Box Tops For Education - A MUST!

If you pay attention to our facebook page then you already know about Box Tops for Education. But, for those of you who don't, and for the rest of you, here is your refresher course.

 

"Box Tops for Education has helped America’s schools earn over $400 million since 1996. You can earn cash for your child’s school by clipping Box Tops coupons from hundreds of participating products. Box Tops also offers easy ways to earn even more cash for your school online."

 

Basically, each box top is worth $.10 to the redeeming school. Box Tops can be found on a ton of name brand products (see below).

 

Thurgood Marshall Middle School (our zoned middle school) has a goal of earning $1,000 or 10,000 BTFE this school year. To achieve this, every child needs to bring in nine box tops, or one each month. As of today, they have achieved barely 3% of their goal with only $31 having been earned. The school year is 3/4 of the way through, yet we're not even 1/4 closer to that $1,000!

 

To make it ridiculously simple for you to help with this program, we're willing to do almost all the work. All you have to do is cut the box tops out and send them to us.

 



Just try to find Box Tops that didn't expire six years ago



I'm not asking that you go out and buy a bunch of name brand products just for the sake of helping our poor, under funded schools. But, if you happen to have purchased products with a Box Tops For Education on them, clip them and send them in. That's it!

 

If you want to go a little farther with this program, you can sign up for several bonus and e-box tops on their website at BoxTopsForEducation.com. You can even earn those e-box tops by shopping online at several retailers that you're probably shopping at anyway.

 

Please, please, please don't throw away $.10. Put it into our community, our children, and their future.

 

The short list of BTFE products:

General Mills

Totino's

Pillsbury

Betty Crocker

Yoplait

Ziploc

Brita

Hanes

Avery

Kleenex

Cottonelle

Big Brothers Big Sisters

If you are tired of me harping about some charity, volunteer opportunity, or fundraiser, you should probably stop reading now.

 

On February 7^th, in conjunction with our Neighborhood Watch Meeting, we’re going to have Tiffany Patton with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee here to give a presentation on her organization.

 

I was interested in some of these facts that Tiffany gave us at a previous presentation…

• 85% of prisoners were raised in fatherless households
• There are ALWAYS 300+ children waiting for someone to volunteer as their “Big”

Mentored Children…

• Are 46% less likely to do drugs
• Are 52% less likely to skip school
• See a 71% improvement in school
• See an 86% improvement in self confidence
• Are 75% more likely to attend a four year college
• 39% have an income greater than $75k
• Are 48% more likely to engage in the community

 

I think most all of us have thought about becoming a Big Brother or Big Sister at one point or another. This is your opportunity to get more information about the program, but without having to make a commitment.

 

You can find many more information about this group on the BBBS of Middle Tennessee website (mentorachild.org).