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Sam’s Club for Back to School (Contest!)

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I have to admit that I take the easy way of buying school supplies and always sign up in the spring to buy the back to school boxes that our PTO sells. However, there are still so many things that we need at the house to start the school year. I had never considered Sam’s Club before for school supplies although I’ve had a membership there for as long as I can remember.

When MyBlogSpark, Sam’s Club, and General Mills offered me the chance to review Sam’s Club and do a giveaway for my readers, I jumped at it! Armed with a $25 gift card, I headed to my local Sam’s Club to focus for the first time on something besides food. When I got there, I immediately found the Back to School section, which sort of merged in with office supplies as it continued a couple of rows. The first thing that I saw was the selection of pencils. We go through an unbelievable number of pencils at home for homework. We had to choose between mechanical and regular pencils and ended up with the mechanical. Either was a great deal and for less than $6 would last most families the whole year. Beside the pencils were markers, which we go through almost as quickly. I scooped up a couple of packages for coloring homework.

Next I started thinking about what we use a lot of during the school year. For lunches, we go through an insane number of sandwich bags. We got a huge box of Ziplock sandwich bags (my brand of choice) and the bonus was that each of the boxes inside the big box all had Box Tops on them. The other big item that I bought was detergent. We go through twice as many clothes during the school year because the kids usually wear one outfit to school and then something different in the evening–either dance clothes, gymnastics clothes, or clothes to play out in the yard. I stocked up on the biggest detergent that I could buy because I know that I will go through a lot of it very soon.

Bananas. I forgot that I actually did buy some food. I saw those big bunches of bananas and couldn’t resist. Perfect for lunch boxes because my braces-wearing daughter doesn’t need them cut up.

I also have a Sam’s Club “Plus Membership” coming and the cool thing about those is that if you upgrade between now and August 13, you get 150 Bonus Box Tops! Box Tops are huge at our school because we not only save them but we our classes compete to collect the most. Sam’s Club carries many different brands that have Box Tops, and the only thing better than Box Tops are Box Tops in bulk.

Now that I have gone on and on about Sam’s Club, how about I give away a $25 gift card??

To Enter:

1) Leave a comment below telling us what Back to School item you most want to buy from Sam’s Club (one entry).

2) Twitter about the contest and leave a comment below with your Tweet (one entry).

3) Sign up for our newsletter on the right and leave a comment below (e-mail will be verified) (one entry).

4) Blog about this contest or post the contest in your giveaway section and leave your link to the post below (two entries).

Drawing will take place August 26 at noon Eastern. Must be a US Resident, age 18 or older to enter. Winner will be notified via e-mail and have 24 hours to respond or a new winner will be selected.

*Thanks to MyBlogSpark, General Mills, and Sam’s Club for my items and the prize as well!

Edited: Congrats to our winner–Cheryl F, the Lucky Ladybug!

Comments

  6. All of the “new school items”. You know the ones that were not on the list when you go to buy all of the supplies, then after a couple of days, my children all say I need this….

    We now need more folders, binders, book covers and dictionaries.

    Thank you for the entry,

    nikki
    .-= Nikki Davis´s last blog .. =-.

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  42. Definitely need cereal now that my teens will be up before lunchtime! 🙂

    Cinnamon Toast Crunch is a school year staple.

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  44. I plan on buying the BIG pump of hand sanitizer. They really need this in every class as most school don’t even have soap in the restrooms anymore.

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  50. I’ll be buying Kleenex in bulk since my daughter’s class is requesting it this year. Thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  59. Honey Nut Cheerios, yogurt, and granola bars for lunches and after school snacks. Probably some toaster pastries for grab and go breakfasts too. Thanks.

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  77. we need paper lunch bags. we use reusable bags most of the time, but the paper ones are convenient on field trip days.

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  92. We’re cereal eaters on those rushed mornings, so we’d buy Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Golden Grahams.

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  93. We don’t need much. We just have to replenish some items for homeschooling. I usually buy construction paper at Sam’s Club for art projects.

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  120. FRUIT for school lunches and snacks. It is the best way to do healthy eating and fruit cost a bundle.

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  124. I’d stock up on pens, pencils, juice boxes and any other cute school supplies that catch my kids’ eyes 🙂

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  125. I am already signed up for the newsletter and I don’t tweeet but I shared on Facebook.

    “Very easy contest on Helping Moms Connect. Click to place a comment on what you would buy at Sam’s Club for Back to School to enter the contest.” Link to the contest.

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  127. With two kids in college, I go through an insane amount of notebook paper! DD19 also uses a lot of index cards. Not quite sure what she’s doing with those, but I seem to be always buying them!!

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  146. ziplocks….and lots of them. For a small family we go through a ton! And pre-packaged snacks…they save so much time making lunches in the mornings!

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  147. I would get computer paper, pencils and sandwich bags to stock up for the school year! Thanks for the contest!

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  161. As a teacher I love shopping at Sam’s Club for my own Back To School supplies! Sharpie Markers are one of my favorite purchases as I go through tons during the school year. I also buy huge quantities of paper plates and brown lunch bags to stock in our school’s supply room. Gotta love Sam’s Club and thanks for the great contest!

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  166. We go through a lot of pencils, printer paper, ink and of course sandwich bags throughout the year and the gift card would help with keeping these supplies stocked.

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  167. Honestly laundry detergent!!! A big huge bottle of Gain!!! and unfortunately I would go through it in a snap!! oh and maybe some snack bags for the kids lunch…..

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