Schools are being effected by this years California Budget, maybe you have children in local schools or maybe you don’t but there are ways that all of us can help each classroom make it through I have children but none of them are school age yet, but I still give to the local schools around me by collecting boxtops . You can clip 10¢ Box Tops coupons from hundreds of your favorite products such as Cheerios®, Betty Crocker®, Juicy Juice®, Ziploc®, Kleenex®, Hefty® and more!
Most people don’t even notice that they are throwing away cash as they use baby care products, baking goods, beverages, cereal, box meals, paper products, garbage bags, snack foods, frozen foods, and other products.
Here is what Kathy Young says from Twin Rivers Unified School District:
“Box Tops for Education” has been around for a long time. Families cut out the box tops and bring them to school. Schools usually have a member of the PTA/PTO/Booster Club prepare them and submit them as indicated in the website: http://www.boxtops4education.com/. At my son’s junior high school, the Frontier Campus of Westside Preparatory Charter School, we made about $100 to $200 per year with about 125 students enrolled. Most of the box tops I collect come from Kleenex and plastic sandwich bags. I keep a plastic bag clipped to my refrigerator. When I replace the product, I cut out the box top and place it in the plastic collection bag. Every few months or so, I turn them into the school”.
Another great way to educate yourself on this program for schools is to click on www.boxtops4education.com this will give you history and great coupons for items with boxtops on them. But by far my favorite part is being able to see how many our local schools have collected. Here is an example for
OAK HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA/PTO
Earnings since 2002: $11,998
Earnings last school year: $1,735
Earnings so far this year: $1.960
In 2008 Boxtops celebrated reaching the 250 million mark. Let’s make 2009 a year that we turn in our boxtops and help out our local schools.