Box Tops

Hey parents and friends of Wilson!

There is a great program out there that we are excited about. Albertson's and General Mills have teamed up to give our schools more chances to earn money. It is so important that as a community we support the businesses that support us and our children. Especially with all the education budget cuts recently, our PTO is working overtime to come up with funds. The good news is that this program takes NO SPENDING on your part! All you need to do is go to the Growing Local Learning website and sign up! They will ask for your email address and a few other easy questions, including your school. Then Wilson will get 5 FREE box tops for everyone that registers. I did this a month ago and love going back in and checking to see our schools status - so far we have earned $11.50. That might not seem like a lot to you but if you consider that not one person had to open their wallet and give us money, it's pretty amazing.

I know that it might seem that one .10 box top will not make or break anything. Let me tell you that the power is in the numbers! You might remember that we just finished up our big Box Top Competition last month, hundreds and hundreds of box tops were sent in. The most amazing part is that this year box tops has already given our school a check for $1,300. After the most recent box tops get tallied we expect to get another check for about $1,100! That is just wonderful - Mrs. Beardsley is in charge of the Box Top Program at our school and she works so hard - it's good to see it pay off!!! So, it is worth it to clip and save those box tops all summer long!

If you are looking to do a little grocery shopping check out Albertson's first - they offer some great Box Top friendly sales. You can even print up coupons on the Box Top Website and the Growing Local Learning Website.