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Welcome to Grandmas Making Memories.

Grandmas Making Memories is your place for inspiring ideas to help you build strong, memorable relationships with your grandkids.

Are you this grandma?

A quote for Grandmas.


If you answered yes, Grandmas Making Memories is a blog for you.  It doesn't matter if you are a first-time grandma or a seasoned grandmother, we will inspire you with ideas that will help you to create meaningful activity time with your grandkids.  We have limited time with the little ones in our lives.  We want to make the most of that time and build strong relationships.

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Who Publishes Grandmas Making Memories?

Grandmas Making Memories is written by Donna Sprague Urso.



I am a grandma of three granddaughters under five years old and the mom of two grown sons. I'm retired, a former teacher and banking executive who now loves to focus on my family.

Degrees in psychology, education, and business laid a foundation of knowledge built upon by life experience. It's my goal to bring ideas to you that will enrich your relationship with your grandchildren, help you build strong bonds, and create lasting memories.

I also publish a second blog, Just One Donna, focused on food, home, and family. I'd love for you to visit me there or on the Just One Donna Facebook page.

What About Privacy?

Your privacy is important to me.  

This website (https://www.grandmasmakingmemories.com) is a personal blog written and edited by me, for readers in the United States. This Disclosure and Privacy Policy is being updated to reflect the data privacy regulations being implemented on May 25. 2018 by the European Union known as the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. Your privacy is important to me, no matter where in the world you live. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: 
We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or sending an email.

Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.

Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
  • To operate and maintain the Website;
  • To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
  • To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or services;
  • To respond to your comments or inquiries;
  • To track and measure advertising on the Website.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

Grandmas Making Memories currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics: This service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. Please refer to Google's Privacy Policy for further information.

Mail Chimp: This service is used for the delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications.  Newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels embedded in emails to allow an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. These tracking pixels capture when you open an email and which links within the email you click. This allows me to adapt the content of future newsletters to your interests. This information will not be passed on to third parties. Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information.

Feedburner:  This service, from Google, allows you to get notified in your email whenever a new Grandmas Making Memories post is published. Google's Privacy Policy

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business at some point in the future, as the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.

PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
If you leave a comment on the website, certain information may be publicly visible.  Your email address will never be available publicly. Users may see your username, avatar, profile description, and website information.

COOKIES
Grandmas Making Memories uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described above.

You may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. 

ADVERTISING
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We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit Grandmas Making Memories, which may use cookies, as noted above. Currently, we use AdSense for advertising, a Google service. You can set your preferences regarding how Google serves ads to you. You can read how to manage your privacy options with Google here.

Affiliate Program Participation
Grandmas Making Memories engages in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link to an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions paid to me.

Grandmas Making Memories is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com.  As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales. 

RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. Contact me at donna@justonedonna.com to have all of your personal data deleted.

SPONSORSHIPS AND COMPENSATION
Occasionally, and very selectively, Grandmas Making Memories accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions, or other forms of compensation.   Product links within my posts may provide a few pennies of compensation. When I am compensated to provide an opinion on products, services, websites, or various other topics on this blog, the views and opinions expressed here are authentically mine alone and not influenced by compensation.

If I claim or appear, to be an expert on a certain topic or product or service area, I will only endorse products or services that I believe, based on my experience or expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.

If you'd like to advertise on this blog please contact me at donna@justonedonna.com.    If you would like me to review a product please contact me at donna@justonedonna.com.

Grandmas Making Memories Copyright Policy

© Donna Urso and Grandmas Making Memories, 2020-2023. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from Donna Urso, the site's author, and the owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts, photos, and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Donna Urso and Grandmas Making Memories with appropriate and specific direction to the original content's URL at https://www.grandmasmakingmemories.com.

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