OFFICE DEPOT®

Office Depot® is hosting the 13th Annual Teacher Appreciation Breakfast. Stop in for free breakfast, a free tote bag (while supplies last) and 10%* off everything all day. Visit www.school.com and click on "Star Teacher Program" to find the breakfast near you. Not a Star Teacher yet? Visit your local Office Depot® store to sign up today! Note:*10% instant discount is not valid for purchases from www.techdepot.com, purchases of Gift Cards, computers, wireless, satellite, Internet or shipping and mailing services. Quantities limited. While supplies last.

MICHAELS®

Michaels thanks teachers for inspiring creative young minds every day. Come to Michaels August 20th through 26th and receive a teachers-only 10% discount off of everything in the store, including sale items! (School ID may be required.) Also, enter online for a chance to win a $1,000 Michaels gift card, a classroom full of cool Crayola products, or other great prizes! Enter at Michaels.com between August 19th and 26th. For more information about the Michaels teacher appreciation event, visit www.michaels.com

WAL*MART®

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. will be hosting Teacher Appreciation Events throughout the country from July 21 to July 31, 2006 at more than 3,000 locations. The Wal*Mart Teacher Appreciation program, now in its 9th year, is designed to help kick off the school year by showing appreciation to America's teachers.

Each teacher who attends the event will receive a gift package containing samples from Crayola and other manufacturers of school-related supplies (while supplies last). For more information, contact your local store or visit www.wal-mart.com

STAPLES®

Teachers are invited to celebrate the new school year at Teacher Appreciation Day events in Staples stores nationwide. The first 200 teachers at each event will receive a free canvas goody bag, teacher planner, and valuable coupons. Find the event near you at www.staples.com/teacherday (Teachers may be asked to present school ID.)

OFFICEMAX®

OfficeMax is hosting Teacher Appreciation Events in the last week of July and mid-August, depending on when school starts in your area. Teachers can call their local OfficeMax store or 1-877-OFFICEMAX, to find local dates and locations. Visit OfficeMax.com to find a store near you.


BigLots

august 5 th Teacher Appreciation Day.
Teachers save 10%
coffee, coco & sweets will be served.

1st 500 teachers will gt a free mug.

http://www.biglots.com/

Please post here if you go and get any of these freebies. With the price of gas, it would be nice to know if some of these trips are worth it or not. I picked up my Office Max bag this am. Here is what it contained:

1 sheet of motivational stickers
1 travel OM Coffee Mug
1 15% off any purchase coupon
1 OM Crayola .50/1
Expo Mini Minder to hold an Expo to the board
1 blue expo
very few asst. post it samples

This all came in a black canvas bag with a small OM label at the bottom.

UPDATE:
Right now, the only link for Teacher Appreciation '08 is:
Staples.com® Teacher Appreciation Day 2008

I'll continue to check the others and update them as the school year draws closer. HAPPY SUMMER!

UPDATE '08:
BIG LOTS TEACHER APPRECIATION DATE:

Mark Your Calendars Now!
Saturday, August 2 is Big Lots Teacher Appreciation Day
Visit your local Big Lots for:
• Special discounts*
• Free coffee & donuts
• Lots 2 Give Video Contest winner announcements
• Brand name classroom supplies at closeout prices

Teachers - BigLots.com

Just wanted to this reminder! The events at Staples and Big Lots will be taking place next weekend!

I hope everyone is able to stock up on the back to school sales! I have been taking advantage of the Staples penny sales, and got a classroom set of the 5 cent spiral notebooks at Wal-Mart. I also got composition notebooks today at Wal-Mart. I took the Target sales ad, which had them for 50 cents, but didn't need it because my store had them marked down to the same price!

School is right around the corner! I hope everyone has a fantastic year!!!

Don't forget to post all of your awesome back to school sales for the rest of us!

I have a question for the teacher appreciation even veterans. If you had to choose between Staples and Big Lots, which one would visit. My Big Lots and Staples are on opposite sides of town!
Thanks for your opinion!