I have started something with my family and it is called Blessing Bags. I make Ziploc bags full of goodies to hand out to homeless people or people who I feel God is wanting me to give them these bags. I keep them in my car and it is a great opportunity instead of handing out [...]
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We recently got the opportunity to participate in a large back-to-school paying it forward event. Sponsored by Gutzy Gear and hosted by Madame Deals Media. Gutzy Gear graciously donated $25 and challenged myself and 80 other bloggers to buy as much school supplies we could. Then, we were to choose someone local in the community [...]
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One of my co-workers came to me a few weeks ago letting me know that her family was putting together a fundraiser to support their cousin who was recently diagnosed with evasive breast cancer. So, I wanted to share with all of my local readers, so that you might be able to come and show [...]
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For all of my local readers in the Piedmont Triad (NC), there will be a community Back to School Drive this Sunday 8/26 from 2-7 pm. WMMG and several other community leaders have partnered together to put this event on to collect school supplies for 500 deserving children in the community! My family and [...]
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On Saturday May 12th, letter carriers in more than 10,000 communities will collect food items and deliver them to local food banks to help some of the millions of Americans, including an estimated 13 million children, who face hunger every day. Since 1993, families have donated more than a half-billion pounds of food to Stamp [...]
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I recently wrote a post about DASANI’s new PlantBottle and their partnership with New Balance to create a shoe out of totally recycled products. If you missed my post, then you can read it here. But, I have some more exciting news!! DASANI has created a new App on Facebook called the “Photosynthesis” App and [...]
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For all of you that live in the Winston-Salem, NC area, be sure to eat out today and participating restaurants! Hope Du Joir 2012 is a partnership with local restaurants to help support the Crisis Control Ministry. 10% of all profits will be donated to Crisis Control, a local Christian-based emergency assistance organization. They provide [...]
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My friend over at Racing and Saving Mama is heading up a Toy Drive for the kids’ who are hospitalized over at Brenner Children’s Hospital. This is a local hospital located in my town that is specifically for children…many of these kids have serious conditions like cancer. They don’t get to wake up on Christmas morning [...]
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Did you know that currently in America 1 in 6 Americans does not have enough food to eat including nearly 14 million children? Or that in 2010 4.8% or 5.6 million households accessed food from a food pantry one or more times? And the numbers continue to climb as Feeding America reports they have seen [...]
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Welcome to Give Freely! One in five Americans deals daily with the issue of not having enough to eat. Many of those are children. As couponers, we have the unique opportunity to buy items at extremely reduced prices (or even free) to feed our families. The goal is Give Freely is to present you each [...]
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My name is Charlotte and I love shopping and saving! I started this blog to share with others how to stretch their budget by learning frugal tips on how to coupon and save!
I'm married to my high school sweetheart and we have 2 beautiful children ages 3 and 5! Outside of my couponing life, I work full-time at the Department of Veterans Affairs serving those who have fought for our freedom throughout the years!
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