Box Tops For Homeschoolers

TheyCallMeMom · 07-30-2007, 07:10:32 AM

I contacted them to find out

this is the letter I got... Good to know..

Thank you for your interest in the General Mills Box Tops for Education
program. We apologize, but at this time, individual home schools are
not eligible to participate in the Box Tops for Education Program, but
Home School Associations containing 15 or more students for educational
purposes are. Parents with home-schooled children should encourage
their
association to register with General Mills Box Tops for Education
program.

At this time, we have made the economic decision to limit program
participation to accredited kindergarten through eighth grade public,
private, parochial, military schools (worldwide) and qualifying home
school associations.

We appreciate your interest in the General Mills Box Tops for Education
program. Thank you and have a great day!

Sincerely

Betty P.
Customer Care

TheyCallMeMom · 07-30-2007, 07:15:11 AM

LOL.. I was just thinking, 8 more kids and I can be my own association LOL j/k

hotcouponmama · 07-30-2007, 07:17:38 AM

Originally Posted by mommyof6kids

LOL.. I was just thinking, 8 more kids and I can be my own association LOL j/k

LOL - um, yeah, I don't need a dime that bad!

TheyCallMeMom · 07-30-2007, 07:19:09 AM

we just moved into a great new area with lots of homeschoolers.. So when the meetings start back up I will bring this up..

kmmmom · 07-30-2007, 07:31:35 AM

didn't they used to let individual homeschools participate though? Seems like when we homeschooled we collected for it. (We never got enough, so when the kids went to private school, we donated all of the box tops to them.)

TheWoman · 07-30-2007, 07:55:34 AM

This is how my homeschool participates--when I get a lot, I sell them on ebay. They go for close to face value. Then I get much of the money and some school somewhere also gets the money. Everybody wins.

Timedess · 07-30-2007, 09:01:46 AM

I didn't know you could sell those. Interesting.

I have two problems with the Box Tops for Education program. 1) I homeschool, and we only have 9 students, and dh would not go for having 6 more "just for the dimes" (and our oldest few would be out of the home by then anyway) and 2) we rarely eat any of the BTFE products! Now, if they'd put them on stuff like bananas, dry beans, rice, and whole turkeys, I'd be in heaven- oh, and if I could use them, LOL!

Seriously, though- thanks for posting that information. I have always wondered, but had a feeling that would be their policy. But I didn't know that about the association part- I'll have to keep that in mind!

kykidzmom · 07-30-2007, 09:19:10 AM

Originally Posted by TheWoman

This is how my homeschool participates--when I get a lot, I sell them on ebay. They go for close to face value. Then I get much of the money and some school somewhere also gets the money. Everybody wins.

That is exactly what we do. Any $ that I get for them on ebay go into our curriculum fund.

tmotley · 07-30-2007, 09:20:58 AM

Originally Posted by mommyof6kids

LOL.. I was just thinking, 8 more kids and I can be my own association LOL j/k

I've thought the same thing. LOL I had 7 students, but one moved out, so we're down to 6 now. I used to collect them for the group I was in, but that group is no longer. Now I sell them on ebay or trade them.