But others, thanks to some businesses, require little effort, but major rewards for schools willing to adopt the programs. Each label is worth 10 cents. Schools mail the labels in and receive a check back from General Mills for the purchase of school supplies. Basically, schools need only have a bin to collect the labels in and someone to send them in. Campbell's has a similar program with label collection, except labels are used to purchase items in a catalog.
Most items require several thousand labels for purchase.
Items include art supplies, computers and software, sports accessories and balls, reference items, video cassettes and electronics, among others. Parents just need to remember to take off the labels and send them to school for collection. Again, the school just needs a bin and someone to trim labels to size before mailing them in for reimbursement. Buying products on the Internet is also proving beneficial to school fund-raising. Anyone throughout the country can participate in these programs, so Grandma in Kalamazoo can buy something online and designate her rebate for your local school.