TJ and Toot Sward back turning grocery receipts into school supplies
Toot and TJ Sward with their rolls of receipts for the 2023-24 school year. (Courtesy photo)
TJ and Toot Sward are back tallying Harvest Foods receipts for their fifth school year, hoping to top $396,278.91 raised for Bigfork Schools last season.
Bigfork Elementary and Middle School secretary Carol Venegas said the school has been collecting Harvest Foods receipts for over a decade through the Register Tapes for Education program. The school and Harvest Foods enter for the fundraiser, where every dollar on a submitted receipt is transformed to a point that can be traded for school supplies. In the past, Venegas has been able to order jump ropes, glue, pencils, craft paper, paints, a sitting carpet, markers, baseballs, library books and more through the program.
“It’s a lot of work on TJ and Toot’s behalf, though,” Venegas said. “Their accumulation of time as well as the effort to consolidate all of this and go through it with their eyes and organize it, it’s a lot of work on them, but they found it rewarding for their own benefit, so they really enjoy it. But for us, we love being able to supply the different needs, even if it’s desk supplies for kids... it’s a huge benefit.”
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