Tyson Project A+™: Tips

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Tips for Success

Decide how you want to use the the Tyson Project A+™ incentive award program funds you earn. Ask teachers for suggestions on how these funds might be spent.
Estimate the number of Tyson Project A+™ redemption labels your school will need to collect during the school year to reach your goal.
Hold individual classroom contests to see who collects the most labels.

Ask for a volunteer (a teacher, parent or other community member) to act as your Tyson Project A+™ label Coordinator. This person should organize and direct your Tyson Project A+ program label redemption program.
Ask for parent volunteers from each class to regularly count their accumulated redemption labels, record the results, and deliver the labels to a central collection point.

Use the clip art located on the Web site to make posters, flyers, memos and school letters regarding the Tyson Project A+™ label program.
Send a letter home to parents that explains the Tyson Project A+™ label program. A sample letter is located on the Web site.
Encourage parents to ask other friends, relatives and neighbors to donate their Tyson Project A+™ labels to your school's program.
Send a news release with information about your school's participation in the Tyson Project A+™ label program to local newspapers and television and radio stations. If possible, include a photo of your students and/or school with the news release. A sample news release is located on the Web site.

Tell area business, service, and social organizations about your school's Tyson Project A+ label redemption program involvement. Provide them with an announcement that can be passed on to members at regular meetings.
Provide your PTA or PTO group with an announcement about the Tyson Project A+™ label program that they can include in their newsletter or read at their monthly meeting.

Send out regular program updates to parents and others who are participating to help keep their interest level high.
Send news updates to the media as you achieve milestones toward your goal.

If your school requires students to wear uniforms, allow the class that brings in the most labels per month a day to wear casual clothes.
It can be difficult to encourage students to collect labels over the summer. Pennekamp Elementary School in Manhattan Beach, California, does this by offering the student who saves the most Tyson Project A+™ labels over the summer a pass for free ice cream for the entire school year!
Utilize a traveling trophy. The class that brings in the most labels each month gets to keep the trophy in their room the following month.
Play a fun song over the loud speaker each time your school reaches a collection milestone. For example, West Oxford Elementary in Oxford, North Carolina, plays the Chicken Dance Song over their loud speaker each time they collect 50 labels.
Have students write their names on the back of every label they turn in. When your school has reached a collection milestone, draw a name and award a prize.