I was wondering how much as a group we donate I know lots of us give away any extras we get from deals. Alot of people are going thru rough times with the economy and job loss/layoffs now. I was wondering if as a group we could challenge ourselves to help out.Do you think we could set a total target and keep track to see how well we do. Say as a group $xxxxx dollars donated between 1/1/09 and 4/1/09. The winter months are tough on the food pantries everywhere and they will take pretty much anything. think vitamin shampoo at CVS this week has a mail in rebate on it so you get your money back and it adds to your quarterly ECB total when you donate it it becomes a tax deduction and would add $5 to our group total is this something we would like to try?
I am looking for offers in concealed cash ayor ppef or make an offer in????
I mail all my trades from the post office and get a receipt.
you always hear noises in the dark when you work at night 1|1|That's a really nice idea : )|Mackiesmudder|Mackiesmudder@aol.com|13:15:37|12/30/2008|
Cathie 2|1|I think it is a wonderful idea. I give a lot of my extra freebies, to people, I work with, who I know have as rough, as I do. So make care packages, before each of our layoff periods. Would that count?|dlpavitt|dlpavitt@att.net|14:45:40|12/30/2008|
ALways looking for:
fancy feast UPC's(paying .05 each)
daisy sourcream .60/1, or .50/1
McDonald's Big mac Bogo's, or Free's
utz chips, any
viva papertowels, .75/1 after 10/11
cottonelle, 1.00/1 or .50/1
cottonelle wipes 1.00/1 or better
coolwhip, any
gatorade g2
coupons good on ANY coke product
sprite coupons
mystic pizza coupons
arm and hammer detergent off 1
NBPN rebates good in Ct
Pull up's coupons( home mailer's only
WINE TAG's bread, beef, poultry,cheese, deli items
Unused Stamps(small denomination's okay)
Well concealed cash
Free's(that I need)
BOGO's(that I need)
bigelow tea, any
pphf, existing funds please
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3|2|Sounds like a great idea to me.. What should we make our goal? And are we going by full value or sale value or what?|Kristy|mi3zons1@yahoo.com|15:08:36|12/30/2008|
"Women should not have children after 35. Thirty-five children are enough." - anonymous (Only 28 to GO!) 4|1|This is an awesome idea Steve~*~|RebekkaVA|queen_vulture@msn.com|15:09:34|12/30/2008|
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5|2|I think that is a fantastic idea! I use to donate to a food pantry regularly...and have been rebuilding my stockpile and was gonna start giving again..|HONEY11|HONEY1@AMERITECH.NET|17:23:23|12/30/2008|
Hopefully starting the first week of january. I have also just recently contacted a childrens home where they are always looking for hba items..
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6|1|Ok lets set a $ amount goal face value on items as how you pay for it doesn't change the actual price and|tollman62|thebossatnight@yahoo.com|23:15:07|12/30/2008|
lets hope this serves as an incentive to shop better and contribute more How do we want to post the running totals?
I am looking for offers in concealed cash ayor ppef or make an offer in????
I mail all my trades from the post office and get a receipt.
you always hear noises in the dark when you work at night 7|2|Are you just counting food pantries or other charitable organization too.. Or the folks we give to just cuz they are in need??|eecwz|eecwz1@gmail.com |07:09:11|12/31/2008|
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8|3|I think any kind of donation should count not just food pantries...|KellyJef|burke3536@yahoo.com|08:11:42|12/31/2008|
If you give a bag of groceries worth $20 to your next door neightbor, I think that should be counted. 9|1|If you consider it a donation it counts could a few of you set the goal $amount for the group|tollman62|thebossatnight@yahoo.com|14:29:39|12/31/2008|
How would we like to track our progress?
I am looking for offers in concealed cash ayor ppef or make an offer in????
I mail all my trades from the post office and get a receipt.
you always hear noises in the dark when you work at night 10|1|Let's see.. 3 months... $1500 a month... $4500 ??|Kristy|mi3zons1@yahoo.com|15:40:50|12/31/2008|
"Women should not have children after 35. Thirty-five children are enough." - anonymous (Only 28 to GO!) 11|2|wondering if we should move this over to the frugal board? As the chat board is quite busy with posts, the frugal board seems slow on new posts..|HONEY11|HONEY1@AMERITECH.NET|21:25:23|12/31/2008|
I was also gonna say plse consider donating non food items such as shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, tampons, pads, toliet paper,bar soap or body wash, toothpaste, cough drops, chapstick,aspirin etc...as these items are mostly overlooked by people who donate, but these are all much needed items that people cannot buy with their food stamps..
I am working on using my b1g1f halls coupons I bought from someone on the coupon board, and will donate bags of those.
Also will start on the blistex deal at cvs tomarrow and will snag if lucky 20 blistex for $10...woo-w00!!
** I think it would be cool if we posted pics of the goodies we are donating, and noted where the items were donated to.
We can inspire eachother to give wheather it's a charity we know of, or perhaps if a rs member has a neighbor in need, we can ship lightweight items to help that neighbor out, and even help our rs family members if someone here is struggling to make ends meet..Whoever we help stranger or friend is great!!
12|3|Frugal or challanges, good work as well.|dlpavitt|dlpavitt@att.net|10:51:05|01/01/2009|
ALways looking for:
fancy feast UPC's(paying .05 each)
daisy sourcream .60/1, or .50/1
McDonald's Big mac Bogo's, or Free's
utz chips, any
viva papertowels, .75/1 after 10/11
cottonelle, 1.00/1 or .50/1
cottonelle wipes 1.00/1 or better
coolwhip, any
gatorade g2
coupons good on ANY coke product
sprite coupons
mystic pizza coupons
arm and hammer detergent off 1
NBPN rebates good in Ct
Pull up's coupons( home mailer's only
WINE TAG's bread, beef, poultry,cheese, deli items
Unused Stamps(small denomination's okay)
Well concealed cash
Free's(that I need)
BOGO's(that I need)
bigelow tea, any
pphf, existing funds please
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Try to get all trades out with in 12 hours of confirmation. If you do not have a board name, and feedback, I will mail my end, only after I receive your end. Happy trading. Thanks for looking, Donna
13|1|I just donated...see pic inside...|Isha|tm2ewing@sbcglobal.net|18:34:38|01/01/2009|
Thanks to some very AWESOME board members (Kathy, Sandra and more...) who helped me get coupons... I just took this load to be donated to out local Food Bank. I'm not sure if this will count towards the challenge since it wasn't my money I was spending lol...
My dh is a Police Officer and his work and the local VFW teamed up to help out the food bank... We live in a small town, and in all I was given $400 to work with (they new I could stretch that money till it screamed lol)... I spoke with the director of the food bank and what she really needed was items that were kid friendly... she told me that the number of kids they are not trying to feed has gone up over 100% here in our area in the last year :(
Heres what I donated:
70 Boxes of various Kellogg’s cereals
75 Packs of Raisins
35 Boxes of Quaker Granola Bars
15 Motts Totts juice
20 Minute Maid instant rice
25 Barrilla Spaghetti Pasta
25 Ragu Spaghetti sauce
30 Beechnut toddler microwave meals
200 Green giant veggies (in cans, corn, peas, etc..)
All of the above cost me $265 AFTER coupons, I also wrote a check to the Foodbank for $135!!!
So total out of pocket was $400, but retail value is much higher!
Heres a picture of the back of my expedition:
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/19954680
14|2|Wow!!! You did AWESOME....what a wonderful thing to do|kellysp6637|frugalk76@aol.com|18:39:09|01/01/2009|
GREAT JOB! 17|2|Wow! That's super! :D|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|19:24:23|01/01/2009|
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 21|2|that is so great isha, it probably lasted the pantry one day|glennie58|glenn_scott@alumni.ksg.harvard.edu|12:28:57|01/03/2009|
our pantry has been closed for weeks and they even started giving away people's leftover food off plates at restaurants which I think is totally illegal never mind disgusting, we got a bitten on piece of cooked steak which I am definitely taking back to them. 22|2|That is awsome Isha !|spilleliz|spilleliz@gmail.com|13:19:24|01/03/2009|
I think it is great to help the needy -even if we ourselves are struggling to make ends meet there are ways to help people. Coupons are a great way to get things for practically nothing and stock up to donate to help others. 15|1|WOW what a start we need a higher total with super shoppers around !|tollman62|thebossatnight@yahoo.com|18:57:46|01/01/2009|
I am looking for offers in concealed cash ayor ppef or make an offer in????
I mail all my trades from the post office and get a receipt.
you always hear noises in the dark when you work at night 16|1|If we need this moved 2 another board can we have that done|tollman62|thebossatnight@yahoo.com|18:59:27|01/01/2009|
Then every once in a while post a reminder on GC
I am looking for offers in concealed cash ayor ppef or make an offer in????
I mail all my trades from the post office and get a receipt.
you always hear noises in the dark when you work at night 18|1|Does it count if you give in the community|Kledwards|jeremiahkristyedwards@yahoo.com|20:20:36|01/01/2009|
For x-mas I gave boxes with different products in it to family's around my comunity. Does this count also. Wanted to start doing this for my community.
Kristy E. 19|2|Loved the picture of the goodies you donated! That is nice to see a group of people working together to help those in need..|HONEY11|HONEY1@AMERITECH.NET|20:39:22|01/01/2009|
"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results." -Willie Nelson
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20|3|I was just looking in my cabinet thinking YIKES something has to go here i cant find anything|AChickennugget32|mykingsqueen32@yahoo.com|20:53:54|01/02/2009|
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23|1|I just took some stuff in |tollman62|thebossatnight@yahoo.com|12:54:30|01/06/2009|
6 boxes of rice krispies
3 bags marshmallows
2 carnation milks
1 uncle bens rice
1 peanut butter cookie mix
22.79 plus a bag of cough drops to call it $23
so the total so far is $288 plus $135 check from ISHA's group
I am looking for offers in concealed cash ayor ppef or make an offer in????
I mail all my trades from the post office and get a receipt.
you always hear noises in the dark when you work at night 24|1|donated a box of goodies to a homeless shelter today|pussecat|pu55ecat@aol.com|13:21:57|01/06/2009|
6 - keebler crackers
12 - colgate tp
10 - crest tp
10 - ky 2oz
57 - soy joy bars
60 - zone perfect bars
44 - atkins bars
1 - om ready to eat bacon
6 - aaa 2pk batteries
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25|1|bumping so individuals can move their totals to the challanges board. :)|pussecat|pu55ecat@aol.com|08:35:52|01/12/2009|
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26|1|post your totals over on challenge board|tollman62|thebossatnight@yahoo.com|17:21:04|01/19/2009|
I am looking for offers in concealed cash ayor ppef or make an offer in????
I mail all my trades from the post office and get a receipt.
you always hear noises in the dark when you work at night 27|1|Could we also have a blood donor challenge there?|mfrs|mfrs.sv.ca@gmail.com|20:46:24|01/19/2009|
I'll start one on Wednesday if my iron level makes the cut but I get turned down about half the time. 28|1|I love the idea............|CJDJ112366|Lintaos@optonline.net|09:53:16|01/20/2009|
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