Thanks to the 440 people who entered the $500 Kmart and Sears back to school 2011 contest. The winner will receive a $250 gift card from Sears and Kmart each, which I worked with on this giveaway. It’s crazy how many clothing deals Sears and back to school gear Kmart stock!

The winner and runners up have been notified and have 48 hours to respond via email. If not, the prize goes to the first runner up and so on. I used Random.org to randomly pick a winner. Runners up will receive a $25 Restaurant.com gift card. Without further ado, the winner is…

Holly (hfrost1978), who commented:

met my first love there and first major heartbreak, which helped me learn so much about mself and how to be independent!

The first runner up is Cathy W (cjwallace43@), who entered the contest 28 times by tweeting like mad!!!

My strongest memory in school (1st or 2nd grade) was when I fell from the monkey bars and was knocked out.

The second runner up is Rusty (brechai), who entered six times:

I remember my first day at school in first grade. I got to pick my seat. I was so excited”¦Hey, I was 5

The third runner up is Sam K (samke23@), who shared a memory either embarrassing or proud – I can’t tell:

Started dancing in an empty room with my guy pal right before all the students walked in.

UPDATE: The winner has claimed her prize. Congrats, Holly!