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BLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL "Box Top" Collection Contest!

Blake Middle School is requesting YOUR help with Clipping and Collecting BOX TOPS for Education....please drop them off before 10/29!

The following provided by Liz Sandeman.

Blake Middle School's Box Top Collection Contest!

The Blake Middle School is holding a "BOX TOPS for EDUCATION" Collection Contest and is requesting the aide of the Medfield Community!

Please consider clipping BOX TOPS from the products you buy and drop them off in the Collection Boxes located at Shaw's, the Medfield Public Library and The Center at Medfield before 10/29/18.

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This Contest Runs from now through October 29th! Every BOX TOP counts and is worth 10 Cents!

The winning Blake Middle School Cluster will receive a prize.....Your trash is Blake's cash!!

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A bit of background info on "BOX TOPS for EDUCATION"...

Box Tops for Education started in 1996. General Mills wanted to create a program to help support education and benefit America’s schools – and so, Box Tops for Education™ was born. As part of the initial test program, Box Tops were only available on select Big G cereals, such as Cheerios™, Total™ and Lucky Charms™.

By 1998, more than 30,000 schools were clipping Box Tops and earning cash to buy the things they needed: books, computers, playground equipment and more. Over the next 4 years the program doubled and by 2004 over 82,000 schools participated earning more than $100 million.

In 2006 non-food brands began to participate and as the program expanded, school earnings increased. By 2010, schools across the nation had earned over $320 million. Today, America's schools have earned over $868 million and you can find BOX TOPS on hundreds of products.

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