December Charity Challenge

I cannot believe that Christmas is in just a couple of days!  Are you ready for it??  I have a couple of gifts left to get BUT I know what I'm getting so it's just a matter of making it to the stores.  Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to.  I'm posting the Challenge late again this month.  I did drop the donations off almost two weeks ago, I've just been neglecting the blog so this is the first chance I've had to write up the post.

This month I donated to a different organization.  We had Noah baptized earlier this month and in the church's program it mentioned "Gifts of Love".  Every year our church puts together baskets for families in the area that might not be able to afford food/necessities.  I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to donate to my hometown.  I gathered the items (I think I had 5 or 6 bags all together) and sent them with my MIL.  Here are the items that I was able to donate:

Pictured above are:
-6 pkgs. pull-up wipes
-10 deodorants
-11 tubes of toothpaste
-5 shampoo/conditioners
-4 body wash/bars of soap
-3 lotions
-3 razors
-4 shaving creams
-2 facial wipes
-7 feminine products
-4 air fresheners
-1 tylenol
-2 bodi heat pads
-1 ear rinse

That is a total of 53 items.  The approximate retail value of everthing pictured is over $250!!  It still just blows my mind that by combining sales with coupons I'm able to accumulate this much to donate - and that is in addition to stocking my house with essentials :)  And for anyone wondering/questioning I DO NOT clear the shelves when I shop - some items pictured I bought from rainchecks that I had to get because the stores were out of the items at the time.

Now it's your turn!  How did you do this month?  Were you able to donate?  Please leave your link below.  Don't have a blog?  That's OK too - just leave a comment!

November Charity Challenge

Welcome to the November Charity Challenge!  I'm excited to see what everyone was able to donate this month. 

I donated 47 items this month (over $165 retail value).  Pictured above are:

-14 Kotex products
-1 Poise product
-2 St. Ives face wash
-6 shampoos/conditioners
-3 deodorants
-1 toothpaste
-2 ready to use formula
-1 formula sample
-3 aspirin
-1 nasal spray
-1 ear rinse
-2 V-8 juice
-2 Glade sense & spray
-2 Glucose monitors
-2 razors
-3 toothbrushes
-1 wet ones wipes
-1 bag of cough drops

Now it's your turn!  Did you donate this month?  Show off what you were able to give away by linking to your post below.  Don't have a blog?  That's OK too - just leave a comment.




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October Charity Challenge

Welcome to the October Charity Challenge!  This was a great month for shopping - CVS had a lot of free after ECB deals and Kmart doubles were back too!  Here is what I dropped off last week:

Last week I dropped off my donations for the month.  Once again, I took them to the Ronald McDonald house.  Here is a breakdown of what I donated:

-14 feminine items

-5 shaving creams

-4 razors

-5 toothbrushes

-5 toothpaste

-2 lotions

-2 deodorants

-1 aspirin

-1 eye drops

-1 nose spray

-7 shampoo/conditioners

-5 Tide travel size

-2 Wet ones

-3 Air Wick roof freshener

-1 Veet

-1 Pedialyte

-1 throat coolers

I was able to donate 60 items this month (over $175 worth of merchandise)!! 

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Charity Challenge

It's time for the Charity Challenge.  I'm going to post it at the end of this week.  I got some great deals on items in September and I will be passing some of those great finds to the Ronald McDonald House here in town.  I'll do the official CC post at the beginning of next week.  Get your stuff together so you can show off your generosity!!

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August Charity Challenge

I donated more than I usually do this month since I had not donated in July. July just went by so fast and we were busy with swimming and tennis. Last Friday, Logan and I dropped off six bags of items to the Ronald McDonald house. Here are the pictures of all the items:-7 shampoos

-6 conditioners

-2 glucose monitors

-13 deordorants

-2 boxes of band-aids

-2 bottles of Vitamin D

-3 tubes of toothpaste

-4 bars of soap

-5 razors

-4 cans of shaving cream

-1 body wash

-2 bottles of mouthwash

-19 small pkgs. of feminine pads

= 70 items (over $220 worth of merchandise)!!

I love being able to get so many items for free! Logan really enjoys taking all the stuff to the charities. If I had not learned how to shop at CVS there is no way this would be possible!! How did you do this month? Were you able to donate some of your stockpile items? Please share below if you did :)

Charity Challenge

July was crazy for some reason and went by way too fast! I did not have a chance to drop off any donations during the month so I'm hoping to double my drop-off amount to the Ronald McDonald house here in town. I will have the charity challenge next week and I hope that you can participate! View my past charity challenges HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.

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Welcome to the June Charity Challenge! Did you build up your stockpile this month? I got some great deals at CVS this month! I had a garage sale towards the end of May - I sold some of my stockpile there so I'm happy that I could build it back up again. I also got some stuff to donate. I'm donating to the Ronald McDonald house again. They are so appreciative and thankful for all the items I can give. Pictured above:
-6 boxes Kotex
-1 hairspray
-4 tubes of toothpaste
-1 shampoo
-1 conditioner
-3 razors
-7 bars of soap
-2 glucose meters
-7 deodorants
-3 icy/hot packs
-2 mouthwashes
-1 pkg. of cotton pads
Estimated value = $145!!

Now it's your turn!! Did you make some donations to your local charities? Leave your link - I would love to see. Also, please link back to me to spread the word of the Charity Challenge - thanks!! Don't have a blog?? That's OK too, just leave a message in the comments :)

May Charity Challenge

This afternoon Logan, Noah & I dropped off a bag of donations to the Ronald McDonald house. They were so appreciative. Here is what we dropped off:Pictured are:

-3 monitors

-4 toothpastes

-3 razors

-1 shaving cream

-5 deodorants

-2 shampoos

-2 conditioners

-1 body wash

-3 boxes of Band-Aids

-4 toothbrushes (2 not pictured)

Now it's your turn!! Did you make some donations to your local charities? Leave your link - I would love to see. Also, please link back to me to spread the word of the Charity Challenge - thanks!!

April Charity Challenge

Welcome to the April Charity Challenge. How did you do shopping last month? Did you get enough in your stockpile to donate some? I know I did! Below is a picture of what Noah & I will be dropping off tomorrow. I got some great deals and bought more than enough for our house. -7 J&J Buddies soaps
-4 Crest Pro-Health toothpastes
-3 Diabetes monitors
-5 Vaseline lotions
-3 Neutrogena soaps
-8 Kotex products
-1 bottle Excedrin
-1 bottle Irish Spring body wash
-1 container shaving cream
=33 items totaling over $150

I still have 3 more Diabetes monitors to donate and I didn't go through my stockpile that thoroughly.

OK - now it's your turn! Show me how generous you've been :) Leave your link back to your specific Charity Challenge post. Don't forget to link back to my blog also. Thanks for participating!!

Charity Challenge

Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!

I want to say thank you for joining me in what I hope is the first of many Charity Challenges. I don't have all the "rules" thought up for this challenge so the first couple will be learning experience for all of us :) The only "rule" I have is that you help promote the challenge by linking back here to my blog - that's it! Here is what I will be dropping off this week:

-2 bottles Gillette shampoo
-2 Children's throat coolers
-2 Bayer contour meters
-3 bottles Vaseline lotion
-10 tubes of Colgate toothpaste
-2 tubes of Crest toothpaste
-2 bags of cotton balls
-1 bottle of mouth rinse
-1 bottle of Pedialyte
-1 bottle of earinse
=26 items total

I didn't clean out my entire stockpile but I did make some extra room! I plan on dropping off the items on Wednesday this week. I'm not sure if I'll take them to the same shelter I've been dropping stuff off at or if I will go to a new one.

OK - now it's your turn! Show me how generous you've been :) Leave your link back to your specific Charity Challenge post. Thanks for participating!!