Schools Can Win Supplies And Visit From NFL Head Coach Staples Coach Of The Week Program Kicks-Off Eighth Season y (NAPSA)—Thanksto a popular football-themed educational program, schools can score a touchdown with free school supplies and a visit from an NFL coach. Staples, Inc., is now accepting entries for the Staples Coach of the Week program which awards 17 accredited K-12 schools $5,000 worth of school supplies each and a visit from their local NFL head coach. Over the past seven NFL seasons, Staples has donated over $600,000 in school supplies to schools across the country. “We encourage students, teachEach year, NFL coaches speak ers and parents to enter their to schools about leadership and local school into the program,” said Ron Sargent, Staples CEO. winning. “This program is just part of Sta- ment and upgrade our technolples’ overall efforts in supporting ogy,” said Andrew Hasz, principal education. It’s an easy way to help of Faith Christian Academy in the school obtain much needed Arvada, Colorado, a winning supplies to use in the classroom.” school last year. “It was an excitStaples Coach of the Week is a ing experience for us and thevisit program in partnership with Sta- from the coach was one of the ples, the National Football League most memorable events of the (NFL) and CBS Television Net- school year.” work. Each week of the NFL reguThere are three easy ways to lar season, a panel of NFL repre- enter a school in the Coach of the sentatives chooses one head coach Week program: (1) Enter online at who has shown outstanding team www.staples.com/coach; (2) Enter leadership as the Staples Coach of by mail: Hand print your name, the Week. One entry submitted on age, school name, school phone behalf of a school in the winning number, school address, entrant’s coach’s region is drawn randomly relationship to school and local and that lucky school wins $5,000 NFL team name on a 3%” x 5” in school supplies plus a visit from card and mail to “Staples Coach of the team’s head coach. “The NFL the Week,” P.O. Box 5252, EllenToday” weekly pre-game show, 12 ton, FL 34222-5002; (3) Enter by noon (EST) on CBS, will announce fax: Hand print the information the winning coach and school for above on 8.5” x 11” paper and fax the prior week. to 1-866-430-4450. Sweepstakes “We had our teachers create a ends on 12/31/03. No purchase wish list and we wereable to pur- necessary. For complete official chase much needed office equip- rules visit www.staples.com/coach.
