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Yesway Partners With Dr Pepper on Tuition Reimbursement

Contest to award $500 grants to pay for college expenses or loans

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- In celebration of back-to-school season, convenience-store chain Yesway has teamed up with Dr Pepper to offer $500 college tuition reimbursement grants to 10 lucky students.

The Yesway and Dr Pepper tuition reimbursement grants can be applied to cover college or postsecondary vocational institution tuition, fees, books, supplies, equipment, related educational expenses and on-campus room and board, or to pay off student loans for the above expenses. The prize-winning checks will be sent directly to the college/university or vocational school of the individual winners (or their designee).

"We're thrilled to be partnering with Dr Pepper to offer our customers the chance to win college tuition," said Derek Gaskins, Yesway's senior vice president of merchandising and procurement. "At Yesway, learning is very important to us as an organization, and we are excited to help hardworking college students achieve their goals."

Now through Nov. 6, 2018, there are two ways to enter to win:

  1. Using the Yesway App or Rewards card, purchase any Dr Pepper 12-pack to receive a free Dr Pepper fountain drink and one entry.
  2. Print your name, residential address, phone and date of birth on a 3-by-5 card and mail it to 2018 Dr Pepper/Yesway College Tuition Giveaway, P.O. Box 6136, Dept. Y, Clear Lake, MN 55319. (Entrants must be a legal U.S. resident residing in IA, KS, MO, OK or TX, age 18 or older in order to enter. Please visit the Yesway sweepstakes website for the official rules.)

Yesway, the retail brand of BW Gas & Convenience, is based in West Des Moines, Iowa. It ranked No. 82 on CSP's2018 Top 202 list of the largest c-store chains in the United States.

Photograph courtesy of Yesway

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