Update (11/23) Trooper Ellsworth has passed away. Our deepest sympathy and prayers to Janica, her sweet family and all of the families affected. We'll keep this post pinned to the top of our page for rest of online holiday shopping season so you can refer back to it.
How you can Help:
My heart is aching for this family. Many of you may have heard that Officer Eric Ellsworth was hit by a car Friday (11/18) night near Brigham City. His wife Janica is a fellow deal blogger and my friend. I know that many of you are followers of UtahDealDiva.com as well. Janica finds and shares many online deals and is a cut above the rest at spotting them on Amazon.
In the same way that we've shared with you about how we make money from commission based affiliate marketing, this is also how Janica makes additional money so her family can afford the little luxuries so she can remain at home caring for her children while her husband works to serve and to protect us.
If you are shopping online this holiday, consider visiting the UtahDealDiva.com webiste first and making your purchase by clicking through one of her posted links. Doing so will cost you no additional money, but the family will receive a small commision from your purchase. It's that easy.
I combed through her website and here's some recent bargains using affiliate linking that you can use, note that YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE THE SPECIFIC ITEM SHOWN ON THE POST PAGE for your purchase to help. Any items that are on your shopping list will make a difference.
Visit Utah Deal Diva on Amazon >>
Visit Utah Deal Diva on Jane.com >>
Visit Utah Deal Diva CentsOfStyle.com >>
Visit Utah Deal Diva Macys.com >>
Visit Utah Deal Diva Kohls.com >>
Visit Utah Deal Diva TheChildrensPlace.com >>
Visit Utah Deal Diva at Target.com >>
Visit Utah Deal Diva Walmart.com >>
Print Grocery Coupons Utah Deal Diva>>
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Monetary donations for the Ellsworth family can also be made at America First Credit Union. And a reminder to please keep safe on the road this holiday season and to always slow down and give a Highway Trooper plenty of room when you see them.
If you found this post helpful please feel free to share it. If you are new to the website consider visiting our home page. We've posted several online bargains that might give you ideas on what to purchase.
Best Wishes and the safest of Holidays
Lacee says
November 28, 2016 at 2:09 pmWhen you try to use the links now it will not let you
Wanting to keep helping but now the links are saying they are over their usage maybe!
Joani says
November 28, 2016 at 3:02 pmYes, her site is down due to data overage, which is actually a good thing. It means there’s been unexpected high amount of traffic. She’s the only one that can fix it though. I believe she’s monitoring it, so hopefully she’ll get it back up soon.
Rachel says
November 27, 2016 at 5:44 amI shared the utahdealdiva post and someone commented wanting to know how we know that when we go through the link that the purchase linked to her account? Is there ac way to know?
Joani says
November 27, 2016 at 11:37 amHi Rachel, Yes, it’s easy to tell. Each of the links above in my post takes you directly to a specific posting that Janica made on the Utah Deal Diva website. You will land on her website that she is in control of. So for example, if you click on the Amazon link, you will be directed to a post Janica made on Utah Deal Diva about LEGO’s on sale at Amazon.
While I’m not able to give specifics, I can say that you don’t have to purchase the LEGO’s. Anything you purchase when clicking through the Amazon link, or any of the others listed, through her website will pay her directly.
All I did was link to the post that I know have links to merchants that I’m positive will provide her with compensation for your purchase and then direct people to those post on her website. The goal was to make it easy for people to find and know which ones will help. The exception is UtahCoupons.com; unlike the other merchants such as Amazon and Walmart, I’m in control of Utah Coupons and able to track the sales and report back to our reader community and her. Hopefully that makes sense.
Savanna says
November 23, 2016 at 12:02 pmI’m so sad to hear about his passing. My son is in the same class as the Ellsworth. His class was coloring pictures to give th their classmate.
Joani says
November 23, 2016 at 12:36 pmI’m very sorry to hear that Savanna. I hope your son is handling it okay.
Nettie says
November 23, 2016 at 12:19 amI LOVE that you did this post!
I just want to make sure I understand…even though you put it in red and bold. If we click on the Amazon link that you listed, it takes us to her page with Legos. We then click on the amazon link in her post, it takes us to Amazon. Now if we don’t want to buy the Legos but we’re now on Amazon’s site, we can browse anything and it will it give her credit for any purchases made?
Joani says
November 23, 2016 at 6:59 amHi Nettie. I’m sorry to be vague, but due to my own affiliations with these companies, I’m unable contractually to answer questions about the specific merchants. Any visit you make to the Utah Deal Diva website will help. That’s the best I can offer.
Ashley says
November 21, 2016 at 4:04 pmThank you for sharing this. I do have a question- as far as the commission works is it based on the amount of $ spent or the number of times something is purchased through her link? Does that make sense?
Joani says
November 21, 2016 at 5:37 pmHi Ashley. Each affiliate works differently. Due to legalities of the contracts I’m not allowed to disclose any specific information like that. Purchasing anything on your gift list that you would have normally purchased is the best I can offer. Hopefully that helps
Kim says
November 21, 2016 at 1:45 pmI’m so glad you published this. Thank you! I will absolutely be shopping through these links.
Joani says
November 21, 2016 at 2:29 pmSo glad it helped Kim. I wish you and yours a happy holiday.
Rachel says
November 21, 2016 at 12:47 pmThat’s really nice of you to encourage others to shop through her links. That’s really admirable. All the best wishes to her family and to you guys, as well.
Joani says
November 21, 2016 at 12:54 pmThank you Rachel, that’s very kind of you to say. Best of Holidays to you too.