BOX TOPS COMPETITION WINNERS!

Congratulations to the SPIDER team for winning our October Box Tops Competition!

Here are the final results:

SPIDER TEAM (winners) -- 10,263
Clement 169; Schwen 1,728; Christensen 839; Fuller 434; Jeppesen 106; Cosby 718; Roddam 200; Taylor 6,069.

GHOST TEAM -- 5,744
Reader 639; Bonnett 643; Houlin 311; Rawlins 667; Jackman 1,349; Phillips 30; Brown 152; Fossum 1,953.

WITCH TEAM -- 4,859
Leavitt 369; Allen 847; T. Francis 724; Spadafora 416; Johnson 144; Stone 390; Ballard 963; Williams 1,006.

BAT TEAM -- 3,090
Kartchner 139; Parker 328; Tingey 1,203; Coons 323; Karlsven 570; Giles 169; K. Francis 358.

The SPIDER team will be receiving their Golden Soup Can Trophies at the November WOW awards assembly.

Be sure to start collecting those box tops, soup labels, Tyson A+ labels and Cream O Weber milk caps for our next contest in February!!!

Last Day for Box Tops Competition!!!

Friday, October 23rd, is the last day of our Box Tops Competition!

Be sure to turn in your box tops, soup labels, Cream O Weber milk caps and Tyson A+ labels before lunch on Friday.*

Check the blog or the poster across from the gym to see who the winning team is on Monday! Winning team will receive their trophies at the November WOW Awards assembly!

*If you forget to turn them in by lunch time on Friday, just hang on to them until our next Box Tops Competition in February 2010.

Box Top Competition Results So Far - Week Two

We're two weeks into our Box Tops Competition and here's where the teams stand so far (please note that we only had two days last week, so our numbers didn't change very much):

Spider Team -- 8,394 total
(Clement 26, Schwen 1,405, Christensen 200, Fuller 2, Jeppesen 52, Cosby 566, Roddam 186, Taylor 5,597)

Ghost Team -- 2,857 total
(Reader 506, Bonnett 432, Houlin 136, Rawlins 363, Jackman 1,242, Phillips 30, Brown 124, Fossum 24)

Witch Team -- 2,794 total
(Leavitt 103, Allen 244, T. Francis 432, Spadafora 259, Johnson 81, Stone 60, Ballard 624, Williams 991)

Bat Team -- 1,526 total
(Kartchner 94, Parker 179, Tingey 468, Coons 193, Karlsven 322, Giles 124, K. Francis 143)

There's only one week left in our competition, so please remember to bring in those box tops, soup labels, Tyson A+ labels and Cream O Weber milk caps before lunch time on Friday, October 23rd!

I don't buy prepared foods, can I still participate?

Even if you don't buy cereal, granola bars, canned soup, Goldfish crackers, frozen chicken or Cream O Weber milk, there are still ways to participate in the Box Tops competitions each October and February. Here are three:

1. Look over the previous posts that list all the eligible products. There are also non-food items that you may be purchasing (Avery office products, Kleenex tissues, Huggies diapers, Ziploc bags, Cottonelle toilet paper, etc.).

2. Check to see if friends, relatives or co-workers buy these products. Many of our classes that bring in the most box tops, milk caps and soup labels do so because they get them from their grandparents or work places (especially those who work in restaurants and cafes that use Cream O Weber milk).

3. Check the Web sites of the parent companies (listed in previous posts) to see if they're having special promotions. Right now, Box Tops 4 Education is having a promotion where if you register with the Web site, your school receives 5 free box tops. Check out more information at: http://www.boxtops4education.com/one/default.aspx?ESRC=14471

Do box tops expire?

YES!

The expiration date appears in the lower right hand section of the coupon and also in the upper part right under "Official Coupon" in more recent printings.

As far as I know, Campbell's soup labels, Tyson A+ labels and Cream O Weber milk caps do NOT have expiration dates.

Is it worth it to clip box tops and soup labels?

In a word, YES!

For the 2008/2009 school year, Westridge earned $2,210.00 from box tops.

So far, our school has accumulated 41,106 points* from collecting soup labels.

Last year we didn't collect enough milk caps to turn in, but that will change this year -- we've already collected over 10,000 milk caps!

We haven't collected enough Tyson A+ labels to turn in, but this is a new program and I'm hoping that in a few years we'll be able to do so.

*To give you an idea of what we can purchase with our points, here are a few items from the Campbell's soup labels catalog:
500 points -- football
1,900 points - 144 camel hair brushes
4,800 points -- 12" blue political globe
5,550 points -- Geovision MicroProElite Tabletop Microscope
16,100 points -- Electronic keyboard
24,800 points -- Digital camera multi-user classroom pack

Box Top Competition Results So Far - Week One

We're only one week into our Box Tops Competition and here's where the teams stand so far:

Spider Team -- 8,088 total
(Clement 26, Schwen 1,237, Christensen 200, Fuller 2, Jeppesen 34, Cosby 499, Roddam 133, Taylor 5,597)

Ghost Team -- 2,418 total
(Reader 397, Bonnett 383, Houlin 136, Rawlins 230, Jackman 1,104, Phillips 30, Brown 124, Fossum 14)

Witch Team -- 2,389 total
(Leavitt 103, Allen 244, T. Francis 353, Spadafora 193, Johnson 81, Stone 28, Ballard 396, Williams 991)

Bat Team -- 1,234 total
(Kartchner 93, Parker 179, Tingey 460, Coons 98, Karlsven 304, Giles 97, K. Francis 3)

There's still two more weeks to go, so keep bringing in those box tops, soup labels, Tyson A+ labels and Cream O Weber milk caps!