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Editor’s Note: Last summer through our “Greenest Classroom” contest, schools across the country submitted their best earth-friendly classroom ideas for a chance to win a grant to help turn their ideas into reality. Today’s post comes from the coordinator of the grand-prize winner, River Place Elementary Titan Gardens. Read below to see all of the inspiring projects they’ve … Continue reading
Last April, we put on the Greenest Classroom Contest as an ongoing Earth Month party of sorts. And you, our fantastic community, nominating so many awesome classrooms that we’re STILL inspired, almost ten months later! And a lot can happen in ten months. Take our winning classroom, for example: the River Place Elementary Titan Gardens. … Continue reading
June was a definitely a busy month for Malt-O-Meal! We were honored to help Al Roker with the Today Show’s “Lend A Hand” campaign, and donated more than 500,000 servings of oatmeal to the program’s designated charities across the country. We also made a $25,000 cash donation to The Covenant House in West Virginia to … Continue reading
Get excited, Greenest Classroom fans! It’s time for a closer look at the winning entries! All entries were publicly voted on and were narrowed down to the top ten finalists based on who had the most votes. Then, our panel of judges deliberated and chose the winners based on appropriateness of theme, creativity, and, of … Continue reading
One thing that everyone here at Malt-O-Meal knows about me is that I really dislike paper. Just ask anyone who’s ever invited me to a meeting and brought a lot of handouts (insert loud, audible groan from across the room). Paper reminds me of messy desks, jam-packed file drawers, and (ominous pause for effect)…homework. And … Continue reading