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Easy Way to Support Your Child’s School

As a parent who doesn’t have a lot of extra money or time to offer my child’s school, I’m always on the lookout for easy ways that I can make a difference. For example, I clip box tops and participate in various programs that offer a percentage of sales back as donations to schools. I’ve also asked my family members who don’t have children in school to please save their clippings and send them along to me.

And today there’s a new program that I just got my school signed up for, and that I want to make sure you know about because I’m certain you are already buying the products, and I’m certain that the rewards are significantly higher than what I’ve seen in similar programs!

You definitely need to check out the Tyson Project A+ Program! You will find that Tyson has special “support your school” clippings on over 30 of their frozen products. Here’s what you need to look for:

In addition to being on the lookout for these great clippings, you might also want to make sure that your school is enrolled in the program. You can search by your school’s phone number to see if they are enrolled. And if they aren’t, getting them registered isn’t hard at all!

More Than Double the Rewards

In my experience, programs similar to this offer 10 cents per clipping. And of course, that is wonderful and it adds up, especially when the majority of families in a school are participating. But Tyson has really gone the extra distance, and they are offering 24 cents per clipping! Woo hoo! That’s more than double what you can get with other programs, which means that your school can earn more money faster!

My daughter’s school sets specific fundraising goals each year, and has targeted purchases that they plan to make. It helps the parents and other family members stay motivated to raise money for the school when we know exactly what we are raising money for. For example. last year, we were looking to add 5 new iPads to the lineup of equipment.

So let’s do a little math together. My daughter’s school has 235 children. If each representing family purchased 1 qualifying Tyson product each month over the next year and submitted the clipping to the school to turn in, then we’d have $676.80 in earnings, which could be put to use in so many ways, including those technology purchases!

Tyson Makes Mealtime Easier

And why should each family purchase a Tyson product at least once a month? In my experience, Tyson products are HUGE helpers in the kitchen, especially on busy weeknights when you may be juggling after school activities and long days at the office. Tyson has helped me put together a quick dinner countless times!

I recently picked up some Tyson Breaded Chicken BreastStrips so that I put together a shockingly simple yet super satisfying meal for my family. I tried the gluten-free option from Tyson (did you know they made those?) and they were awesome! While my meal wasn’t gluten-free, I was really glad to know this product existed, as I do have relatives with wheat allergies.

Here’s what I recently put together for my family!

Build Your Own BLT Chicken Finger Sandwich

Ingredients:

Tyson Chicken Breast Strips
Ready to Eat Bacon of choice (my family eats Turkey Bacon)
Salad greens of choice (we love Spinach!)
1 tomato, sliced
hamburger buns
topping of choice (we chose guacamole and pimento cheese as our options)

While you can pop your Tyson Chicken Breast Strips into the oven, let’s be real. On a really busy day, you don’t have time for that! I love that there is a microwave option. In just a short amount of time, my chicken fingers were ready to go! I then laid out all the other ingredients so that my family members could build their own sandwiches in the way they liked them best. Even my almost 4-year-old was able to put together her own plate!

I have found that by adding something just a little out of the ordinary, you can take a somewhat boring meal and make it quite exciting. That’s why I had two types of spreads available for the topping, opting out of the traditional ketchup and mayo options. I’m a HUGE pimento cheese fan, so I opted to top my chicken BLT with some of this wonder cheese spread. It was yummy!

My poor husband, on the other hand, is completely misguided and thinks that pimento cheese is NOT delicious (he can’t help it…he isn’t a Southerner…). So for him, I made sure we had some guacamole on hand. I had a bite of his sandwich, and it was REALLY good, too!

These sandwiches were a departure from the norm for us, and that made the meal special and fun. And yet, by making use of some more convenient options like pre-washed spinach, Tyson products, ready-made spread and ready-to-eat bacon, the sandwich was ready in mere minutes. It is a busy parents weeknight meal dream come true, I’m telling you! And bonus, .24 cents for my daughter’s school, just for doing what we already needed to do: eat!

In addition to getting your school signed up for the A+ program, don’t forget to also follow Tyson on Twitter and Facebook so you can get more great ideas for easy and delicious recipes that get you in and out of the kitchen fast!