Taylors Elementary Aiming At Free Books Through Program

The Taylors Elementary School PTA is hoping to get students and parents involved in a program that could result in the school receiving free books. 

The "Sunny D Spree" is a program in which parents send the proof-of-purchase UPC labels from Sunny D drinks with their children to class for all bottles 6.75 ounces or larger. For every 20 labels received, Sunny D will send Taylors Elementary School 20 books. 

As a bonus, the first 500 teachers in the country nationwide who send in 20 labels by Sept. 30 will get 40 books. 

Parents choosing to send in Sunny D labels with their kids are asked to put them in a Ziploc bag with the child's teacher's name on it. Eight, 12 and 16 ounce cans are not eligible. 

Last year the school received 60 free books. The school is aiming to double that amount this year. 

Taylors Elementary also collects: 

- General Mills box tops, Tyson Chicken labels to help raise money for the school. 

- Newspapers, which can be donated in the collection bin the school parking lot. 

- Aluminum cans

- Flat refrigerator magnets with wording, which are used by kindergarten teachers to help the children learn how to make sentences. 

- Paper towel rolls, plastic or styrofoam egg cartons for art teachers, who use them to hold paint. No cardboard egg cartons. 

- Used cellphones, ink jet cartridges and plastic twist-off caps from bottles. 

- Gently used clothes for the school nurse's office. 

- gently used books for the classroom