Back to School with Crayola & General Mills at Target #Giveaway

It is had to believe that back to school time is upon us already. For us, the first day of school is August 27 and it is a very big day since our twins will be starting Full Day Kindergarten! To say that I am really excited about this is an understatement. This mama will be dancing in the street once the bus pulls away!

My go-to store for back to school shopping supplies is Target. Oh who am I kidding, Target is pretty much my go-to store for everything. We are fortunate that our schools don't require us to purchase a lot of supplies, but I do like to stock up on new crayons and such every year.

Available this August exclusively at Target stores:

• Purchase specially marked Nature Valley® Crunchy Granola Bars, Pillsbury® Toaster Strudel® Pastries, and Big G Cereal packages and you could save up to $5 on Crayola products
• Participating Big G cereal boxes will feature a fun Crayola coloring activity on back
• Save on General Mills products when you purchase specially marked Crayola 64-CT Crayons

"This back-to-school season will be as easy as 1-2-3 with a little help from General Mills, Crayola, and Target, the one-stop-shop for all your back-to-school needs! Head to the front of the class and check out www.GrocerySavvy.com where you’ll find even more coupons for back-to-school, recipes, and a special 2012 “Grocery Savvy Crayola® Back To School” Sweepstakes!"

This is a perfect promotion for my family because as I mentioned I need to stock up on some crayons and we just ran out of Honey Nut Cheerios (my boys are very upset with me about that). How do you plan to take advantage of this special promotion to tackle back-to-school shopping this year?

Giveaway
One (1) winner will receive a prize pack that includes:
• Target $20 gift card
• Crayola Dry Erase Crayons
• Cheerios Cereal

The product, gift pack, information, and additional sample have been provided by Crayola, Target, and General Mills through MyBlogSpark. I received free product to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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It is no secret that we are a house full of Star Wars geeks. Myself included. My boys are particularly obssesed with everything Star Wars and flip out anytime they see their beloved characters anywhere. I've always had a soft spot for Luke personally, while I think my children prefer the evil sith lords like Darth Vader. Yes, we own all six movies as well as all of the sets of The Clone Wars animated series. We have even had Star Wars marathons on those really sick, everyone's laying on the couch kidn of days.

The Star Wars Complete Saga set on Blu-Ray is now available at retailers nationwide and this is a must-have item for any serious Star Wars fan. Or even the casual one.

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ShopRite's Shop Once. Give Twice. Program plus $25 Gift Card Giveaway

Many people forget that hunger is a HUGE problem not just around the world, but also right here in the United States. ShopRite has teamed up with General Mills to create the Shop Once. Give Twice. Program to try and do their part to help. Now through September 30, 2011 purchase 5 participating General Mills products with your ShopRite Price Plus Club Card, and 5 Bonus Box tops ($.50 value to school) will be electronically added to your school’s Box Tops earnings and $.55 will be donated to the ShopRite Partners in Caring Fund. (Some restrictions and limitations apply, visit Shop Once. Give Twice. for complete details).

It is super easy to sign up and get started. First you need a ShopRite Price Plus Club Card. Once you have that you will need to visit the Shop Once. Give Twice. site to register your card. During the registration process you will be able to select your school that you want your electornic Box Tops to be credited to. You can then check to see what this month's current participating products are. I was very lucky that in February, all of the Cheerios brand cereals were participating in this program. I have come to learn that boys have big appetities, even at a young age. And I have a lot of boys. So we go though a lot of Cheerios. A lot. So I was able to stock up while helping this cause. As a bonus I picked up a few boxes of Cheerios with books in them. Love it!

We have 3 kids in public schools now and my husband and I do our best to give back to the schools and be involved with our children's education. We are both members of the PTO and try to participate in all school fundraisers and my husband is on the Board of Education. So I really like that with this program not only am I helping raise money to fight hunger but I am also raising some money for our elementary school. In this tough economy where education budgets are seeing some cuts, every little bit helps.

So if you are a ShopRite shopper I urge you to sign up for this program. Its free and takes only a few minutes to register. All you have to do is keep en eye on which products are participating every month and if there is something you like to buy well then you can feel good knowing that a little bit of money is being donated to your school and to fight hunger.

Giveaway
One (1) winner will receive a $25 ShopRite gift card.

Mandatory Entry
Tell me in what ways does your family enjoy giving back to your local schools?

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This giveaway is open to US Residents 18+ only and will end on Thursday, March 24 at 11:59pm EST. One  winner will be chosen at random using Random.org and will be posted on the Winner's Announcement Page. Winner has 48 hours to claim his/her prize otherwise a new winner will be picked. Please leave your e-mail address in all of your comment(s) so I can contact you. I will not share your e-mail address with anyone, it will strictly be used to notify you if you win. Good luck!

Please note that the opinions and views expressed here are my own and based on my personal experience with the program or products. You may encounter a different experience with this than I did. General Mills and ShopRite gave me one gift card to keep and one to giveaway as part of the MyBlogSpark program and my review of the ShopRite “Shop Once. Give Twice.” offers.