Now that school’s back in session, the focus has shifted to helping our schools raise money to afford new supplies, equipment and programs to provide better education for our kids! This year, Avery Dennison has partnered with Box Tops for Education, and Avery school supplies now include coupons to clip and turn in to your school to be redeemed for cash.
Avery Dennison sent me this great gift basket of products so I can share my thoughts on them, plus I get to give the same basket away to one of my readers! I wish I could say I’m an organized person, but I subscribe more to the organized chaos theory. However, products like these inspire me to file things away in a more orderly manner. I enjoyed sorting and filing and labeling my papers with Avery’s easy-to-use systems. Now if only I could keep them that way!
And who could resist the handy tote it was all packaged in? I have baskets and totes like these all over the house to corral all of our stuff. We have far more “stuff” than we actually need, but that’s a project best tackled when I give these crutches the boot. Anyone want to help?
One lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader will win a back-to-school prize package (worth over $50!) full of Avery Dennison school and office supplies, including: Hi-Liters, labels, GlueStics, binders, dividers, sheet protectors, Marks-a-Lot permanent markers, and t-shirt transfers!
To enter, share your favorite way to get involved at your kids’ schools! Do you volunteer in the classroom? Coordinate the bookfair? Help with fundraising?
Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!
Methods of entry:
1. Leave a comment. Tell me how you are involved at your kids’ schools. What is your favorite volunteer activity?
2. Add Deal Seeking Mom to your blogroll or add my badge to your sidebar. Make sure to come back and leave the link to your site in a separate comment!
3. Join the new Deal Seeking Mom Forums to chat about your great finds, special coupon codes, and chances to win exclusive giveaways. Leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve joined or that you’re already a registered user!
4. 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 done so. If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’re already subscribed. Lovin’ my subscribers! You guys make this all possible.
Prize:
(1) Avery Dennison School and Office Supply Package, as described above
This giveaway ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on 9/22. I’ll use Random.org to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email on and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Good luck!
While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!
Ruth Ann
I don’t have kids, but I’m involved as a substitute mentor and as a prayer partner at the local elementary school as part of Kids Hope USA. Kids Hope USA is great group. They pair one elementary school with one church. The church provides mentors who meet one-on-one with each child in the program for one hour, once a week for the school year. Each mentor/student pair also has a prayer partner praying for them. It’s amazing the amount of change that can take place in a child’s life just by having one adult spend one hour once a week with them.
Ruth Ann
I subscribe to the blog’s RSS feed.
Joanne
I am a subscriber!!
Joanne
I volunteer in the class every week!
kim kuntavanish
What a great teacher gift!
Idaho Jill
My daughter is not old enough for school yet, but I have sorted food at the Idaho Foodbank before and it was so much fun volunteering!
Idaho Jill
Your button is on my sidebar, thanks
Idaho Jill
I am a member of the forums – idahojill, thanks!
Idaho Jill
I am an email subscriber, thanks
Kristine
Already have you on the blog roll! :)
Kristine
My oldest just started kindergarten and this would be great.
jennifer
I make sure to always cut out the box tops and send in to the school
Gina Hindman
My son is mentally challenged & I go to school with him everyday as his associate. I am as involved with my son as possible at all times!
Terrae
I don’t have kids yet but I do everything I can to help out at my niece and nephew’s schools if they need volunteers.
chantel
I help with parties and PTA
Amy
My kids won’t start school until next year but I plan to be very involved. My mom was super involved and it made such an impact on me!
Amy
I’m a subscriber via RSS
Amy
I just joined the Deal Seeking Mom Forums! I’m anrobe :)
Kari
Volunteering to help with classroom parties!
Kari
I am already a follower via RSS!
Angela Stiverson
My daughter is not in school yet, but she does go to daycare. I enjoy helping out with the various open houses and parties they have. I also enjoy making snacks for her to take and share for no special reason other than just because.
ashley
would be great prize!
Tammy
I subscribe by e-mail
Paula
HI ! :) I home school 2 and send one to school, he longs for the classroom so I let him go, I am there with him a few hours everyday ! lol I d love to send some cool things in to help out his class . wish me luck !
Nadia
I subscrine via email!
Nadia
Not involved in my kids school yet…they are only 2 and 2 months!
Julie
I helped out with my daughter’ choir-I am on the fundraising committee
Christine W.
I am a high school teacher. I am very involved in activities at school.
thank you,
Christine
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Christine W.
I am a member of the Deal Seeking Moms Forum.
thank you,
Christine
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Christine W.
I subscribe via email.
Thank you,
Christine
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