You’ve probably heard of Box Tops for Education, the popular program sponsored by General Mills. More than 80,000 schools participate in this fun, easy way to earn money.
But did you know Box Tops can benefit homeschoolers, too?
You can contribute in a number of ways:
- Download the Box Tops app on your phone, shop as you would normally, then scan your receipts to find participating products (see a complete list).
- If you shop online or don’t have physical receipts, you can create a Box Tops account and forward online receipts to receipts@boxtops4education.com, using the same email address for your Box Tops account. Uploading receipts must be completed within 2 weeks of purchase.
- Clip Box Top coupons off participating products, although the physical coupons are being phased out of production. After collection, simply mail the Box Top coupons to MPE so we can collect the earnings.
Whichever way you choose, MPE will be credited with your Box Top earnings!
Participating Box Tops products include:
- School and office supplies
- Apparel
- Baking products and bakeware
- Produce
- Cereal
- Paper products
- Waste bags
While individual homeschools can’t use the program, homeschool associations who offer K-8th grade classes with 15 or more students (like MPE) do qualify. They need to be registered with the IRS under the 501(c)3 tax exempt status.
All contributions to MPE go to fund scholarships for our members who are undergoing financial hardship.
And thanks to our dedicated Box Top coupon clippers, we’ve earned more than $1,300 from this program so far. Think of the approximately 13,000 Box Tops collected!
FAQs
- We don’t eat a whole lot of packaged, processed foods. Aren’t the Box Tops mostly on those kinds of items?
The Box Tops program extends to a lot of categories, including non-food items such as clothing, office supplies, paper products, diapers and other household goods.
Most of our contributors don’t go out of their way to buy items just to benefit MPE; these are items they would already purchase. They just happen to have a Box Tops coupon associated with them!
This post was originally published in September 2014. It has been updated for timeliness and detail.
Find more free or low-cost ways to get involved at MPE.
You’ve probably heard of Box Tops for Education, the popular program sponsored by General Mills. More than 80,000 schools participate in this fun, easy way to earn money.
But did you know Box Tops can benefit homeschoolers, too?
You can contribute in a number of ways:
- Download the app on your phone, shop as you would normally, then scan your receipts to find participating products (see a complete list).
- If you shop online or don’t have physical receipts, you can create an account and forward online receipts to receipts@boxtops4education.com, using the same email address for your account. Uploading receipts must be completed within 2 weeks of purchase.
- Clip Box Top coupons off participating products, although the physical coupons are being phased out of production. After collection, simply mail the coupons to MPE so we can collect the earnings.
Whichever way you choose, MPE will be credited with your Box Top earnings!
Participating products include:
- School and office supplies
- Apparel
- Baking products and bakeware
- Produce
- Cereal
- Paper products
- Waste bags
While individual homeschools can’t use the program, homeschool associations who offer K-8th grade classes with 15 or more students (like MPE) do qualify. They need to be registered with the IRS under the 501(c)3 tax exempt status.
All contributions to MPE go to fund scholarships for our members who are undergoing financial hardship.
And thanks to our dedicated volunteers, we’ve earned more than $1,300 from this program so far!
FAQs
- We don’t eat a whole lot of packaged, processed foods. Aren’t the Box Tops mostly on those kinds of items?
The Box Tops program extends to a lot of categories, including non-food items such as clothing, office supplies, paper products, diapers and other household goods.
Most of our contributors don’t go out of their way to buy items just to benefit MPE; these are items they’d already purchase. They just happen to have a Box Tops coupon associated with them!
This post was originally published in September 2014. It has been updated for timeliness and detail.
Find more free or low-cost ways to get involved at MPE.
Good to know that MPE can use them! I will save them when I get any.