For Leo, the shift from "clipping" to "buying and scanning" was a high-tech evolution. He remembered his older sister, Maya, spending Saturday mornings with safety scissors, carefully cutting out those little pink coupons to stick onto collection sheets. Now, the game had changed. The school was aiming for a $1,000 goal this year to buy new gym equipment, and Leo’s class was currently neck-and-neck with the fourth graders in the "Winter Leaderboard" competition.
His mother, Sarah, laughed as she pulled her phone out of her pocket. "Not yet, Leo. But don’t worry, we’ve got until 14 days after the store visit to get it into the Box Tops app ."
"Check if there are any bonuses," Leo urged. He knew that buying the right things at the right time could turn a single dime into a dollar.
"We need milk anyway," Leo noted, his gears turning. "And we’re almost out of Annie’s Mac and Cheese. That’s two more!". Earning Is Easy! - Box Tops for Education
The air in the Henderson kitchen smelled of morning toast and the faint, sweet scent of Honey Nut Cheerios. At the head of the table sat Leo, a third-grader with a mission. His eyes weren’t on his breakfast; they were locked onto the back of the cereal box, specifically the small, dotted-line rectangle labeled .
"Mom, did you scan it yet?" Leo asked, sliding his cereal bowl aside as if it were a distraction from the real work at hand.