Our local schools are hurting more than ever before. I didn’t really understand this until this year, when I walked my daughter to her first day of first grade and realized that she was in a class of 33 students. Due to budget cuts classes are getting bigger, there is no room for extras and the kiddos are losing out on art and music programs.

The California Milk Advisory Board wants to do something about this current crisis in education and will be giving away more than $2 million dollars to local elementary schools in the Southern California area. Real California Milk is supporting California schools by launching the Real Seal Appeal! sweepstakes.  All you have to do to participate is collect Real California Milk Seals and turn them in to your teacher/school.

The contest will run from now until December 31st, 2011. This is a great and easy way to  get money to schools that so desperately need it! Plus the top 3 schools with the most seals collected will win   $20,000, $10,000 and $5,000 and 2,595 other schools will be awarded $500! Every penny counts and I know this could help many schools!

To learn more about the contest head over to the Scholastic Real Seal Appeal! Sweepstakes head over here.You can also check out RealCaliforniaMilk.com , follow them on Twitter or check them out on Facebook.

This is a sponsored campaign. However, all opinions are my own.