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Nominate Your Teacher to Win $50 to OfficeMax for National Cause

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by Melissa on October 6, 2011

 

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Congratulations to #7 – Laura!

On behalf of the “A Day Made Better” cause for teachers, I am so excited to bring you this opportunity – you can nominate your favorite teacher to win a gift card to OfficeMax for school supplies!

 

I’m sure I don’t have to tell you how special and incredible teachers are – they inspire young minds and help open doors for future opportunities each day. As my son has just started his educational journey in first grade, I truly appreciate all that they do.

With school budgets cuts, teachers are taking matters into their own hands by purchasing their own classroom materials. According to the National Education Association, teachers are spending about $1,000 each year on supplies for their class, which is pretty astonishing. Can you imagine if your job asked you to bring your own tape, scissors, and paper for your desk?ADMB Cause Poster (low)

That’s why I’ve joined the Max Moms for Teachers program to help create awareness and give back to teachers. The Max Moms are working in collaboration with the national “A Day Made Better” cause founded by OfficeMax and nonprofit Adopt-A-Classroom to help erase teacher-funded classrooms. Annually in October, they host a national event that recognizes and rewards over 1,000 teachers with a total of $1 million in school supplies to help alleviate the financial burden and thank them for their hard work.

You too can join in this cause and give back to a deserving teacher by nominating your favorite teacher to receive a $50 gift card for school supplies donated by OfficeMax. You’ll also receive an A Day Made Better cause box, and we encourage you to purchase supplies for your favorite teacher and surprise him or her in her classroom.

Virtual Teacher Giveaway - OMX $50 Gift CArdEntry Requirements

1) For a chance to enter and win, please post a comment below that describe why the teacher you’d like to nominate is
1) Passionate;
2) Dedicated and
3) Innovative.

Optional Entries:

2) As an additional entry, you can visit ‘A Day Made Better’ on Facebook and post a comment about why you believe teachers deserve our support.

We look forward to your nominations and will announce the winner on (Thursday, October 13)!

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Terms & Disclosure: No purchase necessary to be eligible for a chance to enter or win. The winner will be selected randomly through http://random.org. The gift card was provided by OfficeMax as part of its cause for teachers. The views written here are my opinion.

-Melissa

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  • http://www.mamahouchin.blogspot.com Keri

    My son’s kindergarten teacher deserves this so much. Her name is Ms. Bere. We have had quite a bit of drama at the school with budget cuts, but she was just hired and started a new classroom as a first year teacher. Half of the students in an over-full class were moved to her room six weeks into this school year. (Details on my blog here: http://mamahouchin.blogspot.com/2011/09/excitement-on-2nd-first-day-of-school.html)

    Ms Bere is…
    1) Passionate ~ She truly loves each of her students. She welcomes them each morning and sends them home each afternoon with a “squeeze” (hug). She is always so cheerful, despite being thrust into a new environment so suddenly.
    2) Dedicated ~ Before her first day, she spent the previous week in the over-full classroom getting to know the kids. She learned all 30 kids names (only 11 were moved to her class afterwards) and spent time working with each child.
    3) Innovative ~ She inherited a 1st grade room whose teacher retired last year. She has managed to use what was left behind for kindergarten, as well as bringing in her own things to make the children comfortable. On her first day she built a “fort” with zebra-print material and a table because the other kindergarten rooms have reading lofts and she didn’t want her kids to be left out.

  • Penny Murray

    I nominate kindergarten teacher Amy Locke of Parnall Elementary, Jackson, MI. Thirty students in kindergarten is a large number for such a young age, but Amy does all she can to personally develop rapport with her students–she is passionate about the teaching profession and works tirelessly to ensure teachers earn the respect they deserve. Fair isn’t equal, necessarily, and Amy strives to provide differentiation opportunities for each student to feel successful. Her innovative spirit is a constant in the classroom; she recently spent time with a major maker of children’s educational toys in order to help them further develop a useful classroom tool. She wants students to have access to technology which augments their education, not detracts. Her attitude about technology and its use is positive; it’s not about blocking access, it’s about using the right tools in the right ways. Please consider awarding “A Day Made Better” to Amy, teacher extraordinairs, and my personal friend for 32 years!

  • Penny Murray

    *teacher extraordinaire (spelling correction!)

  • Angie Appoo

    My daughter’s first grade teacher, Ms. Williams, is an amazing, dedicated woman, who is so full of vitality and enthusiasm. She is innovative and makes learning fun and relevant, therefore enabling kids to retain the information and yearn to learn more. She as well as all teachers deserve our support. They work long past their shift, coming in early, staying late, taking their work home in the evenings, weekends and holidays. They are dedicated in the success of our kids’ futures.

    PS> I did the additional entry.

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