I got a response from Subway/Scholastic contest email

[Chris in CA]

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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

[Aubrey]

Cool. Good PR.

[Andie]

Originally Posted by Chris in CA

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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

Very nice!

[Tammyla]

Well, that was a nice response.

[TraciWA]

That IS a nice response. Way to go!

[Just a Jen in Mississippi]

Oh good! I think it's awesome that you let them know of your displeasure because if you didn't (or don't), how will they know? Hopefully from now on, they'll carefully think through their promotions to make sure they aren't unfairly excluding any one. It sounds though that they had the right intentions but maybe it could have been worded a little more carefully.

[dalynnrmc]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing it with us! Good to know that they recognize the exclusion and will take it into consideration in the future.

[Heather in the Kootenays]

Well done, Chris.

[WTMindy]

Thanks for posting that. It was a very classy response from them.

[mcconnellboys]

Well, I was wondering what the heck Scholastic was thinking when homeschoolers give them so much business and can participate in the Book It! program. That just seemed downright stupid.....