Tuesday, March 15, 2011

A win-win scenario

So, my question for today is Do you save your box tops for Education?
You know, the little tabs that you find on your General Mills, Pillsbury and Betty Crocker foods, Ziploc bags and other items?

Ok, so maybe your family doesn't go through a zillion boxes of Golden Grahams like my family does.
But I don't know of anyone who hasn't occasionally used a ziploc baggie.
And if you haven't bought some Pillsbury Crescent rolls and made these, well, you are seriously missing out on some of the yummy goodness in life!

Why do I ask?
Well, this last week I was lucky enough to go to a training for the Coordinators of Box Tops for Education.
And, WOW, these little scraps from your packaging have made huge differences in schools all over the country!
So...
You don't need an elementary or middle school child of your own to save the box tops
You just need:
Scissors or your little hands to cut or tear them out of the package
a baggie or junk drawer to keep them in until you turn them over
a local elementary or middle school or a neighborhood child to give them to!
(check your local grocery store for a drop box)

Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy

And, to get you motivated I will show you this:

This is a ginormous bag (ziploc of course) of goodies that all have box top labels on them.
Everything you see here has those little labels that you can save and give to help a local school.
And I'm going to GIVE IT AWAY...to one lucky duck.

Here's how you can win:
One entry-tell me two items that you normally use that have box tops
Second entry-promise to start saving and TURNING IN box tops (honor system here...follow through now!)
Third Entry-Blog or tell about this giveaway on Facebook
*and don't forget to leave an email so I can contact you if you win*
Winner will be drawn on Sunday, March 20th at 7:00 PM

Now go forth and make money for your schools, people!

15 comments:

  1. I vow to turn in box tops! I do almost have a kindergartener now. Ah!

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  2. Ohhh... fun giveaway... we sure miss you guys in Mass!
    Cereal and juice!

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  3. We have a ZIPLOCK bag full and ready to be delivered to the elementary school!

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  4. 1. viva paper towels
    2. cereal

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  5. I will definitely turn in box tops. I usually send them with Hailey to my Elementary alma mater.

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  6. yummy multigrain cheerios and ziploc bags

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  7. Promised. I will cut them all out and will send them with my daughter who starts kindergarten soon.

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  8. Adrienne PetersonMarch 20, 2011 2:13 PM

    1. I use zip loc bags ( a lot of their products) and Betty Crocker Angel food cake mix

    2. I promise to send in the box tops to my daughters elementary school

    3. I sent a facebook message about this contest

    Adriennepeterson@verizon.net

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  9. Hamburger Helper and Nature Valley Granola Bars!

    - Kim Peterson
    jordynpeterson@verison.net

    And we will start turning them in to schools!

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  10. Granola Bars and Cinnamon Toast Crunch!

    - Brooke Peterson
    jordynpeterson@verizon.net

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  11. Golden Grahams and Betty Crocker Potatoes.

    - Megan Peterson
    jordynpeterson@verizon.net

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