BREA, Calif., Oct 03, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

The Office and Consumer Products Group of Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) is promoting its new line of Avery(R) Sticky Notes by randomly giving away 20,000 packs of Avery(R) See-Through Sticky Notes and a half million Box Tops for Education(R) coupons to schools across the country. Five people who register to win the Avery(R) Sticky Notes Mark the Spot Sweepstakes will be randomly selected to win 100,000 Box Tops coupons (valued at $10,000) for the school of their choice.

Office and Consumer Products partners with Box Tops for Education(R) to offer cash benefits for educational resources to K-8 schools across the country. From books and school supplies to playground equipment and computers--Avery Dennison is proud to help America's schools get the things they need.

"At Avery, we take our role in the community seriously and we are excited about an additional opportunity to donate much-needed resources to schools," said Tim Bond, Group Vice President of Office and Consumer Products.

Sweepstakes registration on www.facebook.com/avery opens today and closes October 25, 2011 at midnight Eastern Time. Winners of the half million Box Tops coupons and their benefiting K-8 schools will be announced by November 6, 2011.

"Mark the Spot" with Avery Dennison's complete line of Avery(R) Sticky Notes products for home and office. For fast, easy and convenient solutions to quick notes, reminders, and to-do lists--you'll find an Avery(R) Sticky Note that's just right for the task. The unique and versatile line of Avery(R) Sticky Notes products includes several varieties of See-Through (notes you can write on and see through), Perforated (notes with a perforated adhesive strip), Lay Flat (notes with an extra adhesive strip), and Steps Sticky Notes (a step-patterned combination of notes in different sizes and colors, all in one pad). All Avery(R) Sticky Notes, Flags and Page Markers offer Box Tops for Education(R) coupons. Visit avery.com/stickynotes for more information.

About Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) helps make brands more inspiring and the world more intelligent. For more than 75 years the company has been a global leader in pressure-sensitive technology and materials, retail branding and information solutions, and organization and identification products for offices and consumers. A FORTUNE 500 company with sales of $6.5 billion in 2010, Avery Dennison is based in Pasadena, California and has employees in over 60 countries. For more information, visit www.averydennison.com.

About Avery Dennison Office and Consumer Products

Avery Dennison Office and Consumer Products Group (www.avery.com) markets products under the well-known Avery brand name and is one of the world's leading manufacturers of self-adhesive labels for laser and ink jet printers, labeling software, binders, sheet protectors, index and tab dividers and other office-, home- and school-related supplies. Avery Office and Consumer Products, a business unit of Avery Dennison Corporation, is based in Brea, California. For more information about Avery-brand products, consumers can visit the Avery Office and Consumer Products web site at www.avery.com or call the Avery Consumer Service Center at 1-800-GO-AVERY (1-800-462-8379).

About Box Tops for Education

General Mills' Box Tops for Education(R) program offers families easy, everyday ways to earn cash for their designated school. The program started in 1996 and over the past 15 years, more than 90,000 schools have earned over $400 million through Box Tops for Education, including more than $59 million last school year.

Collected Box Tops coupons are sent to General Mills, who sends the school a check, equivalent to 10 cents for each Box Top redeemed. Schools can earn up to $60,000 per year, up to $20,000 respectively from the Clip, Box Tops Marketplace(R), and Reading Room program components, to spend on anything they choose. For additional information, check out btfe.com.

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