Coldstone Creamery FREE Ice Cream Social Night
Coldstone Creamery is having their 9th Annual World’s Largest Ice Cream Social to benefit the Make A Wish Foundation. The event will be Thursday September 30th from 5-8:00pm. There will be paper stars to purchase for a $1.00 donation to benefit Make A Wish. They will also be giving out FREE 3 oz sizes of Kate’s Creation which is Caramel Apple Ice cream, chocolate shavings, graham cracker crust and apple pie filling. Limit of one per person. Read more about the cause and the event on their website HERE!
Love Your Kids, Support Others & Get A Lunchables Coupon
by Kerri at September 2, 2010 in Freebies, Give More, Printable Coupons
When you promise to give a lunch note, Lunchables will give $1.00 (up to $100,000) to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s creative programs. Once you’ve selected your state HERE, you will get to pick a design and print four notes for FREE! And, if you share it on Facebook, you get a $1.00 coupon toward a Lunchable. It sounds like you can come back and do it again the next day too. Thanks FrugalCouponLiving!
911 Day Of Service Paying It Forward
There is an awesome website set up to help make it easier to teach your children about Paying it Forward! Check out 911DayofService.org to adopt a cause in your area. Once you adopt a cause, you can see if there is a charity in your area, with an opportunity to volunteer! If your business or charity isn’t added, you can click on the link at the bottom to get added.
Plus, Save the date for the 9/11 “Pay it Forward” Twitter Party on 8/31 at 7:00pm CST. There will be some awesome prizes and a chance for you to share your Pay it Forward venture! This is such an awesome way to teach your kids about doing things for others! Do something small…do something HUGE….do something!
Free Slice of Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake
by Tiffany at August 14, 2010 in Freebies, Give More, Restaurant
The Cheesecake Factory is offering a coupon redeemable for a complimentary slice of cheesecake for every donation of $5.00 or more during Hunger Action Month! (You will get this within 48 hrs via email and it’s good for dine in only!) A single slice of cheesecake is more than $5.00, so this is a great way to pay it forward and help feed the hungry!
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You also have an opportunity to win a chance to meet American Idol Winner Lee DeWyze, at the Cheesecake Factory in Hollywood by submitting a video of you singing. It all just sounds like a whole lot of fun. Thanks MyDFWMommy! Click HERE to get started!
Get Deals & Support Preschools!
by Kerri at June 14, 2010 in Entertainment, Give More
OK, when I saw this promotion, I knew it was perfect for Save At Home Mommy readers! SavvySource.com has started a new program that brings good local deals to it’s users while supporting local preschools at the same time. Each week, they offer parents a significant savings on a fun, family-friendly activity selected by the Savvy Source editors. They then donate 5% of each purchase to a preschool of the purchaser’s choice and another 5% of each purchase to a scholarship fund created to help parents afford preschool for their children. Their goal is to reach the $1M mark for funds raised for children by the end of the 2010-2011 school year. What a great way to save money on fun activities for your family while helping others!
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They are only rolling out this promotion one city at a time so while a city close to you may not be listed now, there will be a new one added each week. Right now you can find:
San Francisco Bay Area
Dallas Fort Worth Area
Los Angeles Area
Seattle
Philadelphia
Austin
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They just had a deal for a family membership to the National History Museum in LA for only $60, normally $125! Check out SavvySource.com and see what good deals you can find for this summer while giving back to other families in need.
Danville, VA Homeless Shelter In Need!
I know I live in CA and many of my readers are from out here but for several years I lived in Danville, VA. After I started my site, I became friends with another blogger and after a while found out that she lived in Danville, VA where we had just moved from. She sent me an email this week to let me know about a need at their local homeless shelter and since I still have some readers from that area I wanted to help get the word out.
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They are in desperate need of products that are super easy to get for free or close to it. Kathy is also matching donations with her own product donations for the next week so your donations go even farther. You can read her post HERE and get all the details.
Easy Way To Give
We have struggled lately with the encounters we have had with homeless and needy people. They seem to be happening more and more and we want to do all we can to help. While we would love to be able to take them all into the grocery store and buy them a week’s worth of groceries, that would be very expensive and not very practical with two little ones. We thought about buying gift cards to local grocery stores or restaurants but that too could get very expensive.
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Enter my genius idea:) I am being sarcastic about the genius idea of course but I was laying in bed one night trying to go to sleep when I had to wake my husband up to tell him my idea. It was all I could do to stay in bed and not start right then. Here is what we decided. We took some of our plastic grocery bags and then went through our pantry. We took out anything that was non perishable and or ready to eat and I pulled out my bag that I keep in the pantry for things to donate. We sat down on the floor and separated it all out as fairly as we could and then tied up the bags. It was so fun to do it will our little girl who fully understood what we were doing. She was walking around the house trying to find everything she could to give away. We actually had to explain to her that we did have to keep a few things:) It felt good to share such a valuable lesson with her.
Now, when we get to a corner or stop light and someone is there asking for food, we can pull out a bag and give it to them! I will be much more on the lookout for great deals on things we can include in these bags so we can keep making them. We put them in the car already and I know Marley, my five year old will be watching for someone we can give one to.
This was a super easy and frugal way to be able to meet the needs of others in our community. Most of the things we put in the bags were totally free or super cheap but they will have much more value to the person that receives them. There are so many options of things to included but here is what we included in ours this time:
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box of cereal or crackers
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cans of soup or ravioli with pop top lids
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granola bars
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bags of candy
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pouches of instant oatmeal
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single packs of pop tarts
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packets of on the go drink mix
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toothbrush
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travel deodorants
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bar soap or small bodywash
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we had one t-shirt that we had gotten that we did not need so we threw that in one
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we also included small pamphlets to tell them about our Lord and Savior and hopefully meet their spiritual needs as well.
How neat would it be if we all did this! The people in our communities would be shocked to actually get food and toiletries and maybe we could have a small hand in changing our communities. I hope many of you will look into your pantries and see what you might be able to live without that someone else can’t!
New Coupon Code for Angel Food Ministries
by Kerri at April 13, 2010 in Give More, Uncategorized
If you haven’t tried Angel Food Ministries out in the past, this month is the time to do so! There is an amazing coupon code out that takes 10% off your order. At the time of your order, enter in ZOOMFEEDBACK and voila! The best deal by far is always the Signature Box, which costs just $30 and would retail for about $65 to $75. Even if not for your family, purchasing Angel Food is also a great way to help stock one’s church Food Pantry ministry with quality, nutritious food at a great price. You have to act fast, though, because orders need to be in by midnight tomorrow night, Wednesday, April 14th! You can order at AngelFoodMinistries.com! Give it a try…you will be glad you did.
Donate & Get A $10 Gift Certificate
Make a donation of goods to The Salvation Army Family Stores before May 31, 2010 and get a $10 gift certificate towards a purchase at any Bass, Izod, or Van Heusen store. You may redeem one certificate per day, presented with the original Salvation Army receipt within 21 days of your donation. Get all the details HERE. Thanks Mummy Deals!
Donate Clothes & Get 20% off at Steinmart
Stein Mart has teamed up with Salvation Army to encourage people to donate clothing to their thrift store. From March 4-6th, bring your used clothing to your local Stein Mart and receive up to (4) 20% off regular, sale or clearance item coupons. They will even provide you with a tax receipt! To find a Stein Mart near you click HERE. Thanks MomsFunMoney!
