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"Free Stuff for Kids" Company

Submitted by: Dana White
From: Hyrum, Utah
Date Submitted: May 5, 2001

Sending away in the mail for a free gift is exciting and fun. Since I've had disappointed students when companies don't perform I've become the mail order center using a friend's address for the "Free Stuff For Kids" company.

I make an order form that includes choices of items and requires the student to fill in the blanks (name, address, phone, etc.) and I have them include a self addressed, stamped envelope (this can be a homework assignment). At school we fill out the order form and follow the directions carefully.

I generally use items that easily fit in an envelope, for example, bookmarks, fancy balloons, pencils, stickers, etc. They are always excited when the "prize" arrives.