Happy Independence Day – Support our Troops

Happy Independence Day to all of my wonderful readers. I am so grateful for each and every one of you. I am also grateful to our troops who are protecting our freedom against those who wish to destroy our way of life. I support you, I pray for you, and I thank you for the sacrifices that you are making to keep us safe and free.

One easy way to support our military families is to send coupons, both new and expired, to help them to save money on their groceries.

I have found two sites that will walk you through how to send your expired coupons to our military families. Our military families will use them at their base commissary (grocery store) or PX/BX (department store). They will accept manufacturers coupons that have expired. Of course, you can send current coupons too. As a former soldier, I remember that the commissary doesn’t have hundreds of choices like our local supermarket does, so I would stick with nationally known, popular brands.

This would be a wonderful family project or group project for your scout troop or church group to participate in.  Make sure the coupons are cut out neatly so you are not paying postage on extra weight. The coupons can be two months past their expiration date.

Here is the site for all the details: http://www.ocpnet.org

Another option from one of my readers….

CouponsToTroops is another option for sending your coupons directly overseas. Instead of adopting a base and sending to a generic address on base, CTT recommends mailing coupons directly to a family who is stationed overseas. By mailing direct, you KNOW the coupons you send are getting to someone who will either use them or share them with others. And they’ll even help put you in touch with a military family. You can find them on Facebook athttp://www.Facebook.com/CouponsToTroops  or send them an email at admin@couponstotroops.com for more information.

Don’t forget, there are free printable coupons on my home page under “grocery coupons” (the black tab) that  you can print out  and include  in your shipment. Before you can print out the coupons for the first time, you must set up an account and download a printer driver (easy-just follow steps) in order to print the UPC codes on the coupons.

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