Project A+ with Tyson chicken is offering to help schools buy whatever supplies they might need during the year by encouraging families to redeem labels found on over 30 Tyson products. You can cut, collect and send these labels to earn cash for your school! Here’s a peek at the labels our family is collecting:
Red may not be in grade school yet, but I sure am back at school! One of the many hats I wear is to teach costume design and makeup to students at private school in Georgia. I also costume the vast number of shows that the K-12 students put on with faculty help and other professional designers. Many of you may have noticed the decline in number of Fine Arts programs in your school due to budgetary cuts – it’s unfortunately one of the first things to go. By collecting Project A+ labels and sending them in to Tyson chicken, our program can earn funds to help buy a new sewing machine, create sets and costumes for the children, and enrich the student’s arts education (after all, who do you think is going to direct that blockbuster hit in 20 years – today’s student!). Each label is worth a whopping 24 cents, which is a LOT more than other redemption label programs!
Is your school enrolled in Project A+? Check by looking up your school on the Tyson Chicken Project A+ Website. My school was not yet registered, so I visited the ENROLL NOW! page to enter information and create our account! Sign up or find your school, redeem labels, and find participating products. Signing my school up took no more than 2 minutes… it was super easy! Now I’m ready to clip labels, encourage our students to do the same, and earn cash for my school and theatre program! When I have gathered 100+ labels, the easy to find redemption form is a snap to print and mail. 4-6 weeks later and a check will be in hand! (I find this to be REALLY exciting and a fun challenge to take on!) When you’re visiting the Project A+ website, check out the Getting Started page. You’ll find notices for your school’s parents, professional press releases and neat-o clip art (like this funny little chicken!) to start decorating your own label collection box. Everything you need in one great spot.
Spicy Chicken Sammie
Ingredients
- 1/4 c. Mayo
- 2 tsp. chipotle sauce or more to taste
- 2-3 Tyson Chicken 100% Natural Crispy Chicken Strips
- 2 slices wheat bread
- White American Cheese
- Tomato Slices
- Lettuce
Instructions
- Toast your bread.
- Mix together the Mayo and Chipotle sauce until well blended, and then spread on the warm toast pieces.
- Layer on chicken strips, cheese, lettuce, tomato and a dash of salt and pepper.
- Press down gently and serve warm.
For more information on the Project A+ program and maybe some more meal ideas, visit Tyson chicken on facebook or twitter and start clipping your labels! I’ll be perusing the Tyson Project A+ Pinterest board for ideas to decorate a label collection box while I’m collecting with all that yummy chicken. Let’s see how much cash you can earn for your family’s school.
You have the coolest job. I used to be in theater when I was in school and loved it! I hate what budget cuts are doing to these programs and love programs like Tyson Project A+ that come to the rescue. And that sandwich looks so simple and delicious. Now I know what’s on the menu for lunch tomorrow.
Thank you so much! It’s never work until tech week rolls around – then I’m stretched to my max! Also, Hubs was so impatient when I was photographing the sandwich – he LOVES that homemade chipotle mayo on Tyson chicken!
You know, I almost skipped right over this post (I was looking at all of them on the Atlanta Area Home/Blogger list from this week) because I don’t have children…but I kept reading…and I’m so glad that I did! I went to private school here in Georgia and was heavily involved in the drama department, which had very little. We depended on thrift stores, Goodwill, and donations for our costumes. So I absolutely love what you’re doing! Please accept my thanks on my behalf of the kids, too–because they have no idea what you’re doing, and they won’t understands what it means for them until, well, a night like this when it’s too late to even find out if anyone was trying to help them and their education when they were kids. 🙂 (What school do you work with, by the way? Hit me up on FB if you’d prefer!)
Brooke
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Brooke – thank you so much for taking the time to visit and then to continue reading the post. I was so ingrained in the arts as a child, that I had no idea how much benefit I was reaping until now. As an artist, I feel very strongly about keeping the arts in schools, be it music, theatre, visual art, etc. Lovett has the benefit of a very strong fundraising department, but it’s only just covering the holes that budget cuts will leave. Here’s to the arts! 🙂