Welcome to my new blog! I never thought I would be a blogger, but it seems the best way to get a message out. I am a stay at home mom of 3 wonderful boys. As the kids are getting older, I have been looking for something to do to give back. We have been very fortunate and things always seem to work out for us. Since I am a huge believer in paying it forward, I decided this year I would use my talents for good. I love to shop and I LOVE a deal. I have used coupons since I was old enough to use a scissors, but this year I thought I would use more. My goal started to save as much as I could, cut our food and toiletry budget and buy as much as I could to give to Circle of Concern. January went great so far. I have a huge box for Circle, most of it was free or under a dollar. This left me with a new problem. Hundreds of dollars of coupons that were going to expire!
So, that brings me to today. Today I adopted an Army Base in Germany and I am going to send all the expired coupons to them. I have put out the call top all my friends, please don't throw those coupons away! They are such an easy way to help someone else. I started this year wanting to give back, I never thought that my binder of coupons would eventually be able to help so many people. I am hoping to end this year with a post that will inspire, a post that will let everyone know how many people were helped. Times are hard for us all, but we all have an area that we can give. Someone's trash really is someone else's treasure.
If you are interested in donating but don't want to do the overseas shipping, I would be happy to forward your coupons for you!
Let me know how I can get them to you. We have a bunch that are not used. Would it be helpful to give you the coupons that we don't want from Sunday's paper?
ReplyDeleteAll the extras I can get would be great. If they aren't expired, I use the good ones to buy items for the food pantry. I can swing by and pick them up when you have some. :)
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