Office Max – A Day Made Better

Working to Erase Teacher Funded Classrooms

I was thrilled to be included as a Max Mom in the Office Max campaign to help make a Day Better for a deserving teacher!  They realize that teachers have to spend a lot of their own money for classroom supplies – either because the school district can’t afford to help or the actual students aren’t able to purchase what they need.  They have a goal of erasing the teacher funded classrooms!

I was given an opportunity to either have a contest on my blog so that my readers could nominate a teacher they felt was deserving… or I could present it to a local teacher.  I knew immediately what I was going to do.  A teacher and a dear friend of mine deserved it more than any other teacher I could think of.  For what she has endured this year with a severe injury and her constant drive and determination to make things better for her students (many of which are disadvantaged) … this was a “no Brainer” for me.

I really wanted to present this to her in her classroom, but I just couldn’t work it out.  Debbie had invited a big group of people over for a bonfire at her house and I took the opportunity along with a couple of the other ladies who came inside to present this to her at her home.

Disclosure:  Office Max provide the $100 gift card, T-shirt and rubber band balls for me to give to a teacher for the “A Day Made Better” campaign.  I chose to also give Debbie the Avery gift basket (that I added a Build a Bear, water bottle and some other odds and ends that I got a swag at conferences) that was sent to me to review on my blog.

Basket full of Avery Products Giveaway *CLOSED*

Congrats to Tawnda!!!  Random.org picked #107

Celebrating Teachers is one of Avery’s Missions

Would you love to win this basket full of Avery Products? (So cute isn’t it?)

They had a huge sweepstakes for teachers. They know that teachers use a lot of their own money for supplies for their kids, and they want to help.

I did a post about the Celebrate Teachers Sweepstakes a few weeks ago.  Because I helped Avery out by bringing awareness to the contest for teachers, they sent me a basket of Avery products that I could have… so that I could tell you about it – and then give one away on my blog!!

Check out that basket!! For one thing the basket itself is great. Cute and sturdy. But look at all the Avery goodies inside! There are labels, highlighters, post it notes, a large binder, glue sticks… etc.. a $50 value I am told.

I love this basket full of goodies…but I am going to keep the teacher giving going. I am taking part in a promotion with Office Max and I am going to get to give a teacher a gift card for supplies. I talked to Avery and asked if they would mind if I donated my basket I was given (in pic) to this local teacher that I am going to award (because she is SO awesome and gives of herself each and everyday to her students). Avery was thrilled.

So…. I will still be giving back…and thrilled to help out this teacher. Thanks Avery….you are the bomb!

To Enter to Win a Basket full of Avery Products:

Go to Avery.com and look at one of the 3 videos (their TV commercials). Tell me which one you watched… (I have my favorite) and what the product was.  **Be sure to come back here and leave me your answer in your comment. Your e-mail has to either in your comment or on your profile.

FOR EXTRA CHANCES TO WIN:

**Each of these HAS to have a separate comment to win. The winner is picked using Random.org. It just goes the number of comments….not by what you say.

1) Subscribe to my Organize with Sandy blog This is for 5 chances to win! (use 5 separate comments)

2) Subscribe to my Chat with Sandy blog This is for 5 chances to win! (use 5 separate comments)

3) Subscribe to my Explore Ohio with Sandy blog. Come back here for 5 separate chances to win.

3) Follow me on Twitter. Leave me your twitter id in your comment

4) Subscribe to my YouTube channel

5) Tweet this out up to 3 times a day. (one comment for each tweet) Pls leave your link

6) I can’t ask you to “like” me on Facebook, but I can ask you to leave a comment for an entry. 3 chances for each comment on any of my FB pages:

Organize with Sandy

OrganizerSandy (Organizing Fan page)

Explore Ohio with Sandy

See lots of way to enter!!

This contest will run until 11:59pm est on Thursday October 21, 2010 *THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED*

Any comment that comes in after the above time will be deleted. This is open to US mailing addresses only. One person per mailing address only. Winner will be chosen by Random.org

You will have 48 hours to reply to my e-mail if you are picked as the winner, or else I will go on to the next winning number.

You can see my other giveaways going on here:

MiracleBody Jeans - October 14, 2010

Avery Customized Binder - October 18, 2010

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Grilling Set – October 25, 2010

Kodak Pulse Digital Picture Frame – Nov. 2, 2010

Disclosure: I was given a this basket of products by Avery. I did the initial post for Celebrate Teachers for them in order to receive this basket to review and one to giveaway to my readers. My basket will be going to a teacher.  The pictures and thoughts are my own.

Avery Celebrates Teachers Sweepstakes

If you are a teacher then this Sweepstakes is for you!

Avery wants to give back to all those teachers who have given us and our kids so much with the Avery Celebrates Teachers Sweepstakes.

Teachers give of themselves each day – all with the focus of helping our kids reach their full potential… How cool is that?  I have several friends who are teachers and I am amazed at what they do.  Personally…I don’t have the patience to do that everyday all day! So I really respect what they do!

Avery also realizes that teachers spend a lot of their own money on school supplies because school budgets are cut everywhere and very often have to use their own money for supplies.

This contest is for any teacher in the US to enter and it does include Homeschool teachers!

Just another tid bit of information that I learned and did not know – Avery is a partner in the Box Tops for Education program. You can find out more information about it at Avery.com /Boxtops

Teachers have a chance to win a $1,000 Grand Prize Package!  (Look at this…wishing I could try for this!)

* Goodie Bag of Avery products valued at $500!
* SpaFinder gift card valued at $350
* Starbucks gift card valued at $150

Second Place Prize  - There will be 3 of these!

* Valued at $200 each

Third Place Prize  - There will be 5 of these!

* Valued at $80 each

See all the rules and details at the Avery Celebrates Teachers Sweepstakes. This contest will end on September 15, 2010

Disclosure:  I  will be receiving a gift basket of Avery supplies valued up to $50 for myself and will also in turn be able to have a giveaway on my blog for my readers..in return for helping to get the word out about this cool contest for teachers.  The thoughts are my own although I did use the information off of the Avery Celebrate Teachers Sweepstakes site for this post.