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I’m sure most of you have heard of Del Monte – I know we’ve bought their fruits and vegetables for as long as I can remember! Well, they’ve announced that they are launching a program to help support kindergarten through 12th grade public school teachers across North and Central America. They will be providing cash to purchase school supplies and fresh fruit in the “Teacher Monday: Cash for Classrooms” campaign. One hundred prizes totaling $1,000 each will be awarded to teachers who get the most votes in the “Teacher Monday: Cash for Classrooms” online contest at www.fruits.com.
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.
Beginning early Fall, consumers can expect to see “Teacher Monday: Cash for Classrooms” stickers on Del Monte Fresh Produce such as pineapples, bananas, melons, grapes, tomatoes and fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, as well as colorful posters and other materials in produce departments.
I think this is a great program and love the idea of supporting public schools! Go to fruits.com to see if your children’s teachers are participating so you can vote for them!
Del Monte has also generously provided me with a $25 gift certificate good toward any Del Monte products – perfect timing with Thanksgiving coming up!
The winner will receive one $25 gift certificate for Del Monte products. This is open to all U.S. and Canadian residents. Entries will be accepted until midnight CST on Monday, November 15.
Mandatory Entry: Go to fruits.com and comment here with a fruit fact you’ve learned from the site. While you’re there, be sure to vote for your teacher to win money for his or her classroom!
(Only valid after the required entry has been completed)
Please leave a comment for each extra entry – if you blog about this giveaway and get 3 entries, for example, comment 3 times.
- Follow Del Monte Fresh on Twitter {1 extra entry}
- “Like” Del Monte Fresh Produce on Facebook {1 extra entry}
- Subscribe to my RSS feed {1 extra entry}
- Blog about this giveaway and link it back here {3 extra entries}
- Follow me on Google Friend Connect {1 extra entry}
- Follow me on Twitter {1 extra entry}
- “Like” Frugal Novice on Facebook {1 extra entry}
- Tweet about this giveaway {1 extra entry per tweet; 2 tweets (not back-to-back) per day}
Note: Del Monte provided me with a gift certificate for use, and one for giveaway as a part of this post. Any opinions provided by myself are my own.
grapes are high in vitamin C
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That is a cool contest!!
A pineapple is not just one fruit.
Fact: Half a cantaloupe will meet your daily requirement for both Vitamins A and C, as well as valuable minerals such as folic acid and potassium. (Too bad I’m allergic!!!!)
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This is awesome Christi. Thanks so much for sharing about the classroom contest. I am definitely going to enter. I followed DelMonte on Twitter and FB. I cannot wait to enter the teacher giveaway. AWESOMEness.
Also, my fruit fact:
there are a number of fruits, besides bananas, that are high in potassium. They include apricots (raw or dried), cantaloupe, honeydew, kiwi fruit, oranges and orange juice and prunes and prune juice. Generally, a ½ cup serving of these fruits has more than 225 milligrams of potassium
PS You rock Christi! Heart ya.
Oh, separate entries. Whoops. Followed DelMonte on Twitter. ;)
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And, followed you on RSS.
“Scientists have proven that bananas have grown on Earth for over 1 million years.” *Thanks* for the giveaway!
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I didn’t realize that pinapple was made from 100 or more separate flowers!
And I subscribe to your RSS feed already.
Bananas are high in vitamin C!
I’m following Del Monte on Twitter. (@capitallyfrugal)
I’m following you on Twitter. (@capitallyfrugal)
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I did NOT know that cantaloupe was so high in potassium! I eat bananas regularly for that reason, and now will include cantaloupe!
I put the giveaway info on my blog (upper right column)
Did you know grapes are one of the oldest fruits? They go back to bible times :)
I learned that Honeydew green flesh is actually one of the sweetest of all melons when ripe
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