Crayola Goes Green Giveaway
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to commentors #36: Nicole G, #51 Debra M, #22: Geri, #48: Marci, & #84: Brianna!
Crayola, the first name in art supplies recently announced that they’re going green with their efforts to help save the planet by limiting their carbon footprints.
“As part of Crayola’s ever-evolving green initiative, this upcoming back-to-school season special boxes of Crayola crayons, markers and colored pencils will feature icons calling out the ways each product is lessening its impact on the environment. Solar panels are starting to provide power to make more than 1 billion Crayola crayons annually and recycled bottle caps are being used to make 500 million Crayola markers, keeping hundreds of tons of plastic out of landfills. Additionally, since 1987, Crayola has made its colored pencils from reforested wood: for every tree that is used, a new one of the same species is planted. Crayola’s new greener school supplies will be available for this back-to-school season”
Personally, I think it’s great that Crayola is taking these steps to help ensure a better world for future generations. They’re a popular brand and produce items that all kids need for school so you know they would do well regardless. The fact that they took it upon themselves to make a difference really says something about their committment.
As the countdown begins to August 5 when we’ll celebrate plugging our new 15-acre solar farm into the sun, we are launching a search for the inaugural members of the “Crayola Green Team,†a group of 10 children with colorful ideas for protecting the planet.
Here are the details:
Crayola is looking for a group of 10 children who have a colorful vision for making their schools, homes or communities greener. Children can participate in the “How I Dream in Green†contest for the chance to win one of 10 spots on the Crayola Green Team. Crayola will bring the team to Easton, Pa., to do the honors of ceremonially plugging our new 15-acre solar farm into the sun on August 5th.
- Parents or teachers can submit artwork through June 28 that illustrates the colorful ways children want to protect the planet either on Crayola’s Facebook fan page (www.facebook.com/crayola) or at Crayola.com.
- Submissions will be displayed in an online gallery on Facebook open for public voting from July 6-21. Crayola will then select the 10 most creative and original ideas from the artwork that receives the most votes.
- The winning kids will be honored for the ways they want to do good for the environment during the opening of our solar farm and will have the rare chance to take a VIP tour of Crayola’s manufacturing facility where they can help us package our new solar power crayons and receive a custom 64 box filled with pine green, jungle green, electRic lime and the other 15 shades of crayola green crayons personalized with their individual names.
If you would like to enter your child’s artwork, it can be submitted either at the Crayola Facebook fan page or at Crayola.com.
WIN IT!
Crayola has generously donate (5) sets of Crayons & Markers to (5) lucky winners! To enter:
- Just mention in comments before midnight, June 28th how your family protects the planet. That’s it!
- A random winner will be selected and notified via email shortly thereafter.
- The winner will then have 2 days to claim their prize.
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This giveaway is open to US addresses. Good luck!
This post was written for Crayola who provided the item for review and giveaway. I was not compensated in any way except for the complimentary product. By entering this giveaway, you are acknowledging that you have read, understood, and agree to our disclosure policy.
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