Del Monte - Teacher Monday: Cash for Classrooms + Giveaway

As a blogger I am sent a wide array of campaign announcements and opportunities... contests included. Even though my children are not of school age yet, I remember how tight school budgets were when I was in school. Well, it seems like the almighty education dollar is stretched even tighter today. So, I am excited to bring you this great campaign. Del Monte & Cash for Classrooms are working to help a few deserving schools with money for supplies, as well as fruit for healthy choice classroom snacks. You can find out even more at fruits.com. This contest has been running for the past 3 weeks, and only has 2 more Mondays to go, so you will have to act fast to get in on the action. Here is a portion of the press release:

“Monday’s can be difficult for all of us, but public school teachers face even bigger challenges these days with the largest budget cuts in 30 years expected this academic year,” said Dennis Christou, Vice President, Marketing, North America for Del Monte Fresh Produce. “Larger classrooms and far less supplies are putting enormous pressure on our teachers. The “Teacher Monday” program was designed to take some of the burden off teachers, many who pay for school supplies out of their own pockets. It will also provide teachers with tools and incentives to incorporate healthy eating messages into their curriculums, giving us an opportunity to help school children eat and live healthier,” Christou added.

To be eligible to win, teachers must register for the “Teacher Monday: Cash for Classrooms” online contest at www.fruits.com. After teachers register their name and school, they can get all their fans -- from parents to students, to friends and family -- to vote for them. Ten winners will be selected each Monday for five consecutive weeks in October/November, 2010, for a total of 50 winning teachers North American teachers. Winners are based solely on the number of votes they receive. Winning teachers will receive $750 in cash to purchase school supplies and $250 in Del Monte fresh fruit coupons for classroom snacks and to use in fruit educational activities."

Become a fan of “Teacher Monday: Cash for Classrooms” on Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo and YouTube to stay informed about contest news. 

So, would you like to win a $25 Del Monte fresh fruit gift certificate? Well, I have 2 to give away to two lucky readers.

GIVEAWAY!

• Mandatory Entry Subscribe by email via Feedburner (right hand side)
  
  For extra entries, do any or all of the following and leave a comment letting me know after you do the mandatory entry mentioned above:

• Follow my Blog via Google Friend Connect (1 entry)
• Suggest Del Monte to your friends on Facebook (1 entry)
• Follow @DelMonteFresh on twitter (1 entry)
• Blog about this giveaway with a link to my site and fruits.com (5 entries)
• Enter any other current giveaway (1 entry each) *to come shortly*
• Enter this on a Giveaway Linky & leave a link (5 entries for each Linky!)
• Follow me on Twitter (@notimeMom) & tweet about this giveaway. (3x per day at least 2 hrs apart) Feel free to use: " Win a $25 @DelMonteFresh Fresh Fruit GC @notimeMom http://bit.ly/d02KF3 :: ends 11/16 #giveaway Pls RT!" Please include the URL (1 entry per tweet)
• What is your favorite Del Monte product?
• Comment on any of my other blog posts. Just let me know where you commented (1 entry per comment)

Open to the US. Please leave a separate comment for each entry to get full credit. Giveaway ends on November 26th at 11:59 pm PST. 2 winners will be chosen via Random.org. and will be emailed. They will have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen.

*Cash for Classrooms & Del Monte provided me with no compensation, but did send 2 booklets to facilitate a giveaway on my blog and I was under to post this announcement.