Circle October 14th on Your Calendars

TLDR: Send your paper Box Tops in with your student on October 14th.

Tired of pushing that gallon size plastic bag of Box Tops around the kitchen counter? Is your desk drawer impossible to close because there are too many Box Tops stuffed in there?

Hang in there because in less than one month, the DMS PTA will be accepting every paper Box Top we can find as part of its fall collection.

During the entire week of October 14th, send your student into school with the Box Tops your family (and extended family) has been collecting all summer. A parent volunteer will be waiting to accept them and ensure they are submitted to General Mills and redeemed for a cash donation to the DMS PTA.

Whether you have just a few, or have accumulated an obnoxiously tall pile, bring your Box Tops back to DMS on October 14th to help raise funds for our students and the activities that will provide academic enrichment.

Box Tops as Currency

TLDR: Regardless of their financial stature, nobody throws a dime in the trash. Why would you throw out a Box Top? 

One of the many reasons I am drawn to clipping and collecting Box Tops on behalf of Dunloggin is because they are a form of currency. As you likely already know, when a Box Top is returned to General Mills - $.10 is credited to the DMS PTA.

If you were walking down the street and saw an unclaimed dime lying on the ground, would you just pass it by? I think not. Most of us would definitely reach down to put it in our pocket.

Do you throw the spare change in your pocket or purse into the trash or recycle bin? Of course not. (That would also be a federal crime, by the way.) You collect it in a jar or dish until you amass a few dollars.

It's the same with Box Tops. Just visualize all of the dimes (er, Box Tops) laying in the cupboards and recycling bins of our houses, sitting there ready to be put to use on behalf of our students!