Archives for August 2010

My son has radar when it comes to finding those little pink Box Tops for Education badges–he never misses one.  We keep them in a plastic holder on our fridge and turn them into his pre-school from time to time (when the plastic holder begins to overflow!)   That’s why I’m excited to share this next giveaway!

The Safeway family of stores (which includes Dominick´s, Tom Thumb, Randalls, Vons, and Genuardi´s) is making it simple to give back with “2 Ways 2 Earn” cash for your schools with Box Tops for Education and the “10% Goes Back to Schools” program.

Box Tops for Education has already given away over $320 million to help the more than 69 thousand schools participating.  Earning Box Tops is even easier this year with four new brands participating in the program: Progresso Soup, Totino´s Pizza, Betty Crocker Cake Mixes and Gold Medal Flour.

To help your local schools even further just look for the “10% Goes Back to Schools” yellow school bus tags on over 2,000 of your favorite items throughout Safeway from August 11th – September 14th. When you purchase participating products with your Club Card, Safeway will give 10% of the purchase price to the local school of your choice.

Here´s how it works:

• Check your receipt from August 11 – September 14. The total will be updated each time you shop.
• Beginning on September 18, a redemption code will be printed at the bottom of your receipt.
• Visit backtoschools.escrip.com before October 13 to choose your favorite participating local school, then simply enter your redemption code to make your donation.

To learn more about Box Tops for Education and Safeway´s “10% Goes Back to Schools” program, visit www.2ways2earn.com. And while you´re there, don´t forget to enter the Safeway Bonus Box Tops Sweepstakes for a chance to win 1,000 Bonus Box Tops for the participating school of your choice!

And now for even more exciting news!

One lucky Cha-Ching on a Shoestring reader will win the following:

A $25 Safeway gift card (also valid at Dominick´s, Tom Thumb, Randalls, Vons, and Genuardi´s) in addition to a Bonus Box Tops certificate with a value of 50 Bonus Box Tops.  (Even if you don’t live near one of these stores, you may want to enter for the chance to win the Bonus Box Tops!)

You have up to 5 methods of entry:

• Leave a comment sharing why you’d like to win this prize.

• Visit Box Tops for Education on Facebook to “Like” the program and keep up with the latest news from Box Tops.  Leave a comment below letting me know.

• Subscribe to our feed in a reader or by e-mail and leave a comment letting me know you subscribed.  If you are already a subscriber, simply let me know in a comment.

• Follow me on twitter. Leave a comment on this post letting me know you are a follower.

• Become a fan of Cha-Ching on a Shoestring on facebook and leave a comment on this post letting me know.  If you are already a fan, simply let me know in a comment. (I love comments on the facebook page as well, but those will not count toward the giveaway!)

Note: Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of this post to leave your comments.  (If you are reading this is an e-mail click here to do so.) By leaving a separate comment for each entry you will have a greater chance of winning!  E-mail responses will not be considered as an entry in the giveaway.

This giveaway ends at 10:00 a.m. EST on Tuesday, August 31, 2010. I’ll use Random.org to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on this site.

This prize pack is provided for the giveaway and for my review purposes by Safeway and General Mills through MyBlogSpark.