{#ThinkAboutOthers} Help a Teacher with Breast Cancer

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[tweetherder]#ThinkAboutOthers by helping a teacher with breast cancer on @crowdtilt through 4/20! #fundraiser[/tweetherder]

Alma Cita

A teacher in our community was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Due to the teachers contract, there is no sick bank provided for employees who need them for medical purposes. This leaves her having to go through treatment without any income.

She is an amazing and dedicated elementary teacher and is loved dearly by her students and colleagues, as evidenced by this fundraiser that was started by her colleague and friend. By giving just a little bit, you will help give her some peace of mind by helping ease her financial burden as she is going through her treatments.

To donate to her fund, visit this Crowdtilt page and make your donation. Every little bit helps!

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{#GiveBack} Reminder – Stamp Out Hunger Facebook Chat with Valpak Tonight at 7 PM CST

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[tweetherder]Join @maritramos from @ASavingsWOW for a #StampOutHunger FB chat w/ @Valpak on 4/17 @ 7 PM CST! @Savings[/tweetherder]

Stamp Out Hunger Facebook Chat

Stamp Out Hunger, organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), will be celebrating it’s 10th year on Saturday, May 11, 2013 and we are co-hosting a live chat with Valpak on Facebook to kick it off!

Join us and our fellow co-hosts, Briana Carter from Bargain Briana and Renae Chiovaro from How To Have It All, on TONIGHT at 7 PM CST on Valpak’s Facebook page when we answer your questions on how to save money on non-perishables, use stockpiles for donations and support your community year-round.

Let us know if there are any questions you would like answered during our live chat by leaving a comment below.

You can RSVP for the live chat on Valpak’s Facebook page. Make sure to invite your friends and family to join us. Together, we can all make a difference!

* START HELPING TODAY * Make your pledge to help Stamp Out Hunger on May 11, 2013 by filling out this form and Valpak will donate $1.00 to Feeding America (up to $5,000).  Each $1.00 helps provide the monetary equivalent of 8 meals secured by Feeding America on behalf of local food banks.

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{#GiveBack} Stamp Out Hunger Facebook Chat with Valpak 04/17/13

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[tweetherder]Join @maritramos from @ASavingsWOW for a #StampOutHunger FB chat w/ @Valpak on 4/17 @ 7 PM CST! @Savings[/tweetherder]

Stamp Out Hunger Facebook Chat

Stamp Out Hunger, organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), will be celebrating it’s 10th year on Saturday, May 11, 2013 and we are co-hosting a live chat with Valpak on Facebook to kick it off!

Join us and our fellow co-hosts, Briana Carter from Bargain Briana and Renae Chiovaro from How To Have It All, on Wednesday, April 17th at 7 PM CST on Valpak’s Facebook page when we answer your questions on how to save money on non-perishables, use stockpiles for donations and support your community year-round.

Let us know if there are any questions you would like answered during our live chat by leaving a comment below.

You can RSVP for the live chat on Valpak’s Facebook page. Make sure to invite your friends and family to join us. Together, we can all make a difference!

* START HELPING TODAY * Make your pledge to help Stamp Out Hunger on May 11, 2013 by filling out this form and Valpak will donate $1.00 to Feeding America (up to $5,000).  Each $1.00 helps provide the monetary equivalent of 8 meals secured by Feeding America on behalf of local food banks.

Thank you for reading A Savings WOW! and don’t forget to check out our check out our Coupon Database for lots of money-saving coupons!

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Operation Precious #ChevyCARgo Donations Needed Through 3/22

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Chevrolet and Operation Homefront have teamed up to collect donations for expecting military women in Illinois through Operation Precious CARgo. One of our favorite fellow bloggers, My Joy My World, has been selected as a team captain to fulfill a soon-to-be mother’s baby shower registry! But she needs our help to accomplish this! Through March 22nd, she’ll be collecting the following items to donate to an expecting military mom:

  • Diapers (sizes 4, 5 or 6)
  • Baby wipes
  • Bottles
  • Pacifiers
  • Blankets
  • Baby soap and baby lotion
  • Lanolin cream
  • Burp cloths
  • Onesies (gender-neutral)
  • Socks
  • Hats
  • Newborn lounger pillow
  • Hand sanitizer
  • Medical kit – thermometer, mini-nail clippers, bulb syringe, etc.
  • Hooded towel and washcloth
  • Sensory toys and/or stuffed animals

If you’re interested in helping, there are a variety of ways to do so (she is collecting donations through March 21st):

  • If you live outside of the area or would rather donate monetarily, please purchase a gift card through Amazon.com (any denomination) and email it to mjmwdonations (at) gmail (dot) com. Melanie will use the total donations to purchase items for the registry through the Amazon Mom program.

Please spread the word by clicking on the various “Share” buttons below!

Donate to Operation Precious #ChevyCARgo today!

Thank you for reading A Savings WOW! and don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter, “like” us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and follow us on Savings.com for the latest updates! Also check out our Coupon Database for lots of money-saving coupons!

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{Think About Others} Operation Precious #ChevyCARgo Donations Needed Through 3/22

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Chevrolet and Operation Homefront have teamed up to collect donations for expecting military women in Illinois through Operation Precious CARgo. One of our favorite fellow bloggers, My Joy My World, has been selected as a team captain to fulfill a soon-to-be mother’s baby shower registry! But she needs our help to accomplish this! Over the next 2 weeks, she’ll be collecting the following items to donate to an expecting military mom:

  • Diapers (sizes 4, 5 or 6)
  • Baby wipes
  • Bottles
  • Pacifiers
  • Blankets
  • Baby soap and baby lotion
  • Lanolin cream
  • Burp cloths
  • Onesies (gender-neutral)
  • Socks
  • Hats
  • Newborn lounger pillow
  • Hand sanitizer
  • Medical kit – thermometer, mini-nail clippers, bulb syringe, etc.
  • Hooded towel and washcloth
  • Sensory toys and/or stuffed animals

If you’re interested in helping, there are a variety of ways to do so (she is collecting donations through March 21st):

  • If you live outside of the area or would rather donate monetarily, please purchase a gift card through Amazon.com (any denomination) and email it to mjmwdonations (at) gmail (dot) com. Melanie will use the total donations to purchase items for the registry through the Amazon Mom program.

Please spread the word by clicking on the various “Share” buttons below!

Donate to Operation Precious #ChevyCARgo today!

Thank you for reading A Savings WOW! and don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter, “like” us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and follow us on Savings.com for the latest updates! Also check out our Coupon Database for lots of money-saving coupons!

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Help Tornado Relief with Superpoints Through 3/11

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What are you going to do to make a difference?

Through Sunday, March 11th 6 PM EST, we’ll are doing a Superpoints Spin-a-Thon for Tornado Relief! Anything we earn goes to the the Red Cross. We’ve teamed up with some other bloggers to make it an even bigger donation!

We encourage you to help us help lots of people by spinning on Superpoints. Please leave a comment below on how many points you got.

You can earn “points” on Superpoints and redeem them for prizes, including gift cards or PayPal cash.

Here’s our referral code if you want to be on our team:

Superpoints

Here’s our group for this Spin-a-Thon:

Madame Deals
Gimmie Freebies
Couponing To Be Debt Free
Saving By Design
Deal Hunting Diva
Coupons Saving in the South
Insights by April
Moms Saving Money
A Savings WOW!
Slop Swap
Become a Coupon Queen
Coupon Crazy Inky
Go Momma Coupons
Money Savvy Michelle
SlickHousewives

Start spinning on Superpoints to donate to the Red Cross today!

Thank you for reading A Savings WOW! and don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter, “like” us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and follow us on Savings.com for the latest updates! Also check out our Coupon Database for lots of money-saving coupons!

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DonorsChoose.org & Savings.com – Matching Donation Program Through 2/24

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As a Savings.com DealPro, we are so excited to be able to share with you this very special campaign they have going on with DonorsChoose.org! If you have not heard of DonorsChoose.org before, it is an innovative online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. We hear in the news all the time about how teachers sometimes have to dig into their own pockets to get supplies for their class projects, all to help give their students a better education. This is a way to be able to give back to your community and support a deserving project!

One thing we love about being a DealPro is that Savings.com is also passionate about thinking about others and giving back. Savings.com is helping make your money go further when you give back to a school in need in the new year! Use the gift code “SAVINGS” through tomorrow, February 24th, on Donors Choose and they will match your donation up to $100.

More about DonorsChoose.org: Approximately 40 percent of schools across the U.S. use DonorsChoose.org, an innovative online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. Public school teachers across the country post specific requests to support their classroom projects, ranging from pencils for a poetry writing unit, to violins for a school recital, to microscope slides for a biology class. Visitors to the website decide which project they would like to support and DonorsChoose.org delivers materials to the school once a project reaches its funding goal.

Here are some suggested tips on how to navigate through the site to find the perfect project:
– Get local – Use their location filter to find projects in your state or hometown.
– Get inspired – What are you passionate about? The environment? Water color painting? A book you’re reading? Narrow projects by subject area, or search for what you care about in the keyword box.
– Get choosy – Sort your search results by cost, poverty level, or popularity…whatever matters most to you.

If you are a teacher, we encourage you to submit your projects to DonorsChoose.org so that others can contribute funds to them.  After submitting your project, share it with your students’ parents, friends, family, and the community.  If you are a parent, we encourage you to see if your children’s teachers have submitted a project and contribute to it. If you are a community member, we encourage you to step forward and help students get the best education they can with your help!

Let us know if you have a project on DonorsChoose.org that could use some help in contributions by adding the link below.  We’d love to spread the word to our readers.  Also let us know if you contributed to something on DonorsChoose.org so that we can give a shout out for that as well.

How are we contributing to DonorsChoose.org is by donating to a project in our school district. We are also passing the information on to the teachers so they can submit their projects.

Find a project on DonorsChoose.org today!

Thank you for reading A Savings WOW! and don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter, “like” us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and follow us on Savings.com for the latest updates! Also check out our Coupon Database for lots of money-saving coupons!

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{Reminder} Join Us for the #lifestylechat with Loaves & Fishes 2/8 from 7-8 PM CST

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Join us for an hour long live chat during Loaves & Fishes’ fundraising event to raise money to help them continue to help feed local families in need. It will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, February 8th, from 7 to 8 PM CST.

We will be discussing The Power of Community To Change Lives, and share ideas about how we can all serve and support our local food pantries as more and more Americans are in great need.

Loaves & Fishes provides food to individuals in Naperville, IL and DuPage County whose financial circumstances make it difficult to provide for themselves or their families.

They do it through the Power of Community: the generous support of thousands of individuals, businesses, faith communities, and organizations who believe in their mission.

Please join us, we’d love to share ideas with you in this important topic!

Follow @maritramos and @Loaves_Fishes during the Twitter party or use our customized Tweet Grid to follow along.

RSVP for the #lifestylechat!

Thank you for reading A Savings WOW! and don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter, “like” us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and follow us on Savings.com for the latest updates! Also check out our Coupon Database for lots of money-saving coupons!

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Join Us for the #lifestylechat with Loaves & Fishes 2/8 from 7-8 PM CST

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Join us for an hour long live chat during Loaves & Fishes’ fundraising event to raise money to help them continue to help feed local families in need.

We will be discussing The Power of Community To Change Lives, and share ideas about how we can all serve and support our local food pantries as more and more Americans are in great need.

Loaves & Fishes provides food to individuals in Naperville, IL and DuPage County whose financial circumstances make it difficult to provide for themselves or their families.

They do it through the Power of Community: the generous support of thousands of individuals, businesses, faith communities, and organizations who believe in their mission.

Please join us, we’d love to share ideas with you in this important topic!

Follow @maritramos and @Loaves_Fishes during the Twitter party or use our customized Tweet Grid to follow along.

RSVP for the #lifestylechat!

Thank you for reading A Savings WOW! and don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter, “like” us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and follow us on Savings.com for the latest updates! Also check out our Coupon Database for lots of money-saving coupons!

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy for more information.

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{Think About Others} DonorsChoose.org & Savings.com – Matching Donation Program Through 2/24

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As a Savings.com DealPro, we are so excited to be able to share with you this very special campaign they have going on with DonorsChoose.org! If you have not heard of DonorsChoose.org before, it is an innovative online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. We hear in the news all the time about how teachers sometimes have to dig into their own pockets to get supplies for their class projects, all to help give their students a better education. This is a way to be able to give back to your community and support a deserving project!

One thing we love about being a DealPro is that Savings.com is also passionate about thinking about others and giving back. Savings.com is helping make your money go further when you give back to a school in need in the new year! Use the gift code “SAVINGS” any time between January 27th and February 24th on Donors Choose and they will match your donation up to $100.

More about DonorsChoose.org: Approximately 40 percent of schools across the U.S. use DonorsChoose.org, an innovative online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. Public school teachers across the country post specific requests to support their classroom projects, ranging from pencils for a poetry writing unit, to violins for a school recital, to microscope slides for a biology class. Visitors to the website decide which project they would like to support and DonorsChoose.org delivers materials to the school once a project reaches its funding goal.

Here are some suggested tips on how to navigate through the site to find the perfect project:
– Get local – Use their location filter to find projects in your state or hometown.
– Get inspired – What are you passionate about? The environment? Water color painting? A book you’re reading? Narrow projects by subject area, or search for what you care about in the keyword box.
– Get choosy – Sort your search results by cost, poverty level, or popularity…whatever matters most to you.

If you are a teacher, we encourage you to submit your projects to DonorsChoose.org so that others can contribute funds to them.  After submitting your project, share it with your students’ parents, friends, family, and the community.  If you are a parent, we encourage you to see if your children’s teachers have submitted a project and contribute to it. If you are a community member, we encourage you to step forward and help students get the best education they can with your help!

Let us know if you have a project on DonorsChoose.org that could use some help in contributions.  We’d love to spread the word to our readers.  Also let us know if you contributed to something on DonorsChoose.org so that we can give a shout out for that as well.

How are we contributing to DonorsChoose.org is by donating to a project in our school district. We are also passing the information on to the teachers so they can submit their projects.

Find a project on DonorsChoose.org today!

Thank you for reading A Savings WOW! and don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter, “like” us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and follow us on Savings.com for the latest updates! Also check out our Coupon Database for lots of money-saving coupons!

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy for more information.

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