Avery Celebrates Teachers Sweepstakes {and Giveaway here}

You might recall my post about the Social Luxe Lounge at BlogHer and what a great party it was. The party's biggest sponsor was Avery, who did a smashing job with promoting their products, including offering bloggers a free, customizable binder and a cute gift box with some of their products. Here's the binder I designed and that Avery created.
For the start of this school year, Avery is currently sponsoring the Avery Celebrates Teachers Sweepstakes, which ends on September 15th, and

"honors U.S. teachers and all that they do for our children on a daily basis. Studies by the non-profit organization World Vision show that teachers spend on average at least $500 of their own money each school year on supplies for their students. This sweepstakes aims to alleviate some of this financial burden, as well as pamper a few lucky teachers. (Note: homeschooling parents are eligible to win as well!)"

The Sweepstakes gives teachers a chance to win:

• One (1) grand prize package, which includes: a goodie bag of Avery products valued at $500; a SpaFinder gift card valued at $350; and a Starbucks gift card valued at $150
  
• Three (3) second prize packages valued at $200 each
• Five (5) third prize packages valued at $80 each

Complete sweepstakes rules can be found HERE.

Avery is the only school and office supply manufacturer that participates in Box Tops for Education. When you purchase select Avery school supplies for the new academic year you also receive Box Tops coupons to clip and return to participating schools to be redeemed for cash. Each school then uses the cash at their discretion to purchase new supplies, fund programs, or buy much-needed equipment, computers, etc. To learn more, visit www.avery.com/btfe.

Consider nominating your teacher or homeschooling parent for these amazing prizes that will help with the costs of school supplies.

WIN IT!
In the meantime, Avery is offering one K&K reader a gift basket full of Avery school and office supplies such as Avery NoteTabs™, Label Pads, HI-LITERS®, Glue Stics, Labels, Binders, Dividers, Markers and more—a retail value of $50.
To Enter
Visit Avery and leave a comment here about your favorite item.
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• Follow @katydidandkid and tweet this giveaway, leaving a link to your tweet in the comments. You can tweet once per day (leave a comment each day). You can copy and paste my tweet if you'd like: Win a $50 school supply gift basket from @AveryDennison during Avery Celebrates Teachers Sweepstakes http://goo.gl/fb/BIWBi @katydidandkid

You must do the first entry in order to enter ("I want to win, thanks!" comments will NOT be considered). You will have until Sunday September 19th at 11:59pm EST to enter. The winner will be chosen via random number generator the next day and notified by email. I'll also post the winners on my blog HERE. If I don't hear back from the winner within 72 hours, I'll pick another.
Disclosure: I was not compensated for this review, other than having received sample items from Avery via the Social Luxe Lounge party in New York during the BlogHer conference. All opinions are my own.