Totino’s continues one million box tops giveaway; offers schools
another chance to win 250k bonus box tops
Minneapolis--(business wire)--starting today, totino’s is offering schools another chance to win 250,000 bonus box tops to fund fun learning at their schools, through the winter edition of its “learn a ton when school is fun” sweepstakes. totino’s launched the sweepstakes a few months ago for a fall edition and is excited to celebrate the two winners of that portion, totino’s fun-atics michelle richard and sue estell, who will use their winning funds to bring fun projects to life at their schools. fall winners there were more than half a million entries for the fall sweepstakes, but michelle richard from catahoula elementary school in st martinville, la., and sue estell from bandelier elementary school in albuquerque, n.m., are the lucky winners taking home $25,000 to their schools, in the form of 250,000 bonus box tops. michelle, a box tops coordinator for three years and a librarian at catahoula elementary school in st martinville, la. has always encouraged her students to participate in the box tops program and was excited to find out her school was a winner of the totino’s “learn a ton when school is fun” sweepstakes. “reading is the most fun way to learn. the students get to choose what they want to read and they get to escape into another world for a bit. one of the greatest parts about my job is seeing students get excited over reading because it is essential to learning and development,” she says. catahoula elementary plans to use its funds to purchase new computers, books and furniture for the school library. sue came to bandelier elementary as a parent volunteer 16 years ago while her children attended the school. she fell so in love with bandelier elementary that she became the technology coordinator, devoting countless hours of her time to work with the students. “i started as a volunteer at bandelier and when i saw all the opportunities the kids had with technology and the fun they could have learning, i knew i had to be a part of it and make a difference in these kids’ lives. when they’re having fun while learning, it really sticks with them and makes an impact.” sue has been part of the box tops team at bandelier elementary school since they joined the program almost 10 years ago and says the school plans to use the winnings to fund fun technology and parent communication projects. another chance to win through the box tops for education (btfe) program, totino’s is giving away a total of one million bonus box tops this school year with its “learn a ton when school is fun” sweepstakes, bringing fun projects to life at four schools across the country. btfe has helped america’s schools earn more than $400 million in funding since it was founded in 1996; through the totino’s sweeps, the support continues: from december 1, 2011 through february 13, 2012, consumers have another chance to enter the “learn a ton when school is fun” sweepstakes by visiting www.btfe.com/totinos to win 250k bonus box tops, the equivalent of $25,000 for the school of their choice. this is the winter edition of the “learn a ton when school is fun” sweepstakes to award the remaining 500,000 box tops to two more schools. totino’s is encouraging winners to use their funds to support enriching school activities, such as music programs, afterschool activities, field trips and art classes. as added motivation, totino’s will be offering double box tops on specially marked packages of totino’s® pizza rolls® and party pizza® products. for more information on the totino’s “learn a ton when school is fun” sweepstakes, including the official rules, visit www.btfe.com/totinos. to find out more about totino’s initiatives and product offerings, visit www.totinos.com. to learn more about box tops for education or to register a school, visit www.btfe.com. about totino’s and general mills totino’s® pizza rolls® snacks and totino’s® party pizza® are america’s number one selling frozen hot snack and pizza. totino’s and pizza rolls are brands of general mills. general mills is one of the world’s leading food companies, operating in more than 100 countries. its consumer brands include cheerios, fiber one, hÄagen-dazs, nature valley, betty crocker, pillsbury, green giant and old el paso. headquartered in minneapolis, minnesota, usa, general mills had fiscal 2011 net sales of us$14.9 billion. log on to www.generalmills.com for company information. for more totino’s information, visit www.totinos.com. photos/multimedia gallery available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=50087208&lang=en
