Last week, I posted about “couponing for a cause” and two great causes – Couponing for Community and Mummy Deals’ Charity Challenge.  If you missed that post, make sure you read about it here! You’ve still got time to Mummy Deals’ Charity Challenge this week:  buy a box of pasta and donate it (when you participate in the challenge, you can also enter to win a $25 Restaurant.com gift card!)  You’ve got PLENTY of time to collect items for Couponing for Community in May!  This week, there are several food items priced at just $.49/each (Betty Crocker potatoes, Stove Top Stuffing, and Green Giant vegetables).  I encourage you to buy just 2 items and save those to donate to Stamp Out Hunger in May!

Each week, I’m going to post the best deals I see for donation items to get you started!  Getting freebies is great, but it’s even more rewarding when we can use our “coupon skills” to help others!

CVS:

Buy 1 Aquafresh Kid toothbrush – $1

Use $1/1 Aquafresh kid toothbrush printable or $1/1 Aquafresh kid toothbrush from 4-17 RP

Spend $0 OOP!

OR

Buy 1 Aquafresh kid toothpaste – $1

Use $1/1 Aquafresh pump toothpaste coupon – 4-17 RP

Spend $0 OOP!

Buy Colgate, Aquafresh, Listerine, Reach Total Care toothbrush, Reach Total Care floss, Dove, Yardley, Lever 2000, or Ivory bar soap – $1
$1/1 Colgate – 4-10 SS
$1/1 Reach dental floss or toothbrush – 10-10 RP
Final Price = FREE after coupon

Buy Edge Infused shave gel – $3.29, get a $2.30 ECB – limit 1 per household
$.55/1 Edge shave gel – 3-20 SS
Final Price = $.44 after coupon/ECBs

Rite Aid:

Buy Little Remedies Fever, Cold or Tummys or Pedia Care Fever Cold or Gentle Vapor Plug-in $4.99, get a $1 SCR (limit 2 rebates)
$1.00/1 Little Remedies – 3-27 SS
Spend $3.99 OOP, get $3 +Up Reward, $1 SCR
Final Price = FREE after coupon/SCR/+Up Rewards

$5 +Up Reward wyb $15 of Nivea Body Wash for Men or Women $3.99
$3/1 Nivea – 4-17 RP

SCENARIO:

Buy 4 Nivea Body Wash – $3.99 each

Use 4 $3.00/1 Nivea coupons

Spend $3.96 OOP, get $5 +Up Reward
Final Price = $1.04 moneymaker!

Target:

Band Aid bandages (8 ct adult or 10 ct character) – $.97 (in travel section)
$2/2 Band Aid printable
Final Price = free after coupon (when you buy 2)

Betty Crocker boxed potatoes – $.99
$1/2 Betty Crocker potatoes printable
Final Price = $.49/each (when you buy 2)

Degree Men’s Deodorant – $1.97
$1/1 Men’s Degree deodorant – 3-27 RP
$1/1 Degree deodorant Target printable
Final Price = FREE after coupons!

Nivea Body Wash for Men or Women – $3.04-$3.99
Use $1/1 Nivea Skin Care Target coupon
Use $3/1 Nivea for Men or Niea for Women coupon (4-17 RP)
Final Price = FREE to $.99

Stove top stuffing – $.99
$.50/1 Stove Top Stuffing printable (for Facebook fans)
$1/2 Stove Top stuffing – 4-3 SS
Final Price = $.49 after coupons

Consider doing this deal and putting items away for a Toys for Tots donation during the holidays:

Preschool games are $6.49 plus they are Buy One, get one 50% off (shown in ad – Yahtzee Jr, Memory, Ants in the Pants, Candyland, Chutes & Ladders, and Let’s Go Fishing)
$2/1 Candyland or Chutes & Ladders printable
Final Price = $5.74 for both games after coupons ($2.87 each)

**Don’t forget to print the mail in rebate offer here to get a free Tombstone pizza when you buy ANY Hasbro game! There is a limit of 5 per household!

 

Walgreens:

Buy Always Dri-Liners (40 ct), LeakGuard Plus (22 ct) – 2/$6, get a $4 RR
$1/1 Always pads – 4-3 PG
$.50/1 Always pantiliners – 4-3 PG
$1/1 Always product – P&G Everyday Savings booklet
Final Price = Free after coupons/RR

Buy Colgate Total Advanced or Gum Defense Toothpaste or Total toothbrush – 2/$6, get a $4 RR
$1/1 Colgate toothpaste – 4-3 SS
$1/1 Colgate toothbrush – April 2011 All You Magazine
$1.50/1 Colgate Toothpaste – 3-27 SS
Final Price = possible $1 moneymaker after coupons/RR

Buy Reach Total Care floss or toothbrush – $2.99, get a $2 RR
$2/1 Reach Total Care + Whitening dental floss – 10-10 RP
BOGO free Reach Total Care + Whitening Toothpaste – 10-10 RP
$1/1 Reach toothbrush or floss – 10-10 RP
Final Price = possible $1.01 moneymaker after coupon/RR

Green Giant vegetables – $.49 w/ in ad coupon – This is a great price!

Walmart:

Ken’s dressing – $1.42
$1/1 Ken’s dressing – 3-20 SS
Final Price = $.42 after coupon

Nivea for Men Cool – $3
$3/1 Nivea for Men – 4-17 RP
Final Price = FREE!

Olay bar soap (2 ct) – $2.47
$2/1 Olay products – 4-3 PG
Final Price = $.47 after coupon

Similac Ready to Feed – $3.84
$5/1 Similac Ready to Feed – 4-3 SS
$3/1 Similac Ready to Feed – 4-3 SS
Final Price = possible $1.16 overage

Spic & Span – $.97
$1/2 Spic & Span printable
Final Price = $.47 after coupon (when you buy 2)

Consider putting these away for Toys for Tots donations during the holidays:

Buy Candyland – $5

Use $2/1 Candyland printable coupon here

Spend $3 OOP!

Buy Toy Story Operation – $5

Use $3/1 Operation printable coupon here (sort by Toys & Games)

Spend $2 OOP!

Don’t forget about the mail in rebate here where you can get a FREE Tombstone pizza with the purchase of any Hasbro board game! The limit is 5 per household! So, you can get a game and pizza for less than the cost of the pizza itself! This is a great opportunity to stock your “gift” closet so you have gifts on hand for those last minute birthday parties you get invited to!

Do you know of any other great items to donate?  Let me know!

 

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I began using coupons “seriously” a little over 4 years ago.  The money we have saved using coupons has been a huge blessing for our family, and we have also been blessed because we have been able to give back to others.  As you become more confident in your couponing skills, I encourage you to work toward building a stockpile for your own family with items that you use regularly, but I also encourage you to take some of the items that you are able to get for free or really cheap and donate them to others who may be in need.  Food banks and women’s shelters or homeless shelters are always looking for donations of non-perishable food items as well as health and beauty items.  Many times, local church organizations also collect these items.

I’d like to introduce you to two different ways you can help to “coupon for a cause.”

Couponing for Community is a nationwide event utilizing the power of couponing and social media to make a united impact for those in need.  We invite you to join this community by using your couponing skills to give to a homeless shelter, food pantry, or a friend in need during the week of May 8-14! They chose this week to match up with Stamp Out Hunger Day, which is May 14th.  If your local Post Office is participating, all you have to do is put a bag of non-perishable food items by your mailbox on May 14th!

What is the Goal?
This year we are setting a goal of 10,000 items donated in one week’s time. We invite you to track your giving during the week of May 8-14 and share your story here. They will have a giving tracker to tally up everyone’s efforts!!

Make sure you like Couponing for Community here on Facebook to join in with this great cause!

 

Clair at Mummy Deals is also starting a “Charity Challenge” and each Tuesday she will be posting ideas about things that you can donate on a budget.  You can read more about that here.

Here are some free or cheap items you can pick up to donate this week:

Target ~

Band Aid bandages (8 ct adult or 10 ct character) – $.97 (in travel section)
$2/2 Band Aid printable
Final Price = free after coupon (when you buy 2)

Degree Men’s Deodorant – $1.97
$1/1 Men’s Degree deodorant – 3-27 RP
$1/1 Degree deodorant Target printable
Final Price = FREE after coupons!

Zantac Maximum Strength – $7.74
$2/1 Zantac Target printable
$5/1 Zantac printable
Final Price – $.74 after coupon

Walgreens ~

Buy Carefree pantiliners (20-22 ct) – $.99, get a $1 RR
$.50/1 Carefree – 3-27 RP
Final Price = $.51 moneymaker after coupon/RRs

Buy Luster White 7 toothpaste – $4.99, get a $4 RR
$1.50/1 Luster White 7 – 4-3 SS
Final Price = $.51 moneymaker after coupon/RRs

Walmart ~

Buy 1 Similac Ready to Feed – $3.84

Use $5/1 coupon

Get $1.16 in overage!

OR

Buy 2 Similac Ready to Feed – $3.84/each

Use $5/1 coupon
Use $3/1 coupon

Get $.32 overage!

*Get all of the details on this deal here

Are you already participating in an event like this in your community?  I’d love to hear about it!

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