The Box Tops for Education is broken up into four separate components, including Clip, Marketplace, Reading Room and My Class Essentials. The Clip program allows students to earn cash for their schools by clipping box tops from their grocery products. The Marketplace program allows students to raise money through shopping online at participating websites. The Reading Program allows students to earn money for their schools by purchasing books through their specific reading program. The My Class Essentials program allows students to earn cash for their schools by buying products under their classroom registry.
Box Tops can be found on many common grocery brands, such as General Mills, Betty Crocker, Yoplait, Green Giant, Old El Paso, Land O' Lakes, Nestle and Pillsbury. Parents can do their children's school a big favor by looking for groceries made by participating brands. These brands are so common that box tops for education are sometimes impossible to avoid.
Bonus Box Tops are offered through special promotions and sweepstakes monthly, which offer kids a way to earn a chance to win thousands of bonus Box Tops for their school. The more students who sign up for these promotions, the greater chance their school has at winning bonuses.
Schools often hand out Box Top sheets for kids to paste their clippings to. Each individual Box Top coupon is worth 10 cents. After children have collected so many box tops, they often get rewarded with small prizes by school personnel.