Williamsville, New York-based Tops Friendly Markets will offer schools the chance to earn double the rewards as part of its Tops in Education Program (TIE) during January. Participants enrolled in the program will now be able to earn up to 10 percent for their school(s) during the entire month.
During January, participants’ designated school(s) will earn double the rewards when they purchase participating products including Tops Brand, Full Circle, TopCare, Tippy Toes, Simply Done, That’s Smart and Best Yet with their registered Tops BonusPlus Card.
These items offer busy, working families not only a great value but provide healthy, nutritious options to pack in lunch totes as the kids head out the door. The weekly Tops ads will feature savings on these brands.
“Tops wants to ensure that our local schools have the tools they need in order to succeed,” said Kathleen Allen, senior manager of community relations for Tops Markets. “From funding school fieldtrips and school dances to extra supplies for the classroom and youth sports, Tops has learned that the supplemental funding that TIE has afforded these school districts has truly been a blessing.”
Since the program’s inception in 2012, Tops has donated more than $1.7 million to over 1,000 participating schools.
To register, visit www.topsmarkets.com/education to sign up for a school and find helpful tips from the program’s most successful school fundraisers. A shopper can designate up to three schools in grades K-12 to receive funds from the program during the 2023-24 school year (Sept. 1, 2023- May 31, 2024).
To participate in TIE, log on to topsmarkets.com/education to lregister a Tops BonusPlus card for the program.
Shoppers may select up to three schools in grades K-12 of their choice from a list of schools that have registered to be the benefactor of their Tops shopping.
“This program provides a great value for our customers while helping to provide funding for educational needs in the communities we serve,” Allen said. “As we at Tops strive to help eradicate hunger and improve the quality of life for children, we couldn’t be more proud of this achievement of donating more than $1.7 million dollars back to local K-12 schools over the past 11 years, through Tops in Education.”
Tops Markets currently operates 148 grocery stores in New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont, including five that are run by franchisees. As the largest private, for-profit employer in Western New York, with more than 14,000 associates, the company is dedicated to providing sustainably sourced, high-quality products, while helping its communities flourish via support for programs that eradicate hunger and disease, educate youth and reduce environmental waste and energy consumption.
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