Box Tops for Education(TM) Celebrates Record Year Reaching $150 Million Milestone for America's Schools; Box Tops Welcomes the SC Johnson's Ziploc(R) Brand as First Corporate Partner.

MINNEAPOLIS -- School's out and the numbers are in. Box Tops for Education(TM), the esteemed school fundraising program, completed the 2004-05 school year with record breaking numbers granting $35.7 million to enhance learning in America's classrooms. The payout boosts total cash earned by schools through Box Tops for Education efforts to more than $150 million since the nationwide program began in 1996. From rock climbing walls to books and computer kiosks to art supplies and playground equipment, these funds go to support a variety of educational needs.

In addition to its record-setting year, Box Tops welcomes SC Johnson to the Box Tops for Education program. The company's Ziploc(R) storage bags and containers - used in oodles of lunchboxes nationwide - this fall will carry the Box Tops coupon on packaging, which can be redeemed by participating schools.

"We're excited to join the Box Tops for Education family through our Ziploc(R) brand," said Kelly Semrau, vice president of global public affairs and communication, SC Johnson. "At our company, we believe that having strong schools reflects healthy communities and healthy neighborhoods. This partnership clearly gives us an opportunity to support an important program in which schools across the nation benefit."

More than 80 General Mills brands, and now SC Johnson's Ziploc(R) Brand, support the Box Tops initiative - from Old El Paso taco shells to Cheerios to Betty Crocker fruit snacks. With a total of 86,000 schools currently enrolled in the Box Tops program, parents and kids simply cut out the $.10 coupon from participating brand packaging and their school redeems them for cash. Participating schools also can earn money via a Box Tops Visa(R) card and from retail purchases made at the online Box Tops Marketplace at www.boxtops4education.com.

"We're thrilled to see Box Tops for Education momentum build as families continue to support this great fundraising effort in their communities," said Brian Peters, manager, Box Tops for Education. "Adding the trusted Ziploc(R) name to our brand lineup is yet another way families can maximize their ability to earn cash for their school."

About SC Johnson:

SC Johnson is a family-owned and -managed business dedicated to innovative, high-quality products, excellence in the workplace and a long-term commitment to the environment and the communities in which it operates. Based in the USA, the company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of household cleaning products and products for home storage, air care, personal care and insect control. It markets such well-known brands as EDGE(R), GLADE(R), OFF!(R), PLEDGE(R), RAID(R), SCRUBBING BUBBLES(R), SHOUT(R), WINDEX(R) and ZIPLOC(R) in the U.S. and beyond, with brands marketed outside the U.S. including AUTAN(R), BAYGON(R), BRISE(R), ECHO(R), KABIKILLER(R), KLEAR(R), and MR. MUSCLE(R). The 119-year old company, with more than $6.5 billion in sales, employs approximately 12,000 people globally and sells products in more than 110 countries. www.scjohnson.com

About Box Tops for Education:

The Box Tops for Education program began in 1996, as more and more schools struggled to make ends meet. Each year, all enrolled schools receive a complete program kit (written in English and Spanish) to help them build their own comprehensive fundraising campaign. Most schools designate a program coordinator to develop ways to encourage students, parents, school staff and community members to clip Box Tops from participating products and bring them to school.

After the collected Box Tops are sent in to General Mills, the school receives a check, equivalent to 10 cents for every Box Top redeemed. Schools can earn up to $60,000 per year, up to $20,000 respectively from the Clip, Shop and Charge program components, to spend on anything they choose. Thousands of schools have used the money from Box Tops for Education to purchase items such as computers and computer software, library books, art supplies, and playground equipment.

Box Tops for Education is open to any accredited public, private, or parochial schools for grades K-8 in the United States that have a 501(c)(3) or 509(a)(1) tax-exempt designation and to any United States military schools, for grades K-8, worldwide. The program is also available to accredited home school associations, K-8, in the United States that have a 501 (c)(3) or 509 (a)(1) tax-exempt designation and have 15 or more students.