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Sunday, March 15, 2009
Here’s the Deal: Where to donate coupons?
A friend of mine here at work had a great idea that I don’t think has been explored in this area.
She asked me if there was anywhere she could donate her unused coupons to benefit others in the community.
I know of coupon Web sites that accept donations, such as www.couponshare.com, and have recently heard of coupon donations that can be made to military families overseas via the Overseas Coupon Program.
Expert shopping/blogging moms Carrie Koors of Liberty Twp. and Andrea Deckard of Monroe clued me in on that program, which serves military families by sending manufacturers coupons overseas for use by families at military bases.
For more on that charity, visit ocpnet.org/.
But locally, while I have found a great deal of interest in donating coupons, I have yet to find a place that collects and offers these coupons for others to use.
If you know of any Dayton-area organizations that need excess coupons or ones that provide this service for others, please e-mail me at jikelley@DaytonDailyNews.com or call (937) 225-7325.
I will put the results up here, and include them in next Sunday’s Here’s the Deal column in the Life section.
This week’s deals
I thought there would be more St. Patrick’s Day deals to report for this week’s column, but I haven’t come across any that aren’t selling green hats and four-leaf clovers.
But there are plenty of great spring sales today and throughout this week.
Sears is celebrating the season Friday and Saturday, March 20-21, with 40 percent off girls’ dresses and boys’ dresswear just in time for Easter, 30 to 40 percent off fashion jewelry and an extra 15 percent off if you bring in the flier in today’s newspaper.
J.C. Penney also is thinking spring, with 30 to 50 percent off many items of women’s clothing and handbags, up to 50 percent off kids’ spring fashions and the continuation of the store’s custom window coverings sale.
Morris Home Furnishings is having what it calls its biggest sale of the season now through March 24, offering 50 percent off and the opportunity to pay nothing for 12 months to qualified buyers.
Office Depot, Best Buy, Target and Big Lots also are having big sales this week. Look for fliers in today’s paper.
Deals Team reports
It is nearly spring, so that means it is time for the first TWIG sales of the year. These sales of gently used children’s items benefit area families as well as Children’s Medical Center of Dayton. TWIG is an auxiliary member of Children’s.
Deals Team member Dana Clayton of Vandalia mentioned that the TWIG 45 organization is having its Moms Mart on Saturday, March 28, at Smith Middle School in Vandalia. I will have more about that sale in next week’s column.
The Springboro group, TWIG 3, is having its sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Clearcreek Elementary School, 750 S. Main St.
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