It’s time to ‘Rock Your School’!

Yes, I know – it seems like summer vacation has only just begun. Has it really been a month already since my kids finished the school year? I’ve noticed ‘back-to-school’ displays going in at the stores, and our school has already posted the class lists for fall.

Yep, it’s coming – sooner than we think. The new school year, that is.

One way in which I support my kids’ school is to collect Box Tops – those little pieces you clip out of cereal box tops or off of diaper boxes. For every box top collected, the school receives 10 cents. Not much, you might think – but with a student body all collecting together, it can really help bring some extra money into the schools to develop programs, purchase books, and buy school supplies.

Kimberly-Clark (makers of Huggies diapers and Kleenex, among other brands) has partnered with Box Tops For Education and to celebrate, they’ve launched a nationwide contest offering parents a chance to win 100,000 Bonus Box Tops, plus an exclusive concert featuring Radio Disney star Jordan Pruitt for their child’s school. Pruitt, 16, is no stranger to the stage. In her three-year career, she’s opened for the Jonas Brothers, the Cheetah Girls and Vanessa Hudgens, and even performed at the White House’s annual Easter Egg Roll earlier this year.

Yes, that means that your child’s school could receive an extra $10,000! And that could provide things like:

• Technology Upgrades: A mobile cart complete with 20 wireless-ready laptops, allowing travel from classroom to classroom.
• The Necessities: Enough No. 2 pencils so that, when laid pencil to eraser, they would stretch across the length of more than 145 football fields.
• Hands-on Learning Outside the Classroom: An educational class trip for 20 students including airfare, hotel accommodations and museum admission.

“Schools are continually challenged to fund the technology, text books, equipment and many programs that students need,” said Laura Keely, Director of Kimberly-Clark’s Consumer Promotion Marketing. “As a proud partner with Box Tops for Education, Kimberly-Clark is committed to providing parents with effective tools to raise funds for our children’s classrooms. This promotion offers a chance to earn even more for their schools.”

Parents or legal guardians of students in grades K through 8 can enter the sweepstakes daily from June 28th through September 15th online at www.RockBacktoSchool.com. Along with the ‘grand prize’, more than 1,000 winners will enjoy prizes as well, including 1,000 Bonus Box Tops and autographed copies of one of Pruitt’s CDs. Winners will be selected at random from all eligible entries on or around September 22nd.

And don’t forget to look for Box Tops on specially marked packages of participating Kimberly-Clark brands like Huggies, Cottonelle and Kleenex. Clipping and collecting them doesn’t cost you anything extra – and it really helps the schools so much.  For fun ways to organize Box Tops collected over the summer, visit www.BoxTops4Education.com.