Delta Junction Elementary School Earns Cash with Box Tops

Delta Junction, AK – 5/17/07 – Delta Junction Elementary announces its final earnings in this year’s 2006-2007 Box Tops for Education fundraising campaign. Last fall, the school set a goal of earning $500.00 through Box Tops. Thanks to the contributions of dedicated school supporters, the school has earned $1,408.00. Our School was ranked 9th in the state out of 357 schools and Nationally we were ranked 4,455 out of 93,208 schools. I like to tell everyone in our Community (Delta Junction and Ft. Greely) Thank You and keep sending in those BOX TOPS! This year’s goal for 2007-2008 will be $1,690 and unofficially we are already at $390.00 in a 2 ½ month period. GREAT JOB!

Box Tops for Education, a school fundraising program sponsored by General Mills, is now in its tenth big year. Box Tops has helped America’s schools raise over $175 million to buy the things they need such as library books, school supplies and playground equipment. Our school this year paid for the R.I.F. program and bought books for the Battle of the Books reading challenge. The Box Tops for Education program offers school supporters three easy ways to earn cash for schools through everyday activities like buying groceries, shopping online and making purchases with a credit card. Schools can earn a total of up to $60,000 each year.

If you’d like to help the students at Delta Junction Elementary get a head start on next year, there are lots of easy ways to get involved. Collect Box Tops from hundreds of familiar, participating products and save them for your students who will be attending Delta Junction Elementary School for there classroom this fall, Collection Boxes are located at the Town Library, IGA Grocery, Delta Junction Elementary front office, Post Gym or send them to Delta Junction Elementary, "Attention Box Tops Coordinator at BOX 647 DELTA JUNCTION, AK 99737. You can also sign up on the Box Tops website at boxtops4education.com. Designate Delta Junction Elementary as the school you wish to support. At the Box Tops website, you’ll learn more about all of the easy ways you can choose to make a difference -- all at no additional cost to you.