Reward Yourself & Others with SparkGoodies!

Use SparkPoints to Buy Virtual Gifts

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You can use the SparkPoints you earn on the site to buy virtual “goodies” for yourself and other SparkPeople members. Use them to reward yourself for working hard to achieve your healthy goals (with a vacation, a new wardrobe, or haircut), to thank other members for their advice and support (with greeting cards, balloons, and flower bouquets), or to decorate your own SparkPage with more of your own interests (a guitar, hybrid car, or knitting needles).

Why Buy SparkGoodies?
SparkPoints are one of our most popular motivational tools, as they reward you for every positive action you take to reach your goals, from reading an article to logging your food intake. Earning SparkPoints is a simple way to measure your progress and feel accomplished, even when the scale doesn’t move.

SparkGoodies take these Points to the next level! You can spend the Points you earn on virtual gifts, allowing you to reward yourself and others for a job well done.

How it Works
Giving, receiving and managing your SparkGoodies is simple! Just follow these steps:

Earn SparkPoints by completing tasks on the site. The more SparkPoints you accumulate, the more you’ll have to spend on Goodies!
Buy SparkGoodies for yourself or another member.
When you purchase SparkGoodies, your total SparkPoints earned will remain unchanged, meaning that you will keep your current trophy and your place on the SparkPoints leaderboards. As an example, if you’ve earned 5,000 SparkPoints to date and you buy a Goodie worth 500 points, your SparkPoints total will remain 5,000 and only your purchasing power will change (5,000 – 500 = 4,500 points to spend). You can learn more about your SparkGoodies purchasing power on your SparkGoodies Details page.

To Give a SparkGoodie to Another Member:

Log in and go to the member’s SparkPage
Scroll down until you see the “My SparkGoodies” heading (on the left side of the SparkPage).
Click the link that says “Give MEMBER a SparkGoodie”
The next screen will show you how many SparkPoints you have to spend, along with the choices of Goodies and their respective prices. Click on the Goodie you want to give to this member.
On the next page, you can attach a message with this Goodie (optional). Please note that the message you send with a Goodie is private—only the person who receives the SparkGoodie will be able to read it.
Confirm that you want to buy it by clicking “Send Goodie” at the bottom of the page.
This SparkGoodie will now appear on this member’s SparkPage under the “My SparkGoodies” heading, and the member may also receive an email letting them know that they’ve received a Goodie (if their email preferences allow).

To Buy a SparkGoodie for Yourself:

Log in and go to your SparkPage.
Scroll down until you see the “My SparkGoodies” heading (on the left side of your SparkPage, below your photos).
Click the link that says “Give Myself a SparkGoodie”
The next screen will show you how many SparkPoints you have to spend, along with the choices of Goodies and their respective prices. Click on the Goodie you want to purchase.
On the next page, you can attach a message with this Goodie (optional), and confirm that you want to buy it by clicking “Send Goodie” at the bottom of the page.
This SparkGoodie will now appear on your SparkPage under the “My SparkGoodies” heading.

We hope that you enjoy giving and receiving SparkGoodies! If you have questions, please post them in the Site/Technical Help forum.

Click here to to redeem your SparkPoints

You will earn 3 SparkPoints

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DELLMEL

I will reward myself today for my hard workout. I hope I know what I am doing. This my first time. - 5/2/2013 9:58:31 AM
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PJHAWK7

I'm pretty new at Spark People (well I joined in 2009 but never did anything until now) so I'm just learning how to navigate through the site and how everything works. Lighten up some of you unpleasant people, yeah it's just make believe but we all need some humor in our lives, some motivation and a little, or a lot of encouragement so if Spark Goodies helps than hooray!! They make me smile - 5/1/2013 10:10:29 PM
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EDNASHUKIS

I love to receive and give Goodies! - 5/1/2013 1:06:27 PM
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CELTICMAID

It is a good idea for me. I need motivation, positive comments, some praise and some rewards - I don`t really want things in actuality, but, the reinforcement and the encouragement, the feeling I am not alone with the battle and these feelings about myself is really helpful and means a lot and I am going with it somehow as I go with the site and the others. Thank you.... I am not a child or childish but a smile, just something is most needed here. - 5/1/2013 8:08:43 AM
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JENNYFAYE55

It's fun to leave goodies to thank people who comment on my blog or welcome people who are new on one of my spark teams. I also like to leave a goodie for someone whose blog I read... especially if they seem to need a bit of extra encouragement. - 4/28/2013 10:28:10 AM
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PEEJAY73

Right from the moment I became a member, I have been drawn to the site. There are loads of healthy tips, articles and much more to gain from and the spark points are very good incentives to explore the site. I am really impressed! - 4/15/2013 3:55:46 PM
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HUCK132

I think that I have lost my sparkgoodie points twice because I did not have a spark page. That is no fun. - 4/13/2013 11:15:13 PM
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1SALLY2

How fun. It lifted my spirit, ego, whastever to have worked hard to earn the bonus points. Took a super hike today and it well worth the work out. - 4/3/2013 7:34:08 PM
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HAPPYDOES

Hmmm...Interestin
g. This is my second day on SP website and I won these points? I'm encouraged!

Since I am not consistent at setting goals, reaching them, or rewarding myself if I do (in fact, I rarely do these things), this might be an interesting way to learn how to do them. It may also turn out to be a real motivational tool that I can use to encourage myself and others.

Thanks! - 4/2/2013 9:55:32 AM
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GODISMYKING

This just plain childlish. Just give me the points and forget the make believe junk. - 3/30/2013 11:54:23 AM
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PIPCREEKDIANE

This is all New - 3/24/2013 7:28:22 AM
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JGMARIE80

Spark goodies. Nice surprise I ' m still new at this . I wonder what I'll buy? - 3/21/2013 9:13:59 PM
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CHUTKI

I prefer points!!! this is silly! - 3/20/2013 10:07:42 PM
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FUTUREHOPE49

I think getting spark goodies is very motivational and pleasing. Getting little notes from spark friends, team members and spark teams is an important part of Spark people! Lets please keep it that way. - 2/24/2013 10:44:43 AM
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SNOWKAT13

BOASARK needs all the virtual gifts we can send her! :) - 2/23/2013 11:41:30 PM
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