Box Tops for Education is ridiculous
At least once a week, my son comes home from school asking me to collect Box Tops for Education. At his school, the class that collects the most gets an ice cream party. Are schools that desperate for additional funds?
Seriously, if companies want to give money to schools, they should just do it. Not blackmail us into buying their heavily processed food products first before they will donate $.10 per box top to a school.
What’s the point of trying to get healthier foods and more fruits/veggies in schools if at home were encouraged (or bribed with ice cream parties) to feed kids processed food to get these box top things.
I repeat: if companies want to give money to schools, they should just do it.
As long as we have public schools, they should properly funded so that we don’t have to supplement with ridiculous programs like this one.