I got a response from Subway/Scholastic contest email

[Chris in CA]

per the thread regarding the exclusion of hs dc from their contest I received this response from my email. I was honestly surprised to hear back from them.


Dear Christine,

We are deeply sorry that the Subway contest has offended you and thank you for voicing your concern. Our intention was never to make independent schooled children feel discriminated against or excluded from this specific promotion. Throughout the course of the year Scholastic runs a number of contests and sweepstakes that are open to all teachers and students. The eligibility of this contest in particular was solely put in place to award a large group of children with the grand prize of $5,000 worth of athletic equipment. We do however understand how home-schooled children could benefit from this type of prizing and will make sure eligibility is open to everyone in future promotions.

To show our gratitude for bringing this matter to our attention, please send us the ages of your children and your address and we would be happy to send you a complimentary book to share with them. We truly appreciate your feedback and will make sure a similar situation does not happen again.

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me directly.

Best Regards,


Samantha Calastro

Scholastic Parent & Child

[Kathleen in VA]

I guess they don't realize there are co-ops and homeschool sports teams and such. Wow - talk about *not* being in the loop.

Oh, well, their response was fairly gracious even though they did not see fit to change the rules.

I wouldn't have expected any reply at all.

[Chris in VA]

If you wanted to continue to be such a great advocate for the homeschoolers in your area, maybe you could send them the info on teams and co-ops in your area.

Thanks for sticking up for all of us!

chris

[skissugar]

I recieved the exact same response today in my email. I replied back letting them know various ways they could get around the 5,000 going to an individual homeschool family. Like going to groups, co-ops, local park projects etc..