(NAPSA)—As schools learn more about raising funds for education, many have come to the conclusion that one program really makes the grade. More than 75,000 K-8 schools have been enrolled in Box Tops for Education, a program sponsored by General Mills. With this program people can earn cash for their school with everyday activities such as buying groceries, shopping online or making purchases with a credit card. Schools can earn up to $60,000 annually from Box Tops for Education. Since 1996, Box percent of each qualifying purchase is donated to your designated school. Make purchases using your Box Tops for Education Visa card at more than 20 million locations worldwide. A full one percent of every purchase is donated to your designated school. A new Visa card is making it even easier to raise funds for education. @ To apply for a Box Tops for Education Visa card, call 1-800- Tops for Education has contributed more than $70 million to participating schools. 227-9605. When you apply for your card, you will be asked to designate a school that you want cash for your school. People can clip Box Tops coupons from hundredsof participating General Mills products with the original Box Tops program. Box Tops are worth 10 each when yourschool sends them to General Mills. For more information, go to boxtops4education. com. Shop online through the Box Tops for Education Marketplace at boxtops4education.com. Up to 10 Box Tops for Education is available to any accredited public, private, or parochial school for grades K-8, in the United States that has There are three ways to earn to support. a 501()(3) or 509(a)(1) tax-exempt designation and to any United States military schools, for grades K-8, worldwide. It is also available to accredited home school associations, K-8, in the United States that have a 501(c)(3) or 509 (a)(1) tax-exempt designation and have 15 or more students.
