The Carpet Store fundraiser to donate thousands to local school teachers TAMPA BAY -- Tampa Bay’s #1 flooring store is planning a sales fundraiser to benefit local teachers and schools. The Carpet Store locations in St. Petersburg, New Port Richey and Tampa will donate a $10 Staples gift card to a teacher for every 100-square-feet of flooring purchased from June 20-July 6 during its annual summer sale. Customers must simply name a teacher from a public or private school when making a purchase. Store personnel will deliver the gift cards to the teachers all over Tampa Bay the week before school starts in August. Founded in St. Petersburg by J. D. Manning, The Carpet Store is still family owned and operated by J. D.’s children and grandchildren. “We currently have many of our own children in schools now and see our teachers always needing help with cost,” said Brian Manning. “Our children’s teachers are obviously not the only ones who have a burden, so we liked the idea of doing something that could potentially help any teacher.” And the school whose teachers receive the largest gift card total will have it matched in a donation by The Carpet Store. Based on last year’s sale figures this fundraiser would have raised more than $6,000 for teachers to use at any Staples store in the Tampa Bay area just in time for the start of school. How will it work? It could not be simpler (and there is no minimum purchase). • A customer comes into the store during the sale to make a purchase and fills out a brief form naming a teacher and his or her school. The form will also be available to bring to the store at fortheflooronline. • After the sale, store personnel total up how many sales dollars were generated for every teacher named on a form. • Store personnel personally deliver the Staples gift cards each matching the total generated for each teacher named to that teacher at the school before the week before school starts. • The Carpet Store presents a donation check directly to the school whose teachers totaled the most sales generated. For more info visit fortheflooronline
Posted on: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:36:41 +0000
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