Santa Rosa fourth graders win Orbitel pizza party

Orbitel Communications was at Santa Rosa Elementary School Friday, visiting Kathy Young’s class.

Marketing Director Laura Lane and lead Customer Service Rep Crystal Kanouse hosted a pizza party for the fourth graders.

Young’s class won this season’s Box Tops for Education competition, bringing in a total of 599 box tops. The national program allows schools to participate and generate funds that go back into their schools.

Santa Rosa students collect box tops from General Mills cereal boxes, Ziploc bags, Kleenex tissues and other participating brands in the fall and spring of each school year. The class that brings in the most box tops wins a prize. Each box top is worth 10 cents, and some box tops offer bonus points.

Santa Rosa Elementary raised a total of 6,674 Box Tops, equaling $667, which they will use for field trips and any items that teachers may need in their classrooms.

“The kids were so excited today. What a wonderful program to be able to work together as a team and give back to your school,” said Lane, Marketing Director for Orbitel Communications. “We are proud to be in our fourth year of sponsorship of the program and would love to see it grow Maricopa-wide in 2009. Congratulations to Mrs. Young’s class.”

Photos courtesy of Laura Lane