Exciting News!

Super Sailor Boxtopoly Contest (Jan. 16 - Feb. 24)...& Feb. 15 STATUS! Meijer BONUS Box Tops Coupon (Feb. 19 - Mar. 3)! Click on an update above to go there directly, or scroll down to locate them.

"School earnings" on the rise!

Increases may have been from our students' submitted Box Tops, a BTFE member who just got confirmation of eBoxTops from recent holiday Marketplace or Reading Room purchases. It may have been from earning Bonus eBoxTops for participating in the Click & Earn program introduced in December, or even from winning at the Building for Box Tops Instant Spin Game! Either way, it's $ we didn't have before. Clipping and sending in Box Tops - AND - member activity does make a difference! Thank you students and members! Here is our earning detail to date:

Besides clipping actual Box Tops, BTFE offers another EASY way to earn cash (eBoxTops) for our school through online shopping at btfe.com, at NO additional cost to you!  Travel, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, graduations, and holidays are just some occasions for which many people shop online.

Money you may already be planning to spend could easily earn cash for Ross Park – again at NO extra cost to you! All you have to do is shop your favorite online stores THROUGH the BTFE “Marketplace” (over 175 participating retailers) – OR – the “Reading Room” (partnered with Barnes & Noble) and earn eBoxTops (worth 10¢ each), which are rewarded electronically to our school. Participating retailers donate a certain number of eBoxTops for every qualifying $10 purchase you make through the BTFE website.

We encourage you to do as much of your online shopping as possible through the BTFE website as an easy way to help earn cash for Ross Park.

You must be a BTFE member to shop the “Marketplace” or “Reading Room”, and earn eBoxTops for Ross Park. (If you are not yet a member, please see the “Thinking of Becoming a BTFE Member…” section below to learn what it means for you and Ross Park, and the 3 easy steps it takes to become a member.)

As a BTFE member, the hardest part toward earning eBoxTops  is REMEMBERING to do your online shopping through the BTFE website (If you do remember, be sure your Internet browser is set to allow/enable cookies – a must for Ross Park to receive the eBoxTops).

Feel free to encourage family and friends (grandparents, aunts/uncles, etc.), both near and far, to sign up as BTFE members supporting Ross Park Elementary. They too can help us earn cash by doing their online shopping through the BTFE Marketplace or Reading Room.

Thank you for your help in making a difference for our children, our teachers, and our school.

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Thinking of Becoming a BTFE Member to Help Support Ross Park?

Here are just a few quick reasons:

• Save with monthly coupons for your favorite brands
• Earn eBoxTops™ for Ross Park when you shop online
• Enter for chances to win thousands of Bonus Box Tops for Ross Park each month

Here are more reasons to join - http://www.boxtops4education.com/learn/WhyJoin.aspx?WT.ac=UHP_WhyJoin

(We currently have 130 members supporting Ross Park Elementary. Support has gone up tremendously since November 2011 when we had just 117 members, exceeding our goal of 125 by the end of 2011. Welcome new members, and thank you!)

We have already seen our on-line earnings grow a bit during the past few months. So a big thank you goes out to all of our long-standing members, as well as our newest supporters. Whether you earned eBoxTops instantly, or from shopping online through the BTFE Marketplace or Reading Room, we appreciate your participation.

How many more new members can we get to start supporting our school? What's the buzz you might ask? Become a member and find out!

To become a member - https://www.boxtops4education.com/common/Register.aspx, then:

• Step 1 – enter “Ross Park Elementary” in the text box.
• Step 2 – “Select this school”, then enter your first name, last name, and birth date.
• Step 3 – enter your email address and a password.

…and now you are on your way to helping Ross Park earn eBoxTops!  (And we thank you!)

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For BTFE Members - Alerts/Deals, Coupons, Sweepstakes, Click & Earn, and Marketplace/Reading Room Information!

Alerts/Deals:

1. Join Ross Park in celebrating March is Reading Month!
• Earn up to 6 eBoxTops (normally 3) with every qualified $10 purchase you make at America’s #1 bookstore, just by shopping online through the Reading Room (Partnered with Barnes & Noble.) - AND - Spend $30 and earn 10 Bonus eBox Tops! (Valid on purchases through 2/20/12.)
2. Other current BTFE Marketplace deals & discounts.

Coupons: Watch your savings add up every month when you print and use coupons for Box Tops products.

Sweepstakes:

1. *NEW Feb.1* (Thru Feb. 29) - "I Love my School Sweepstakes" for a chance to win 1,000 Bonus Box Tops for Ross Park. That's $100! Note: This sweepstakes requires you to enter the product UPC code found on participating Ocean Spray products. If you do not have an Ocean Spray product on hand, you can still enter the sweepstakes by entering this free UPC Code: 16000-54321.
2. *NEW Feb.1* (Thru Feb. 29) - "Ocean Spray Sweepstakes" for a chance to win 1,000 Bonus Box Tops for Ross Park. That's $100! Note: This sweepstakes requires you to enter the product UPC code found on participating Ocean Spray products. If you do not have an Ocean Spray product on hand, you can still enter the sweepstakes by entering this free UPC Code: 16000-54321.
3. (Thru Mar. 1) - "Building with Box Tops" for a chance to win 250,000 Bonus Box Tops for Ross Park ($25,000!), along with instant-win Bonus Box Tops. Daily you can:
   • Try to win 5, 10 or 15 instant Bonus Box Tops:
     • Play the Instant Spin Game in the "Play" area - just click on the carousel for a chance to win instantly!
   • Get entered into the Sweepstakes (worth 250,000 Bonus Box Tops):
     • Answer 2 Trivia questions in the "Library" - you get 1 sweepstakes entry whether or not you answer the question correctly.
     • Submit a Vote in the Photo Contest in the "School - you can get another (1) sweepstakes entry just for voting for your favorite Finalist.
4. (Thru Mar. 31) - "Zoo Pals" for a chance to win 2,500 Bonus Box Tops plus a trip for 4 to the San Diego Zoo, and more.

"Click & Earn" For INSTANT earnings!: (Thru Feb. 29) Limited to first 50,000 participants.

It starts with a click on an activity; view a video, take a survey or give feedback about a product. It ends with $ earned for Ross Park.

Each time you complete an activity you will INSTANTLY be credited for some eBoxTops! It's as simple as that! All it takes is a little of your time to earn Ross Park 10¢ for every eBoxTops credit you earn! (Check back often for new activities!) Just click on the "click & earn" graphic to get started.

Marketplace/Reading Room Information:

Starting an order successfully through the BTFE Marketplace or Reading Room will bring up a temporary ("interstitial") page immediately after selecting the participating retailer from the BTFE website. (If you don't see this page, go back & try again until you do. Be sure your Internet browser is set to allow cookies.)	Once your order is placed through the BTFE website, you should receive an email like the one below within 5 business days. (If you don't receive the "Thank You" email by the 6th day, contact BTFE directly at 1-888-799-2444.

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The traveling trophy is on display in the Box Tops display case until approximately March 2, when the winners of the Super Sailor Boxtopoly contest are announced.

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Super Sailor Boxtopoly Contest (Jan. 16 - Feb. 24)

Keep clipping Box Tops from hundreds of participating products because this is a BIG one!

Not sure what a Box Top, or a Bonus Box Top, other types of Bonus Box Tops, or a Bonus Boxtop Checkout Coupon look like? Click on each to se some samples.

Up to 7 prizes to be awarded!
General Prizes (3):
Classroom Prize: The classroom bringing in the most Box Tops gets the traveling trophy for March – AND – an Ice Cream Party with Principal Smith – AND – the teacher gets a $10 Barnes & Noble gift card. Grade Prize: Each class in the grade bringing in the most Box Tops will be joined by Principal Smith for an extra recess. School Prize: If we collect 10,000 Box Tops, every classroom will get freezer pops!
Special Prizes (4):
To be eligible for the prizes below, submissions must be:
Fully completed & valid Boxtopoly sheet(s) - 25 Box Tops, glued/taped, date shown, unexpired, with student & teacher names written on “GO!”. Valid 70 Bonus Box Tops Meijer Customer Coupon(s) - Unexpired, with student & teacher names written on it.
Top Student Prize: The student bringing in the most Box Tops will get to be principal for ½ day (shadow Mr. Smith). Drawing (3 prizes): One entry per student for each submission for a chance to win 1 of 3 $10 Barnes & Noble gift cards.

 

Boxtopoly Status as of Feb. 15!
Box Tops Collected SO FAR:
School total = 8,144 (Need 10,000 to earn freezer pops!) Leading grade = 4th grade - but not by much! Leading classroom = I'm not telling! :)

Keep clipping over Mid-Winter Break!

Super Sailor Boxtopoly Collection Sheet

One collection sheet was passed out to every student. You can print more here and fill up as many as you want to better increase your chances of winning the Top Student Prize, as well as more chances in the Drawing. Just click on the picture to download, then print.

As always, we will continue to accept Box Tops and Bonus Box Tops submitted in baggies, envelopes, etc.

(Not sure how this collection sheet will look completed? Look at this sample to find out.)

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BONUS Box Tops at Meijer

• (Feb. 19 - Mar. 3) - Buy ANY 5 or more participating Old El Paso Dinner Kits, Betty Crocker Fun da-middles, Potatoes, Helpers, suddenly Pasta Salad, Progresso Soup, Broths, Pillsbury Refrigerated Dough, Macaroni Grill or Wanchai Ferry Restaurant Favorites Dry Dinner Kits and get a 20 BONUS Box Tops coupon at checkout! (Limit one coupon per transaction. Purchases must be made in a single transaction.)

Here is a link to all of the participating Box Tops for Education products, and a printable list too.

BTFE Members - you can save $ with coupons printed from the BTFE website! See the "For BTFE Members - Alerts, Coupons, & Sweepstakes!" section above.

(Not a BTFE Member, see the "Thinking of Becoming a BTFE Member…” section above for details.)

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2010-11 Year in Review

Celebrate with us by watching "The Difference We Made" video.

It's a fun, inspiring way to applaud all the good your clipping (and clicking) did for Ross Park during the 2010-11 school year.

Questions?

Ask coordinator for answers.

 

Box Tops & eBox Tops = a simple way to make a big difference.