OfficeMax Announces 1,000 Schools Where Teachers Have Been Selected for 'A Day Made Better' Surprise Visits on October 6

OfficeMax Announces 1,000 Schools Where Teachers Have Been Selected for 'A Day
Made Better' Surprise Visits on October 6
1,000 teachers across the nation will be surprised tomorrow with a donation of
classroom supplies for their extraordinary work in an effort to erase
teacher-funded classrooms

NAPERVILLE, Ill., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- To provide economic relief
for teachers and encourage national support, hundreds of OfficeMax associates
-- working secretly with school principals -- will honor teachers with
classroom donations of much-needed school supplies on Tuesday, October 6 at 10
a.m. One thousand teachers at 1,000 schools have been selected by their
principals to be recognized as part of "A Day Made Better," OfficeMax's
national cause campaign facilitated in partnership with nonprofit
Adopt-A-Classroom to end teacher-funded classrooms.

The third annual "A Day Made Better" nationwide event will include surprise
in-class ceremonies where teacher recipients will receive a classroom donation
of more than $1,000 worth of supplies per teacher - approximately $1 million
in sum. OfficeMax worked with Adopt-A-Classroom to identify schools and
teachers in need across the United States, including Alaska, Puerto Rico,
Hawaii and the Virgin Islands. Principals at identified schools were invited
to nominate one teacher who exemplified passion, dedication, and innovation in
the classroom.

An OfficeMax survey conducted in June 2009 supports data first reported in a
National Education Association survey in 2005: Teachers spend on average
$1,000 of their own money each year to offset school budget shortfalls and
ensure their students have the necessary classroom resources for learning.

The 2009 list of the schools selected to receive the "A Day Made Better"
surprise visit tomorrow is currently available at
http://adaymadebetter.com/participants.htm. For more information about "A Day
Made Better," visit www.adaymadebetter.com. To learn more about adopting a
teacher, visit www.adoptaclassroom.org.

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