Box Tops for Education Giveaway! (NOW CLOSED)

by Stephanie on August 25, 2009

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It’s official! The 2009 – 2010 school year has begun! Even though we homeschool, I still experience the stress and excitement of back-to-school time! Purchasing school supplies, lesson planning, and getting back into a normal routine (as in, waking up before noon….) are just a few of the things I’ve been scrambling to do these last couple of weeks. And now it’s here – my son is an official kindergartner!

Even though my son doesn’t go to public school, we still collect box tops. It is such a great way to help the schools, and we can’t just throw them away! After all, each box top is worth 10¢ to a school! That may not sound like much, but did you know that Box Tops has helped America’s schools earn over $250 million in the past 12 years? You can find Box Tops on products all over your home like Cheerios, Huggies, Totinos, Ziploc, Cottonelle, and more!

When you visit the Box Tops Website you can enter to win a back-to-school prize pack as well as a chance to win 5,000 Bonus Box Tops for your child´s school, free Pillsbury Toaster Strudel and Totino´s Pizza Rolls, and school supplies from Box Tops´ newest partner, Avery.

I also have a “Top This” prize pack to give away to one of my readers courtesy of My Blog Spark!

box tops for education prize pack

The Prize

One of my lucky readers will win a “Top This” prize pack! Prize pack includes:

(1) Free Coupon for Toaster Strudel
(1) Free Coupon for Totino’s Pizza Rolls
Box Tops for Education certificate worth 10 Bonus Box Tops
Various School Supplies for your Family!

How to Win

1. Leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite thing about the first days of school.

Bonus Entries:

2. Subscribe to my feed via RSS or Email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! Leave a separate comment letting me know you have subscribed or if you are already a subscriber.

3. Spread the Word about this Giveaway. You can share this giveaway with others on Twitter or Facebook (just copy & paste):

Twitter: Win a Box Tops for Education Prize Pack from @Couponing101 http://tiny.cc/BTFE
Facebook: Win a Box Tops for Education Prize Pack from Couponing 101 http://tiny.cc/BTFE

Please leave 1 comment for each entry. Each comment will count as 1 entry, up to 4 entries per person!

Please include your correct email address in the comment form (not in the body of the comment), so I can contact you if you win!

All entries not following these rules will be deleted.

This giveaway will end on Thursday, September 3rd, at 11:59 pm CST. I will use Random.org to select the winner and they will be contacted via email. The winner has 72 hours to respond to my email or I will pick a new winner!

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1 Kimber August 25, 2009 at 5:14 pm: I love that on the first day of school, everything is new! New pencils and crayons, fresh new notebooks, clean desks – I love it!
2 Jennifer Elton August 25, 2009 at 6:28 pm: I just love the excitement of the night before the first day of school, laying out new clothes, packing lunches, loading up the backpack with school supplies!
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3 Jennifer Elton August 25, 2009 at 6:28 pm: i subscribe via google reader
4 Shelli August 25, 2009 at 6:47 pm: Meeting new teachers and friends!!
5 wendy August 25, 2009 at 7:37 pm: My favorite thing about my daughter’s first day was picking her up!
6 Gray August 25, 2009 at 8:03 pm: The most wonderful thing about sending my 3 boys back to school (11,13,16) is that someone else will be feeding them! (all of our school children eat free, courtesy of the county’s high poverty rate). Yay! Fewer convenience foods to buy!
7 Gray August 25, 2009 at 8:05 pm: Someone else will be feeding my three boys 11,13,16!
8 Dana August 25, 2009 at 8:12 pm: This year the best part was not teaching but taking care of my son. My daughter starts school on Sept 8.
9 LeAnna August 25, 2009 at 8:18 pm: I love the crisp new books and new school supplies! Fun time of year!
10 LeAnna August 25, 2009 at 8:19 pm: I am a subscriber!
11 Lynn August 25, 2009 at 8:38 pm: I love taking pictures in front of the same tree so we can see how much they have grown and changed in the last year. I also love when my son gets off the bus and is so excited to see me and tell me how awesome his first day was.
12 Tanya C. August 25, 2009 at 8:42 pm: My favorites are all the activity the night before and seeing the excitement on my children’s faces as we pull up to the school on the first day.
13 Tanya C. August 25, 2009 at 8:43 pm: I’m already an email subscriber.
14 Rebecca August 25, 2009 at 8:43 pm: Everything is new. New clothes, new teachers, new supplies, etc.
15 Melissa August 25, 2009 at 9:11 pm: My favorite thing about the first day of school is the new crayons!!
16 Melissa August 25, 2009 at 9:11 pm: I am a subscriber!
17 Melinda August 25, 2009 at 10:03 pm: I love how organized you have to get for school, I am slightly ocd. And secretly I love(at least for a few minutes) how quiet the house is when both my kids go to school and just to contradict myself, the worse part is how much I miss them!!
18 Tonya Rader August 25, 2009 at 11:52 pm: I love buying new clothes for school. The kids and I spend quality time together AND I find some really good deals.
19 Staci August 26, 2009 at 7:18 am: I just love getting back into a routine!
20 Staci August 26, 2009 at 7:19 am: Tweeted for ya!
21 Staci August 26, 2009 at 7:20 am: I follow you via RSS.
22 TracyH August 26, 2009 at 7:31 am: My favorite part about the first day of school is talking to my son after he gets off the bus. His excitement is contagious! He loves making new friends and also riding the bus!
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23 TracyH August 26, 2009 at 7:31 am: I am also a subscriber. The box top contest at my son’s school is BIG time! We would love to win.
24 shannon August 26, 2009 at 8:05 am: I loved that my son got the teacher he prayed he would get (a sweet 7 year old prayer)…and that he had several friends from his previous year in his new class…so that made him and I both very happy and content!!!
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25 Rebecca August 26, 2009 at 8:35 am: Thanks! This sounds awesome!
26 Rebecca August 26, 2009 at 8:36 am: I just subscribed!
27 jenny August 26, 2009 at 8:42 am: I home school, too, but I love being able to get fresh school supplies for the kiddies. Nothing like opening a new pack of construction paper or markers.
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28 Mandy August 26, 2009 at 9:57 am: Yippee!! A giveaway! My favorite thing about new school is ALWAYS the supplies!
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29 Mandy August 26, 2009 at 9:58 am: And you’re in my RSS reader!!
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30 Jennifer Ivey August 26, 2009 at 11:59 am: I love picking out the cutest 1st day of school outfit along with an adorable hairdo. I love it! I get more excited for the 1st day of school than my kids do!
31 Stacie August 26, 2009 at 1:27 pm: My children were not as eager for school to start as I was!
32 Stacie August 26, 2009 at 1:28 pm: RSS reader subscriber. Thank you!
33 NicholD August 26, 2009 at 1:38 pm: I love CUTE new backpacks & lunchbags!!!
34 Terry Y August 26, 2009 at 2:06 pm: My favorite thing about the first day of school is getting a phone call after school from my grandkids telling me all about their day.
35 Terry Y August 26, 2009 at 2:07 pm: I’m a subscriber.
36 Terry Y August 26, 2009 at 2:10 pm: Tweeted
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37 Terry Y August 26, 2009 at 2:16 pm: Posted on my Facebook page
38 andi August 26, 2009 at 2:55 pm: Today was our first day of kindergarten and I cried like a baby. Maybe next year the first day of school will have be less tearful.
39 andi August 26, 2009 at 2:57 pm: I’ve been a subscriber……thank you love your blog.
40 andi August 26, 2009 at 3:00 pm: I added to my facebook page.
41 Chris B. August 26, 2009 at 5:25 pm: I love to see my kids so excited to learn on the very first day of school!
42 Chris B. August 26, 2009 at 5:25 pm: I’m a subscriber!!
43 Rachelle August 26, 2009 at 6:04 pm: I am a subscriber
44 Rachelle August 26, 2009 at 6:05 pm: Our favorite thingS about the first day of school are taking pictures of getting on the bus, and being able to use all the new school supplies, and wear all the new clothes, meeting the new teachers and seeing the new classroom!
45 Michelle August 26, 2009 at 6:20 pm: I love seeing my son’s face when we gave his teacher a box full of school supplies!
46 Debbie P August 26, 2009 at 9:59 pm: I love how everyone is wearing their new clothes and the school looks so fresh and new the first day!

Thanks!
Debbie P
47 Dena August 27, 2009 at 1:49 am: Ah, the first day of school…I loved the look on my son’s face when he walked across the crosswalk and saw me standing there on the other side waiting for him after school! He grinned and ran straight for my arms!
48 Dena August 27, 2009 at 1:51 am: I’ve been a subscriber to your news letter for some time now and love it! Thanks for the opportunity to win this prize!
49 Dena August 27, 2009 at 1:53 am: And lastly, Tweeted “Win a Box Tops for Education Prize Pack from @Couponing101 http://tiny.cc/BTFE” @ Twitter.com/HMSHoney24!
50 Shelly aka Allysmama August 27, 2009 at 3:59 am: The best things about the first days of school is getting to meet new people and seeing friends you missed all summer! Thanks
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51 Shelly aka Allysmama August 27, 2009 at 4:00 am: tweeted
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52 Shelly aka Allysmama August 27, 2009 at 4:01 am: email subscriber
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53 Shelly aka Allysmama August 27, 2009 at 4:03 am: posted giveaway on facebook
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54 Jen August 27, 2009 at 9:28 am: The smell of new school supplies was always a favorite.
55 Jen August 27, 2009 at 9:29 am: I subscribe through google reader.
56 Crissy August 27, 2009 at 10:54 am: Christina Kincaid Huffstickler

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57 Crissy August 27, 2009 at 10:56 am: I always enjoyed getting all of the new supplies and trying them out. Heck, I still do today and I’m a mom to two little guys, one is 6 and in the first grade and the other will start Kindergarten next school year.
58 ACheapChick August 27, 2009 at 11:14 am: What a great giveaway! I’m the Box Top Coordinator for my school so I’m hoping that brings me luck.

My favorite thing about the first days of school is the excitement about the coming year and getting those last few items we need.

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59 ACheapChick August 27, 2009 at 11:18 am: I tweeted!

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60 ACheapChick August 27, 2009 at 11:21 am: I subscribed via RSS feed.
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62 Nicole August 27, 2009 at 1:47 pm: I enjoy seeing how excited my daughter is for school. This is her first year and she’s so ecstatic.
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63 jessica August 27, 2009 at 1:56 pm: My favorite thing is the smell of the new crayons. I always get a new pack for the house as well as the kids for school. There is just something about new crayons
64 Chesh August 28, 2009 at 12:36 pm: I knew I loved you site but now I know why….not just a fellow coupon shopper but also a homeschooler:-)
65 Erika August 29, 2009 at 9:50 am: I’m a first grade teacher and the first day of school is always exhilerating… this year I had broncitis and larengitis though…and it wasn’t so fun!
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66 Erika August 29, 2009 at 9:50 am: I’m an e-mail subscriber!
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67 Katherine August 29, 2009 at 4:47 pm: I love all the back to school sales! Thanks for the great giveaway!
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68 Crystal M. August 31, 2009 at 12:02 am: My favorite thing about the start of a new school year is all of the deals on school supplies. I don’t need them, but I give them to friends who are teachers.
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69 Crystal M. August 31, 2009 at 12:03 am: Also, I follow your blog through Google Reader.
70 Jay September 3, 2009 at 11:04 am: I like new school supplies and the new opportunities-new friends, teachers, school subjects, etc!
71 Devin A September 3, 2009 at 11:31 am: Def the sales =)
72 Kathleen September 3, 2009 at 12:22 pm: My son was so excited. It was great to see those genuine smiles on hie face even i his mama was crying.
73 Kathleen September 3, 2009 at 12:22 pm: I follow your blog.
74 Marilyn T September 3, 2009 at 1:21 pm: The first days of school were exciting because it’s a new school for my daughter, and she was able to make friends right off the bat!!
75 shannon combado September 3, 2009 at 2:23 pm: my favorite thing about the new school year this year is that my baby starts kindergarten this year and gets to go to school with her brothers, so she feels like a BIG girl now! having her brothers walk her to class is so cute to watch!
76 Jen September 3, 2009 at 4:57 pm: I love getting the kids all dressed up the first day and taking photos. Each year we look at the photos from the past to see how much they’ve grown.
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77 Lisa Ballmann September 3, 2009 at 7:17 pm: once that rush to the bus is over and i get to sit at the table with absolute quiet and that first cup morning coffee.
78 Elizabeth Wilson September 3, 2009 at 9:11 pm: I LOVE THIS WEBSITE
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79 Lizz September 3, 2009 at 11:17 pm: As a teacher, I love preparing for the first day of school. The fresh supplies, books, decorations… plus, all the new faces!