I used to substitute teach when I lived in Florida. I actually liked it. I mean, unless I accidentally got the class that spoke Spanish to me the entire period or were taller than me or all had beards. Then I was a little scared. After spending eight hours a day with a room full of kids, I really got a new appreciation for teachers. In fact, the first time I subbed for kindergarten, I got home, laid on the couch and thought, “I am going to write a thank you note to every kindergarten teacher I know. How do they do it?!”

So, I was excited when Jyl from Mom It Forward (a super cool blog and organization) invited me to team up with my IRL friends and sisterchicks to participate in a cool teacher-loving campaign from Office Max. This Tuesday night, my friends and I are having a Girls-Night-Out/Stock-a-Box-of-Stuff-for-a-Teacher Party. We’ll be playing a game or two, throwing back a little food and even winning some prizes! But the best part is that the box we fill with school supplies is going to a local teacher who really needs it!  {If you are cute and normal and local and wanna come hang with us, please leave me a comment or email me! We’d love for you to participate in this cool opportunity!} This is only one of several of these fun box-stuffing-parties going on in the next two weeks.

Wish you could bless one of YOUR favorite teachers with a box of stuff? Or how about $100? Well, read on…

Did you know teachers spend an average of $1200 of their own money on classroom supplies each year? That’s $4 billion annually! That’s why OfficeMax joined with Adopt-A-Classroom to create “A Day Made Better” a national cause event founded to erase teacher-funded classrooms. This year, A Day Made Better will take place on October 6 where 1,000 teachers will be surprised in their classrooms each with $1,000 worth of essential supplies from OfficeMax. That’s more than one million dollars donated to help teachers! Principals at needy schools nominated the teachers for demonstrating dedication, innovation, and passion.

To pay-it-forward, OfficeMax and Mom It Forward have teamed up to create awareness about the issue of teacher-funded classrooms and to give you the opportunity to get involved and help a teacher in your community on behalf of the A Day Made Better. Here’s how:

Simply nominate a teacher of your choice to win this giveaway by following the entry requirements. Be sure to check out the prize and criteria!

Prize

One exceptional teacher will receive a ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR gift card to OfficeMax. This can go a long way when it comes to classroom supplies!

Criteria

This is a giveaway that is meant to be given away. What does that mean? You get to nominate a teacher by sharing why this person is exceptional and deserving of this giveaway. The best part, every story told helps raise awareness in an effort to erase teacher-funded classrooms. The winning teacher will be chosen based on the following criteria, so be sure to tell us why your teacher is most deserving:

• Dedication: does everything in his/her power to deliver the best possible education for his/her students.
• Innovation: thinks outside the box and engages his/her students through creative learning activities & programs.
• Passion: expresses a genuine passion for education and shares this enthusiasm in the classroom.
• Need: demonstrates a need for essential classroom supplies.

Entry Requirements

To enter your teacher, you are required to do two things.

1. Nominate them through a comment, blog post or on Whrrl.

*UPDATED: You can now leave a comment to nominate your teacher.*

Write a post on your blog.

• You can include photos, video, etc. but please stay under 400 words or 3 minutes.
• Please include these links: http://adaymadebetter.com or @adaymadebetter.
• Include a link to your post in the comments section.

OR

Create a story on Whrrl.com.

• Go to our custom Whrrl page at http://whrrl.com/search?q=omx, click “Start A Story” and upload photos and text about why your teacher is most deserving.
• Be sure to include the #omx hashtag in the text of your story.
• Post a link to your Whrrl story in the comments section.

2. Post these messages on Facebook and/or Twitter.

• Teachers spend avg $1200 of own $$ on school supplies annually! Help erase teacher-funded classrooms. http://bit.ly/3VUNvC PLS RT #omx
• Nominate a teacher 2 win $100 in OfficeMax classroom supplies. Enter here: http://ohamanda.com/?p=2049 PLS RT #omx
• Join the “A Day Made Better” movement to end teacher-funded classrooms at http://bit.ly/UJ3LF #omx

More than 30 sites are participating in this campaign between now and Sunday, October 4. Visit http://momitforward.com for a list of all the giveaways! You may enter a different teacher on every site, but you may only win once!

Thanks so much for helping pay-it-forward to teachers in your community! Please join us on Tuesdays, September 22 and 29 from 9 to 11 pm ET for Girls Night Out (#gno) on Twitter if you’d like to meet the team behind the cause: @officemax, @adaymadebetter and @Adopt_Classroom. Hope to see you there!

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