Calling All Tooth Brushers!

We are a class of 25 eleven and twelve year olds from Kaiapoi Borough School in North Canterbury, New Zealand and we are collecting empty COLGATE toothpaste boxes as part of the ‘Awesome Colgate Carton Race’. 

We are entering two aspects of the competition. The first is to collect as many colgate toothpaste boxes as possible, and the second is to use our creative skills to turn those boxes into a masterpiece so we can win one of the creativity prizes.

This year the theme of the competition is athletics and sports, so we are hoping to create a life-size Olympic sculpture with a New Zealand athlete standing at the top, using the boxes we collect. The more colgate toothpaste boxes we have, the more elaborate our sculpture will be, and the better chance we will have at winning a prize!

The school who collects the most empty colgate toothpaste boxes will win $12,500 worth of brand new sports equipment for their school, and there are also prizes for coming second and third. There is $5,000 worth of brand new sports equipment up for grabs in the creativity section as well, so we are very excited at the prospect of potentially winning some fantastic prizes for our school, which is still somewhat rebuilding after the series of earthquakes that have hit Christchurch over the last year and a half.

If anybody is able to assist us in our quest to collect empty colgate toothpaste boxes we would be hugely appreciative! Whether you’re from Kaiapoi, Christchurch, New Zealand, or overseas, you can help make a difference from something as small as keeping a colgate toothpaste box, instead of throwing it in the rubbish. So ring your relatives, speak to your sports teams, talk to your neighbours, and ask your workmates; any help will be gratefully accepted! The competition finishes on the 29th of June 2012 so we don’t have too much time.

We have created an edmodo group and are in the process of making a website to keep all of the people who help, up to date with our progress throughout the competition. We will be updating this regularly with photos, videos, graphs and blogs of our collection and Olympic sculpture, and the link will be attached to our school website www.kbs.school.nz.

Any empty colgate toothpaste boxes (flattened is fine) that have been collected can either be sent or dropped off to the address listed at the bottom of this page, or a pick up from a house or workplace (even if it is in the city) can easily be arranged by calling us on 327 7231 Extn 221 or emailing class teacher Dan George on daniel.g@kbs.school.nz. For your convenience, we are aiming to put collection bins outside the local Kaiapoi supermarkets, so you can remove the toothpaste tubes and put the boxes straight into the bins provided.

Any additional information on the competition can be found by visiting www.colgatecartonrace.co.nz.

Thank you and kind regards,

Studio 21

Kaiapoi Borough School

Hilton Street

Kaiapoi 7630

North Canterbury

New Zealand