Engineers Month Giveaway #1
Posted on January 31st, 2011 by axb
This week’s contest is now closed – stay tuned for next week!
Good news, teachers: in honor of National Engineers Week, eGFI will be giving away free packs of colorful, laminated eGFI cards for your classroom!
And because we love engineering so much, we’re extending the celebration all month and will be giving away one pack of our popular cards every week in February, 2011.
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