The kids are heading back to school this year in a few short days! The core of teaching and the school systems are the teachers who work so hard, to make sure your child is properly educated year round! It is really the teachers who are the crux of the school system!
In celebration of educators everywhere, Dollar General is teaming with Procter & Gamble® to honor our nation’s schools and teachers who make a difference in the lives of children through its Every Day Heroes program. The Every Day Heroes campaign honors educators who teach students to be their best by offering great savings on school supplies and other products for the heroes closest to our hearts.
Dollar General has a strong commitment to education through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and believes learning to read, earning a GED or learning the English language are investments that opens doorways for personal, professional and economic growth.
During September, Dollar General is recognizing Kimberly Shearer, an English teacher and library science teacher at Boone County High School in Florence, Ky., as its Every Day Hero. As an eight-year veteran of Boone County High School, her commitment to educating our youth and advocating for 21st century literary skills through the use of technology helped earn her the title of “Kentucky Teacher of the Year.”
When she is not busy helping her students succeed, Kimberly is spending time with her husband and two daughters.
With the start of school, this program is absolutely wonderful and I am glad I can do my part to promote it. Be sure to also pick up the the September P&G brandSAVER® found in local newspapers on Sunday, September 1! You can use P&G brandSAVER® coupons at Dollar General to get high-quality P&G products at great prices! Further, you can use the P&G brandSAVER® at Dollar General for even more savings on everyone’s favorite brands like Febreze Air Effects with Gain Fresh Scent, which sweeps away stale odors and leaves a fresh scent.
Giveaway: One winner is going to receive a special P&G/Dollar General Package including:
· A $10 Dollar General Gift Card
· CoverGirl Black Ink Eye Pencil
· Tide PODS Spring Meadow (sample size)
· Febreze Fabric Refresher Gain Scent Spray
· Febreze Air Effects with Gain Fresh Scent
· A Dollar General reusable shopping bag
This giveaway is run via rafflecopter so click read more to see the actual giveaway. The only mandatory entry is to tell me who you would honor in this program if you could. Please put all comments in comment section proceeding the post. While the other entries are optional, I highly suggest you fill them out to increase your chances of winning. US only. Good luck!
*I received promotional items for my review. All my opinions are my own and not swayed by outside sources.
Couponers and moms that want to save money
My stepdaughter – she’s not a teacher yet (she’s in her last year of college), but already she is a Big Sister in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program, she’s been an RA and mentored students, and she recently shaved her head as part of a fundraiser for pediatric cancer. Now she’s considering joining Teach Across America or AmeriCorp for one year after graduation so that she can serve in low income/high need areas. She’s definitely my Every Day Hero.
My niece — she’s a teacher at a school in a very poor neighborhood, so the kids have all kinds of challenges. However, she is so devoted and committed to these kids and helping them do their best, and trying to make their school day as positive and as rewarding as she possibly can…it’s really amazing and heart-warming. She has been offered jobs at other schools in other neighborhoods, where it would be “easy” compared to where she is now, but she refuses to go, because she won’t abandon the kids who depend on her and love her.
My Neighbor Lydia, She Does So Much To Make Our Community Better. She Really Goes Above And Beyond To Make A Difference Throughout Our Neighborhood!
My daughter in law. She teaches handicapped children, she is the woman I would always want to be.
my good friend who is a teacher in a not so nice school district
My bestie helps as a student aid for the handicap at the high school we attended, this would be great for her!
A friend of my sister who is a teacher
My college English teacher–an amazing woman who helps all.
I’d nominate every fire fighter and police officer.
I would love to nominate my cousin; she is a 2nd grade teacher.
I’m an ESL Teacher and I would love to nominate my colleagues that I work with because we do everything we can do to help our students excel.
My son’s teacher – she does a lot to help the kids even outside of the school doors
annabella @ centurytel dot net
My cousin who has had breast cancer three times by age 37.
I don’t know any teachers, personally. I don’t have children, so I wouldn’t have a clue.
i would recommend my best friend. she is a teachers aid. she works with special needs kids and she is so awesome doing it. her kids just love her to death.
I’d recommend my mother!
my cosuin who teaches in city schools
I would recommend DD’s teacher.
My son’s first grade teacher. Wonderful is an understatement!!!
My mother
I’d recommend my husband. He works hard to place great teachers in his school system. He also puts programs in place so that the students can really succeed, no matter their needs or ability levels.
I would pick my friends daughter who is a special needs teacher.
I would recommend my niece. She has MS and is struggling a bit with college.
I have a friend that is in her 4th year teaching and she does a back to school event every year for someone in her neighborhood that is in need. This year one of her kids had a dad that was the victim of a horrible crime, he was mistaken for another man and survived a knife attack. The family has been struggling because the dad was the main breadwinner and the mom has 3 kiddos to care for and the dad in the hospital after a month still. Its great to see the community come together but its even greater to see my friend put together these community events every year to get the kids excited and raise money for someone at the same time.
my 2nd cousins son – Gage!
I would honor a life long friend named Casey, she is an amazing teacher!!
I would recommend my son’s first grade teacher. She was amazing. She helped my son gain confidence.
I would recommend our school’s high school math teacher… all of my kids loved him.
My friend Liza because she’s an amazing friend!
my best friend the pediatrician
i would recommend my friend who works endlessly as a spanish teacher.
oops copied wrong link in pinterest follower, its https://pinterest.com/carawling
my nephew’s teacher.
I would recommend my Husband for everything he has sacrificed for others
my mom
kport207 at gmail dot com
My mom!
My son’s teacher from Kindergarden. Mrs. Halm.
I would recommend every Teacher my children have had. They have had wonderful inspiring teachers over the years.
I would recommend my friend who is a wonderful teacher.
My children are grown and I don’t personally know any teachers to recommend this to.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
our former preschool teacher
My sister in law who is a third grade teacher.
I would recommend a good friend Yvonne who is a 2nd grade teacher 🙂
DORINDA TURCKE A 7TH GRADE TEACHER IN DALLAS,TX
my friend
My nieces English teacher.
My nephews teacher
My cousin is a first grade teacher. She is devoted to those kids, buys supplies, does so much for them!
My daughters teacher and my friend Betty! She is always going above and beyond for her students
i would recommend my mom
I would recommend one of my daughter’s teachers. She is very dedicated to “her kids” as she refers to them. She often stays late at school to help kids and donates many supplies out of her own pocket.
My mother in law
Tell me who you would recommend for this program
i really dont know anyone,but ill keep an eye out
I would recommend the teachers that teach GED classes in our town. They work so hard and so long and they really do care! kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.
The fellow teachers that I work with. We are always bringing things into our classrooms to enrich the learning of our students (including feeding them.)
My mother!
A friend of mine.
A close friend …….
I would recommend my own son, TY who teaches middle school special needs kids.
I would recommend my grandson’s preschool teacher…she is awesome!
My daughter’s preschool teacher
my grandson’s kindergarten teacher is amazing
My brother – he is studying (double major)to be as a environment engineer and teacher.
I would recommend my high school english teacher!
My daughter she is a great math teacher
I would recommend this to a lot of my friends that are teachers.
I would recommend my daughter in law.
My mom, who is a war survivor, immigrant, and single mom!
Mrs Hiser – daughters kindergarten teacher
I would reccomend my sons’ 3rd Grad Teacher
My mother for sure.
My bestie helps as a student aid for the handicap at the high school we attended
One of my college friends. She is a teacher.
I would recommend Ms Brenda Godby at Miller County High School!
My best friend who is a teacher
I only know of one teacher who is on my Relay for Life team.
I’d nominate every fire fighter 🙂
I would nominate any of the teachers in my school district
I teach and so I see teachers all the time. It would be very difficult for me to select just one out of so many fabulous teachers.
My aunt who teaches special ed at a public school in Ohio.
A teacher from the Highlands School, a school for children with learning disabilities. I used to work there in administrative and was struck by the dedication of the teachers.
A friend who is a great first grade teacher.
I think a friend that volunteers at a local school.
I’d recommend it to my daughter’s teacher.
I’d recommend it to my aunt!
I would say my sister I guess.
I’d recommend it to a friend who has been a great middle school teacher for over 15 years now!
I would recommend my son’s first grade teacher.
My niece who is a teacher.
My parents! Dad was Army for 20+ year and my mom supported him, great wife and mom!
I would recommend my mother who is always caring and thinking about others
My son’s teacher Mrs. McCoy!
My grandma, she raised not only her 5 kids while working 2-3 jobs at a time, she also raised me (My mom was 16 when I was born). She has been through more in her life then 10 people combined. She’s been a rock in our family especially to me as my mom and dad died before I was 16 years old. She also just came off of life support and dialysis as well as her 3rd stage breast cancer shrinking to a stage 1 or less… all with only oxygen and dialysis. 3 Dr’s said that she would never make it off of life support, her cancer would never cure and she’d be on dialysis for the rest of her life…. 3 strikes & the drs. are out.
I would recommend my sons teacher from last year, his fourth grade teacher because she is one of the few teachers I have met that is all about teaching AND being there for the kids. She always has time for each of her students weather it’s to walk them to their locker to hear one of their stories, help them after school with their homework, or tell them a joke to get a smile 🙂
babydjs_mom@yahoo.com
My daughter’s teacher – she’s so good with the kids!
I would nominate my sons teacher Mrs. Carter.
jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com
My friend who volunteers and teaches a class for children with disabilities!
Our next door neighbor, she is a teacher.
I’d recommend this to my daughter’s teacher
I’d recommend my nephew’s 2nd grade teacher – the one he had last year.
Left a comment on Super Buddies DVD post.
My best non daughter, Kerry Maury…
my sons teacher, and myself
my friend
I would recommend my son’s teacher – she is really an inspiration.
i’d recommend this to my son’s 4th grade teacher
my daughters preschool teacher
i would pick my granddaughter’s teacher, she is awesome
I’d recommend a friend of mine.
I’d recommend it to my cousin who could really use it right now.
I would recommend my aunt
My husband because he does everything for all of us
I would actually nominate my kindergarten teacher. Im 24 now,but she will always be the most inspiring and important teacher in my life.
I would nominate my son’s AP History teacher. He is an excellent teacher and a great friend as well.
I would recommend my mother in law.
possibly my father in law
It would be for my sister, who is a teacher.
I’d nominate my fifth grade teacher!
I’d recommend my aunt
I would recommend a friend of mine thats a teacher. thanks.
My son in law- he’s a veteran with ptsd due to his service (3x in the war zone), a volunteer firefighter and an emt and still he does what needs to be done, takes care of his family, has a more than full time job and still he does everything he can to help others.
My niece-in-law Breckan Holst, who teaches 4th grade in a school in South Korea. It is a new school there and she transferred from one where no one spoke English except the children she was teaching English to. No staff contact and other problems made it difficult.
my friend Bonnie is a wonderful teacher
i would recommend our daughter’s kindergarten teacher for this amazing program
I would recommend my sons special education teacher.
My daughter in law. She is so dedicated teacher I know.
my mom
My oldest son is a hero to me.
I would nominate my cousin’s wife. She is a great teacher!
I’d nominate my friend.
My daughter’s teacher who encourages my daughter’s spirited ways and understands her in a way most don’t.