter and our Mac Kid Facebook page for more details!
THE SCHEDULE
  • Nominations are open from now until Nov. 11th, 2014 at 8:00 PM.
  • The top 3-5 businesses in each category with the most online nominations will move on to the voting round starting Nov. 19th, 2014.
  • Voting will close on Dec. 16th, 2014.
  • Winners will be announced on Dec. 19th, 2014.


What's In It For You

For sharing YOUR TOP PICKS with other parents, you could win a $25 gift card to a local business of your choice compliments of Macaroni Kid Aurora See complete Official Sweepstakes Rules.

What's In It For the Businesses
Winning businesses will receive year-long recognition in our Macaroni Kid Business Directory, a 2014 Macaroni Kid Gold Daisy Award certificate to display at their place of business, inclusion in our newsletter announcing the winning businesses, a Macaroni Kid GOLD Daisy Award Winner logo for their website, and the honor of knowing that local Aurora  families think they are the greatest!

Are You a Business Owner?
Feel free to promote this contest to your loyal customers on your website, social media and more! Need materials to help you get the word out? Contact vickil@macaronikid.com for all the goodies!

See last year’s winners