My son has yet to start school but I collect these and donate to our local middle school. They save and use towards an Author Day. If you collect Box Tops or Labels for Education here are a few suggestions posted by a Mother who coordinates these for her child’s school. I believe “Beggars shouldn’t complain” but IMO I don’t see that in this case, these requests are legit. Feel free to read her story…
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1. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE trim the Box Tops on the dotted lines provided. PLEASE. Did I mention PLEASE?
2. Please make sure that the whole coupon is there. Tape it back together if you need to. If you are missing the expiration date it can’t be sent in and the person doing the sorting won’t be counting how much money s/he is throwing in the trash.
3. Don’t send in expired coupons.
4. Campbell’s changed what they want to sent in. They want the UPC code along with the little kid next to it holding a pencil (or some say Labels for Education). The newer labels have dotted lines to cut upon, I suggest you cut on the lines. Again USE TAPE if you don’t have everything. This should actually make things easier since they are smaller, you don’t need to peel the entire label off the can, etc.
5. If you are feeling really ambitious you might want to send the Box Tops in one envelope and the soup labels in another. It makes sorting easier!
You might want to check out these links to see what products you can save labels from. Here are the Box Tops and here are the Campbell’s.
And thank you for taking the time to help your local school.
