Box Tops.

Last year when my sister and her family moved in with us, I notice my brother in law cutting box tops off of some of the boxes of food I just bought. It turns out that they would send them to school with their oldest son. So as the months went by I would give them my box tops to help out. When I move to  Alaska I was having a hard time being away from my family at the beginning. I decided that on some the stuff that I would buy had box tops, so I decided that I would collect them for my nephew even though I was gone. Well it turns out my niece was taking some to school too. Now when I get at least 10-12 of them I send them to my niece and nephew so they can take them to school. I send them every few months. I'm still collecting them for Carter and Kenna. When I send the next batch of them I'll probably have a little more then they other times since I look for items with the box tops. I enjoy helping them out even though I'm in Alaska and they are in Michigan. I've been trying to think of a way to help my youngest nephew Jack. He's not in school yet, but sometime I feel guilty for not sending him anything in the mail when I send something to his older siblings. I have a few more weeks to think of something. I guess I'm going to have to talk to James at what we can do. Seeing since James and Jack have been buddies since James and I started dating I'm sure I can get James to agree on something. :)

If your not sure what exactly the box tops do here is a link that will take you to the website that explains.http://www.boxtops4education.com/

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  1. LeslieApril 4, 2012 at 9:14 AM

    It's neat that you've found a fun little way to stay connected to your family back home!

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