Flight Mascot Cosmo to Help Local School with Fundraiser
August 22, 2002 - NBA G League (G League)
Huntsville Flight News Release
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., August 21, 2002 â Huntsville Flight Mascot Cosmo will join students and faculty from Mountain Gap Elementary School at Bruno's Supermarket (9020 Bailey Cove Rd., corner of Bailey Cove and Weatherly) on Monday, Aug. 26 from 5-8 p.m. to collect box tops as part of General Mills Box Tops 4 Education program.
Each box top from participating General Mills products that is collected during the event by Mountain Gap Elementary School is worth $0.10 towards their school's fund. In addition, Bruno's will double the donation to the school fund on box tops collected during the event. Last week, General Mills announced that enrolled schools can now earn up to $60,000 each year from the Box Tops for Education program, including $20,000 from each of the three program components (Clip, Shop and Charge). According to General Mills, more than 60 percent of the nation's K-8 schools are enrolled in the General Mills Box Tops for Education program and more than 22 million American households clip Box Tops for Education. Since the program's inception in 1996, General Mills has given nearly $70 million to America's schools and anticipates giving even more this year with the newly expanded program.
The fundraiser with Mountain Gap Elementary School is just one of a number of educational programs and events the Flight and the NBDL are involved in each year. The cornerstone of the Flight's education emphasis is Read to Achieve, a year-round program to help young people develop a life-long love for reading and encourage adults to read regularly to children.
About Box Tops for Education (from General Mills web site)
Introduced in 1996, Box Tops for Education is a school fundraising program run by General Mills, Inc. Box Tops for Education is open to any accredited public, private or parochial school in the United States, containing any class with students from Kindergarten to 8th grade that is organized and primarily operated for education purposes, and to any United States military school, containing any class with students from Kindergarten to 8th grade, worldwide. The Box Tops for Education program provides consumers three ways to earn cash for their school:
Clip with the original Box Tops for Education.
Save Box Tops coupons from hundreds of participating General Mills products from throughout the grocery store and give them to any enrolled K-8 school. Box Tops coupons are each worth 10 cents from General Mills when the school redeems them - up to a maximum of $20,000 per school annually.
Shop online at the Box Tops for Education Marketplace.
The Box Tops Marketplace, at boxtops4education.com, is a gateway to over 100 quality online stores including Amazon.com, Eddie Bauer.com and OfficeMax.com. Click to any store and up to 10 percent of each qualifying purchase is donated to a designated Box Tops school - up to a maximum of $20,000 per school annually. Charge with the Box Tops for Education Visa card. Call 1-800-227-9605 to apply. There is no annual fee and a low APR. Use the Box Tops Visa card at more than 20 million locations worldwide and a full 1 percent of every purchase is donated to a designated Box Tops school - up to a maximum of $20,000 per school annually.
For more information and a listing of participating brands and products, please refer to the program's Web site at www.boxtops4education.com.
For more information on the Flight, visit www.huntsvilleflight.com or call the Flight's Corporate Office at (256) 429-1000.
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