Back-to-School Contest: Win $50,000 for Your Child's College Education

LAKE MARY, Fla., Aug. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- It's Back-to-School time once again and www.ForTheSchools.com is kicking off the school year with a chance for your school to win $5,000 and one lucky voter may win $50,000 for their child's college education. To vote for your school, visit Vote.ForTheSchools.com. The school receiving the most votes will win $5,000. Five runner-up schools will each receive $1,000.  Each visitor who votes is entered to win $50,000 for a child's college education.

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ForTheSchools.com is an easy fundraising idea that helps schools benefit from the online shopping of family and friends. ForTheSchools.com President Nick Corrieri says, "We're parents. We know how much time and effort traditional fundraising programs take, and most of the time the rewards don't seem to measure up to the amount of time and effort."

Corrieri says that, "Most parents with school age children already shop online. We turn a portion of their purchases into a contribution to their child's school or PTA, automatically."

"Parents are shopping online more and more. When they shop through ForTheSchools.com, we get paid by advertisers for sending shoppers to their stores. We pay a portion, the majority, back to their school. The stores pay us. We pay the PTA. The school or PTA doesn't have to do anything except deposit the check," Corrieri said.  "Unlike traditional fundraisers, the parents and kids don't have to sell anything and all the PTA's really need to do is get the word out."

He says there is never a cost to the school, PTA/PTO, or members and that ForTheSchools.com will always be a free service.

"We wanted this to be completely free to everyone involved. ForTheSchools.com lets parents buy the products they want and need from the stores they already shop at. Parents simply visit our website, click on the store of their choice, and shop as they normally would. Our list of partners is rapidly growing and currently includes over 1,000 participating stores such as Target, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and Macy's. There are no additional costs to the parent or school; in fact we usually have discounts and coupons that shoppers are not otherwise aware of," Corrieri said.  "Plus parents only take part when they're shopping for something they need.  We're not asking them to buy gift wrap or cookie dough," he added.

Corrieri also realizes that family and friends might forget to visit the site prior to shopping. He says that "ForTheSchools.com has a solution for that. When parents use our free and easy cash back app, it reminds them that their shopping can benefit their school and shows them coupons and special sales available at each store's website," Corrieri adds, "and now through September 30^th they have a chance to vote for their school to win $5,000 and they can win $50,000 for toward a child's college education."  Anyone can participate in this fun program and contest including relatives, and grandparents, there is no reason out there that anyone shouldn't be participating. 

SOURCE ForTheSchools.com