Baby Food from Babies "R" Us

Last week I told you how to get free baby food from Babies “R” Us by becoming their fan on Facebook. I was able to get three $5 e-gift certificates through this offer. This weekend I took them in to our local Babies “R” Us and I was able to get a lot of baby food for less than $2. All of this will be sent to Haiti through a donation drive that my church organized. The Gerber two-packs were on sale for $1 each when you buy ten, regularly $1.29 to $1.69. The Revolution Mashups were buy one, get one half off. My total came to $16.73 which meant I only owed $1.73 after my e-gift certificates. Regular price, this baby food would have cost $23.58.

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My charitable grocery donations for the month of November were a bit higher. I bought $77.03 worth of items for an out of pocket expense of just $9.60. This does not include four diabetes monitors I made money on. The monitors are worth $260 and after I receive my rebates I will have made $80 on them. Here’s what I was able to donate for the month of November:

4 Tubs of Frosting

3 Cans of Soup

9 Boxes of Instant Potatoes

5 Boxes of Pasta

2 Bottles of Glass Cleaner

2 Jars of Peanut Butter

5 Cans of Tomato Sauce

1 Jar of Applesauce

1 Box of Brownie Mix

1 Bottle of Mean Green Cleaner

1 Bag of Ricola Cough Drops

2 Holiday Pencils

1 Container of Baking Powder

6 Cans of Vegetables

1 Muffin Mix

4 Cans of Gravy

1 Bag of Cat Treats

3 Boxes of Rice

1 Stick of Deodorant

As always, I do not share my charitable donations to boast. I share them so that others will see how couponing can be used to help others. My church is currently collecting food for Miracle Hill, a shelter in my area so all of my food last month went to them.

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I’m happy to say that my numbers keep getting better when it comes to buying for charity. I don’t track my personal spending as closely, but I’m sure that would show that I’m getting better at that, too. In all, I donated $120.18 worth of items in June and spent just $4.08 out of pocket. Here’s a list of what I was able to purchase:

One Bottle of Mouthwash

One Bottle of Pain Reliever

One Bottle of Soft Scrub Cleaner

One Bottle of Worcestershire Sauce

One Bottle of Lysol All-Purpose Cleaner

Two Bottles of BBQ Sauce

Two Cans of Soup

Two Bottles of Dish Soap

Two Nail Clippers

Three Vegetable Seed Packets

Three Knorr Side Dishes

Four Sticks of Deodorant

Six Tubes of Toothpaste

One Hula Umbrella (This helped my total significantly as it was a $39.99 item I paid $.29 for. Without it, though, my giving value still would have been more than $20 higher than May with an out of pocket expense that was $.38 less. By the way, I donated this to my church for use at the upcoming Vacation Bible School.)

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I don’t normally go to Rite Aid because I just can’t get into their Single Check Rebate system. But I found a tip on Deal Seeking Mom that sent me there yesterday. The hula umbrella was regularly $39.99, but on sale for $29.99. I used a $5 off any $25 Rite Aid coupon, plus another $25 off hula umbrella coupon and ended up paying just $.29 for this fun purchase. It almost makes me want to have a luau just so I can use it. Or I might donate it to my church to help set the scene during their upcoming Vacation Bible School. Oh and I’m sorry to say that this deal expired yesterday. If it makes you feel any better, I got the last one at my Rite Aid.

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I’ve heard it said many times that it is almost unimaginable what the church could accomplish if everyone tithed 10 percent like the Bible commands. I know giving is down at our church, which is why  this story is even more powerful! Late last month a church of 22000 people collected $19 million over a span of four weekly services! That equals out to nearly $900 a person!

What’s even more amazing is where this church is. No– it’s not
an American mega-church. It’s a church in Singapore! New Creation Church holds services in the Rock Auditorium in Suntec City Mall and will now build a new church in the city’s Buona Vista area. Now, what can God do in your church?

photo credit: gnondpomme

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