Connecting Schools With Great Fundraising Ideas.

Maybe my thumbs are too slow. Or too big. But, for the life of me, I have never been able to become proficient at text-messaging on a cell phone. It takes me a half an hour just to enter in a new contact.

I realize that this makes me incredibly lame, but even though I’m pretty awful at this activity, it’s not that I don’t appreciate it. Because I do. I’m quite impressed by the folks who excel at this. Back in April of 2007, a 13 year-old girl named Morgan Pozgar became the first-ever National Texting Champion and won $25,000 for being able to send a 151 character message in 42 seconds. Amazing. After winning the prize, Morgan reported that she sends over 4,000 text messages per month! That works out to over eight messages every waking hour of the month.

Anyway, the point is, texting has arrived.

So, I was understandably intrigued when I recently learned about an upcoming fundraiser to be held in New Jersey that was using cell phone text messaging as the main hook for raising $100,000. The one-day event is scheduled for February 28, 2008. (There is a great article on the plan here.) The beneficiary for this event is a brain trauma center, not a school, but I think the steps could easily be transferred to a school setting. continue reading

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Box Tops is promoting another bonus contest. You could win 10,000 Bonus Box Tops for your school from Pillsbury® Create ‘n Bake® Cookie Dough. But hurry the last day to enter is Sunday September 31, 2007.

Find out about this and other Box Tops promotions

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General Mills Box Tops for Education is sponsoring a “Shop for Education Week” from August 27 to September 3, 2007. During this time you can earn more box tops credit for your designated school when you shop online at their Box Tops Marketplace.

Find out more about this special offer

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Now you can help your local school get box tops to help fund its school programs. You don’t have to buy anything, do any clipping or mailing. You don’t even need to be a parent to enter. Just choose a school nearby or even your alma mater. Students will thank you for it!

From the Official Rules:

How to Enter: Online sweepstakes only. To enter, go to: www.boxtops4education.com/CouponsPromotions and click on the Chex Mix Bonus Box Tops Sweepstakes link in the Box Tops Coupons and Promotions section, complete and submit the online sweepstakes entry form during the sweepstakes period which begins at 12:01 A.M. (central time) on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 and ends at 11:59 P.M. Monday, September 3.

Sweepstakes entry limited to one entry per person per e-mail address. Sponsor will not verify receipt of entries. Automated entries are prohibited, and any use of such automated devices or programs will cause disqualification. Sponsor and its advertising and promotion agencies are not responsible for lost, late, illegible, misdirected or stolen entries or transmissions, or problems of any kind whether mechanical, human or electronic. Sweepstakes entries are the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Sweepstakes ends on September 3, 2007.

Prizes: Five (5) Prizes of twenty thousand (20,000) Bonus Box Tops will be awarded to winner’s designated school. Retail value of prize is $2,000 to designated school. Individuals cannot redeem Bonus Box Tops certificate for cash.

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Kids and families are flocking to see Spiderman 3 the movie. It’s action packed fun for kids and parents alike. In fact, the movie brought in $29.15 million in 16 overseas markets before even hitting US theatres!

Of course with any big blockbuster like Spiderman 3 there are many promotional tie-ins. Besides the required action figures and other toys, there are many other promotions. One of those promotions can help earn money for your school through the box tops program.

Old El Paso taco kits featuring Spidey on the cover include a Spiderman 3 the movie bookmark. Old El Paso dinner kits come with taco shells, seasoning mix and taco sauce—just add meat and your favorite toppings. All Old El Paso dinner kits, taco shells and tortillas packages carry the Box Tops logo for you to clip, save and redeem.

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One of kids’ favorite cereals that’s also good for them, Cheerios, supports childhood education. Over the last 5 years, Cheerios has distributed more than 25 million books in boxes of Cheerios and through donations to First Book.

This year the company has donated 100,000 copies of The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle to First Book. You can vote to help decide which community these books will be donated to! Just go to the back of specially marked Cheerios boxes to find out how you can place your vote.

During the month of March you could win 5,000 Bonus Box Tops from Cheerios. There’s no purchase necessary – enter for your chance to win today!

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