Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Box Tops University Wrap Up and Giveaway

 Last month I got to travel to Minneapolis, MN for Box Tops University.  It was a fabulous experience. Not only did I get to take a behind the scenes look at General Mill Photograph Studio, I also learned a ton of new stuff about Box Tops. In my own life I have made changes in how I shop, including more box tops brands in my shopping cart to make great recipes like Monkey Bread Minis.

It was so exciting to see all the hard work and effort paying off for coordinators from all over the country. They offered so many great ideas and inspiration. As a blogger, I also got to see and connect with the brands that partner with and support Box tops for Education. It was amazing to see their commitment and excitement about all the new ways that schools can earn even more in the coming year.

I didn't realize when I left Minneapolis that a little seed had been planted. A seed that is blooming into a new found love for Box tops. I have since volunteered with the Kindergarten here in town and plan to do the same with the both of the boys schools, to help collect and raise money with boxtops. 

After listening to one coordinator talk about approaching the funeral homes in town to collect box tops off of Kleenex packages, I was encouraged to do the same. They were going to waste, but will not be saved!

I am working on putting collection jars all over town for those that don't know what to do with box tops or have no children in the right age to collect for.

I also talked to the principle that I am volunteering for about allowing some of the high school groups to adopt classes or even grades to encourage and help them to earn more. 

If you have any ideas on how to raise more box tops, I would love to hear them.

Now that you know how much I love Box tops...guess how excited I was to get this Big Bog o Box tops in the mail...


It included products from Hefty, Ziploc, Avery, Zoo Pals, Hi-Liter and Cheerios and  Cascadian Farm. Some of them we already love, some we needed and all include box tops!
























On behalf of General Mills I am able to offer this same package to one of my Lucky Duckies!

To be entered to win: 

Tell me something about box tops.

A favorite product that you love that they come on.
A way to earn more.
Or just let me know where in your kitchen you save them.

Bonus Entries: 

1. Follow me somehow: Through Google Friend Connect, e-mail subscriber, Twitter or Facebook. +1 entry. Leave a comment telling me how you follow.

2. Share this giveaway: Through Twitter or FB. +1 entry. Leave me a permalink to your twitter or FB status by clicking on the time stamp on it and commenting with the url of your share.

This giveaway is open to U.S. Residents only and will close July 14th. Winners will be drawn using random.org, contacted through e-mail and have 24 hours to get back to me with shipping information of a new winner will be drawn.


My travel accommodations while attending Box Tops University were paid for on behalf of General Mills. I was sent these free products in thanks for participating at Box Tops University but am not being compensated for this post or the giveaway. All opinion expressed is mine and mine alone.

Posted by Mellisa Rock at 11:41 AM
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128 comments:

  1. I keep a little cup in my kitchen where I drop all the box tops I come across in our house. Most common item I find them on? My Toaster Strudels!! I just picked up some Zoopals at the store the other day not realizing they had box tops on too! Since {to my knowledge} my sons school does not save them, you can expect to get them in your mailbox!

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  2. i'm so excited to finally give all my box tops i've been saving for 2 yrs to my new kindergartener's class! i'm hoping she turns in the most of all the kiddos in her grade. i don't think that there is a contest or anything but you never know. :)
    anywho, i put them in my junk drawer in the kitchen, they are all waiting to be put on the color sheets downloaded from the btfe site. :) thanks for this awesome opportunity & what a cute lil' model you have.

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  4. http://twitter.com/#!/citasewell/status/88739218511245312
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  5. My favorite product has box tops- Honey Nut Cheerios!

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  6. Follow on FB@tcarolinep JessieKatie S

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  8. I keep a ziploc bag hung on the refrigerator so I can cut and drop them in the bag. Once it's close to full, zip and send to school. My son is always looking for products with box tops
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  11. Even though my kids are no longer in elementary school, I still continue to save the box tops. I cut and save them in a little plastic bag that I keep in the kitchen drawer. Every other month, I drop it off at the school. I think most of my box tops come from cereal boxes.
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  12. I am an email subscriber
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  13. I love to collect box tops and give them to my school for money. It's so wonderful of them to offer this program to schools around our nation!

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  14. I follow you with gf-jr911

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  16. I have a ziploc bag in a drawer that I save the box tops in. My son loves to take them to school! Thanks for the chance to win!
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  17. Following with Google Friend Connect
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  19. I collect box tops for my kids school. We store them as we get them in an envelope (we also have an envelope for soda can tabs that are also collected) The school sends home a sheet monthly where we tape/glue the box tops to and send them in.
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  20. gfc follower - hockandroll
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  21. i subscribe via e-mail
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  26. I collect the box tops in the kitchen in a jar. When it is full, we glue it on the collection sheets.

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  27. I follow you on GFC. (Anja M.)

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  29. Oh, I always used to collect boxtops when I was in school! I loved that they were on honey nut cherios- because that's my favorite cereal!
    great giveaway
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  30. I follow you on gfc!
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  32. I collect box tops off from everything I can!! I also put a collection box in the break room at work, so I could get them for my daughter's future school! (She's only 4 and not attending yet!) I probably collect the most box tops from Betty Crocker Fruit snacks/fruit Roll Ups. I think it's such a great program, and always buy products with box tops! I even buy more when the catalinas are happening to get extra tops!! :)

    mderosby at gmail dot com

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  33. I follow you thru Google Friend Connect!

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  34. They are saved in the kitchen drawer along with the Ziploc bags and condiment packets. Email: yona(at)pricelesswriters.com

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  35. Im a Google Connect Friend. Email: yona(at)pricelesswriters.com

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  36. Extended family saves Box Tops for my boys along with us. At work I take them off the garbage bag boxes when we get new ones to use. I put them in my drawer with my paper products in a baggie. I send them to school once in the quarter for one son, the next quarter the next son, and so on.

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  37. I follow you in all those categories as bigguysmama or Mimi B.

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  38. Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/bigguysmama/statuses/89211421728055297

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  39. I like to save up my boxtops in my silverware drawer, I keep them in the back of the drawer. When we get enough saved up then I print off the fun BoxTops activity pages I found online for my kids to color then glue the tops on it to hand to their teacher. My favorite item to get boxtops off of are the 2 packs of Nature Valley granola bars found in the dollar section at Target. I always use coupons on them to get them for .50-.25 per box.

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  40. I am following you on Facebook

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  41. Maggie Mason- maggiebugjuice@aol.comJuly 8, 2011 4:02 AM

    I LOVE BOX TOPS! I think every product in the world should have them. I started the collection box at my nephew's school and they are pouring in- how simple is it to clip them and get money for your school!?!? Hope we win- thanks!

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  42. I cut them all out and put them in our "cookie jar" in the kitchen and then donate them to my sons school

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  44. I tweeted
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  45. I have been collecting box tops to give to the local school where my daughter will be starting Kindergarten this year :) I put them in a large ziploc baggie in my cabinet where the baby cant get into them and try to eat it lol. I think my fave thing that the box tops come on is the cereal (especially the Cheerios!)

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  46. I follow publicly via GFC mindy25414

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  47. tweet https://twitter.com/#!/mindy25414/status/89355810215432193
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  48. I have a Zip-loc bag on the shelf above my kitchen sink where I collect Box Tops. I also have family and neighbors who save them for me. Our school holds contests to see which class can collect the most.

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  50. I tweeted!

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  51. i save them in a jar on my hutch
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  52. gfc nannypanpan
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  53. e-mail
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  54. We keep a ziplock bag in the kitchen to collect our boxtops. My son likes to color the collection sheets and glue the boxtops on them. He cant wait to turn in all the boxtops he has been collecting over summer vacation. We have friends family and co-workers involved in our collection!

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  55. I follow you on twitter as well!

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  56. I save the box tops in a jar
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  57. follow you on gfc
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  58. http://twitter.com/#!/HappyTina0115/status/89506325863735296
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  59. tweeted:
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  60. LOL! I was just thinking about this. I throw all mine in a junk drawer after I cut them off the box. My son is about to start school for the first time and now I have to go dig them all out! Wish me luck. Thanks for the chance to win!
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  61. i put them in a big zip lock bag and since my children don't go to school outside the home, I give them to children at our church who do go to schools

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  63. http://twitter.com/cneiding/status/89894089851535360 tweet

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  64. I save our box tops in a bowl ontop of the microwave. :)

    Rachel
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  65. I follow on GFC

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  66. I keep them in a PB jar on top of my microwave :)

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  67. My favorite box top product is cherries, we eat so many

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  68. i love ziplock bags.
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  71. I didn't know anything about box tops until my daughter went to school. Now we love collecting them! My favorite product they are on is cookie dough lol. Anytime we clip one, we put them in a back on top of the frige. I'm not sure how to earn more without spending more money. I'm still new to this! :D

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  72. We have collected box tops for years. We put them in a drawer beside the kitchen sink until we take them to the school.

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  73. follow you on twitter @5memb

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  74. tweet http://twitter.com/#!/5memb/status/90357595008811008

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  75. email subscriber

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  76. http://twitter.com/#!/hockandroll/status/90399198192742400
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  78. I save them in a little snack bag stuck on the side of our refrigerator. To be honest, I didn't think much about them until I started seeing all these Box Tops University posts!

    Amy @ A Little Nosh

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  79. I follow you on Twitter (and GFC). :-)

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  80. I love ziplock baggies!

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  81. GFC follower

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  82. shared on twitter

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  83. I love getting box tops from Cheerios.

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  84. We buy a lot of product with them on it! Especially yogurt! I keep them for one of our friends who is a teacher :-)

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  85. Follow on Twitter MONKEYMOM8105

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  88. shared on facebook
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  89. We love Cheerios and fruit snacks. I keep a Ziploc bag on top of my bread box that we keep them in.
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  90. Like you on FB.
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  91. tweeted.https://twitter.com/jen_r_horn/status/90816627360272385
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  92. I save box tops for the kids classrooms.We usually keep them in a ziploc bag on the microwave so they remember to collect and keep them
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  93. email subscriber
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  95. It's been so much easier since I moved in my new condo a few months ago. I have a junk drawer now!

    Not that the box tops are junk....they are the good things in the drawer! But there's a better way to keep organized by putting them in the drawer.

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  97. http://twitter.com/#!/won2x/status/90903567942156288

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  98. oh i love box tops. I was the coordinator for 3 yrs at my dd's school. we still save box tops. I have a little container (cardbox box) that came from box tops that I put them in. I think the favorite thing we get box tops off of is ziploc items.... I guess b/c we use so much of them. LOL (mavans@gmail.com)

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  99. I have an old coffee can with a slit cut in the top for our box tops. It sits on the counter, next to the stove. EVERYONE in the family knows that, if I find a box top in the trash, there's going to be a lecture!
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  100. I'm a GFC follower
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  101. I like you on FB
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  102. I follow you on Twitter
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  103. 'm an email subscriber
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  104. I cut a slot in the top of an empty cocoa canister and just drop them in anytime.



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  106. shared on facebook
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  107. I keep my boxtops in a little ziploc bag in my utensil drawer!
    Laura
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  108. I follow you on twitter @tcgirl11
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  109. I tweeted: http://twitter.com/tcgirl11/statuses/91263931854753793
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  110. i just purchased coco puffs saving box tops for nieces and nephews


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  111. we are friends on facebook

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  112. tweeted:
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  114. I am new to collecting Box Tops and am doing so for our neighborhood elementary. I love the newer ziplock containers with the twist on lids and have collected lots of box tops from those since I use them to package up meals for new moms in our mom's club.

    libbylopez AT hotmail DOT com

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  115. i love box tops! in our elementary my kids collect them and the class with them most gets a ice cream party. they are great for the school to earn a little extra money with the help of the parents.
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  116. i follow you on twitter / @xxkimhcxx
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  117. tweeted
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  118. I have a special plastic container in one of my kitchen drawers to house my box tops! Thanks for the chance to win!!!
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  119. tweet-http://twitter.com/#!/CrazyItalian0/status/91639881381576704
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  120. I follow you publicly on GFC "crave to save"
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  121. My box tops are in a plastic baggie hanging on my fridge. That way I always remember to put them in there.

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  128. I have our boxtops saved in a drawer in our kitchen. I have recruited my mom, sister and coworkers into saving them for us!
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