Stamp Out Hunger – Saturday, May 11, 2013

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Please help Stamp Out Hunger this Saturday, May 11, 2013

Did you know?

  • 1 in 6 Americans are facing hunger.
  • More than 50 million people, including nearly 17 million children, are facing hunger.
  • Nearly 6 million Americans are fed by food banks each week.

The National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger food drive—which is always held on the second Saturday in May—is the largest one-day food drive in America. Benefiting Feeding America—and now in its 21st year—the event provides relief to millions of Americans struggling to put food on the table.

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YOU CAN HELP in Just 3 Easy Steps!

1. Purchase non-perishable food items.

Examples of appropriate food items include:

  • Jars of peanut butter
  • Canned fish
  • Packaged dried fruits
  • Boxes of cereal

2. Place food items into a bag and leave the bag at your mailbox on Saturday, May 11th.

Your local letter carrier will pick up your and deliver it to your local food bank

3. Spread the word.

Tell everyone you know to leave non-perishable food by their mail boxes, too.

coupon shopping

Be sure to use this shopping list to help you shop and realize coupon savings so you save money on your Stamp Out Hunger food item purchases. When you go to http://www.CommonKindness.com, you can also designate your local food bank as the recipient of the funds your CommonKindness coupon redemptions generate.

WIN CASH on CommonKindness

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For 9 days, beginning today CommonKindness is running a Find The Gold Coupon Contest!   All you have to do is locate the special Golden Coupon similar to the one pictured above. There will be 4 Golden Coupons posted at random times throughout the day (each of these 4 coupons will only be available to print for 15 minutes!) so you’ll want to head here and check the site often.

Here’s How the Golden Coupon Contest Works:

* Head over to CommonKindness.com throughout the next 9 days and keep your eyes peeled for a Golden Coupon
* If you spot a Golden Coupon, clip and print the coupon right away (these coupons will only be available for 15 minutes so you’ll want to be quick!)
* Look for the unique Golden Coupon Code embedded in the terms of the coupon (you will need to print the coupon in order to view the terms).
* Send an email to the email address info@commonkindness.com and be sure to write the unique Golden Coupon Code in the Subject Line of the email.
* The first 2 email submissions received for each Golden Coupon will be awarded a $10 cash prize (there will be a total of 8 winners daily!).
* If you have additional questions, please send an email to info@commonkindness.com

Fine Print: Limit one $10 cash check per person. If individual has already been selected to receive $10 cash, the next consecutive email submission will then be selected. Each of the 8 winners will be notified via email at the end of each day.

Happy Hunting!

Celebrate National Volunteer Week With A Buddy Fruits Coupon

 Buddy Fruits with NonProfit CommonKindness Coupon
The Buddy Fruits Promise has remained the same since day one: 100% Fruit, 100% Taste and 100% Pleasure!  Buddy Fruits is the US pioneer of the squeezable fruit pouch and is committed to delivering our families, a nutritious alternative to unhealthy foods.With Buddy Fruits wholesome choice of natural ingredients, the products are an easy way to outsmart temptation! With a large variety of flavors, sizes and products available, all family members are able to consume healthy fruits daily.

CommonKindness Celebrates National Volunteers Week

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CommonKindness (http://www.CommonKindness.com) is raising a glass to the 64 million volunteers in America who, according to the Department of Labor, donate 8.1 billion hours of their time to service work each month. Commencing on Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2013, the free printable grocery coupon website will focus on the extraordinary work of individual volunteers and nonprofit organizations in America to honor them and their efforts.

CommonKindness is a social enterprise launched by Andrew Martin, the founding chair of Annie’s Macaroni and Cheese and Smartfood Popcorn, and New Zealand native Sarah Schloemer. The disruptive online coupon model they created features a pay-per-redemption model that brands love and allocates 20 percent of revenues to nonprofit organizations.

“CommonKindness has created a source of sustainable funding for America’s nonprofit organizations, so volunteers can spend less time on fundraising and more time performing acts of kindness that help others,” said Sarah Schloemer, president of CommonKindness.

“Thousands of nonprofits—from the Red Cross to the United Way to P.A.W.S.—are benefiting from CommonKindness and have engaged their members,” says Schloemer. During National Volunteer Week, and for several weeks afterward, CommonKindness will showcase the work of individuals and organizations in its e-mail, blog, Facebook page, Twitter feeds, and other messaging. The coupon website will also suggest ways to honor local volunteers, get more involved in the community and help others.

Established in 1974 by President Richard Nixon, National Volunteer Week is the official time to celebrate the kind people who are improving the lives of others through their dedication and service work.

“Economic uncertainty has increased pressure on governments, businesses, and nonprofits to do more with less,” said Schloemer. “The work we are doing to raise funds is only part of the solution. Volunteers contribute more than just time. It’s their talent, advocacy, and kindness that bring about meaningful change and they deserve to be honored for their incredibly kind efforts that benefit our communities.”

Congratulations to Cipper Girl, Our New Partner in Kindness

www.ClipperGirlSavingSpot.com went beyond the savings and incorporated a message of kindness for her audience.  Thank you Clipper Girl for spreading kindness and helping your audience Save Money & Help Others.

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Excerpt from site:

“CommonKindness.com is a great place to find not so common coupons to print.  What I like best about CommonKindness is the fact that when I print coupons to help me save money on products that my family uses, I am also helping a non profit organization.  CommonKindness.com donates 20% of funds received to a non-profit of my choice.  Living in a small town as I do, I didn’t think I would find a non profit in my area to assist.  Boy was I wrong!!!  There were over 7 pages of non profits listed.  I’ve decided to support Rocking Horse Ranch Therapeutic Riding Program.  It feels good to know that even in these difficult financial times I can help provide someone with a better quality of life just by printing a coupon.”

New CommonKindness iFrame Benefits Non-Profits

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Nonprofits Raise Money and Attract New Visitors with New CommonKindness Coupon Gallery iframe

By adding a CommonKindness Coupon Gallery to their websites, nonprofit organizations can draw new website visitors and empower supporters and guests to save money on their grocery bills while raising money for their favorite nonprofit causes.

Nonprofit organizations can now fundraise, reward their current audience of supporters, members, and volunteers, and entice new visitors to their websites by simply adding the CommonKindness Grocery Coupon Gallery to their website. The embedded coupon gallery keeps visitors on the nonprofit’s website, and can be easily implemented using HTML iframe coding.

“The CommonKindness Coupon Gallery is a fresh approach nonprofits are taking to draw a new demographic to their websites and reward their existing base of supporters,” said Sarah Schloemer, president of CommonKindness. “It is a great way to associate the organization with the good feeling people experience both when they make charitable contributions and when they save money for their families.

Launched to provide an innovative way for America’s cash-strapped consumers to help their favorite charities, CommonKindness is a social enterprise that gives 20 percent of its coupon redemption revenues to 501(3)(c) nonprofit organizations chosen by participating shoppers.

Seventy-three percent of consumers say they’ve redeemed online coupons in the last month, according to a recent survey. CommonKindness Coupon Gallery feeds growing consumer demand for discount offers, while providing a sustainable source of funding for nonprofits. The model has attracted a wide range of valuable discount offers from dozens of major brands and engagement from many local and national nonprofit organizations.

The CommonKindness Coupon Gallery employs iframe HTML coding to display coupon offers inside a window on the nonprofit’s website—or any other website for that matter. Websites like  LivingRichWithCoupons.com, StockPilingMoms.com, and YesWeCoupon.com are utilizing the CommonKindness Coupon Gallery iframe to offer their audience unique coupons. The sites benefit from increased site visitation and length of time visitors spend on their website—two key metrics that profoundly affect website placement in search engine results.

“Being able to offer unique CommonKindness coupons through an iframe directly on our site is amazing,” said Jenny Martin of SouthernSavers.com. “We are able to keep visitors on our site and help benefit nonprofits at the same time. In the end it makes us a greater resource and helps others. It’s a total win-win!”

“Our model is designed so that everyone wins,” added Schloemer. “That is the essence of everything we do here at CommonKindness.”

Celebrate World Water Day with New Nature’s Gate Coupons from CommonKindness.com

Natures Gate CommonKindness CouponNature’s Gate, creator of personal care products formulated from botanical remedies, is celebrating World Water Day—March 22, 2013—with free printable grocery coupons that reward shoppers and support charities. Each CommonKindness.com coupon saves the shopper $1.50 on their Nature’s Gate purchase and generates funds for the nonprofit organization of the shopper’s choice.

CommonKindness donates 20 percent of its revenues to the nonprofit organizations shoppers choose when they go to http://www.CommonKindness.com and start downloading coupons. In honor of World Water Day, Nature’s Gate suggests shoppers consider selecting WaterAid as their designated nonprofit to support the organization’s mission to help communities in Asia, Africa and Central America obtain long-term access to safe, clean water.

The United Nations established World Water Day as a means of focusing attention on the importance of safe water, and to advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. WaterAid uses this day to raise awareness that 11 percent of the world’s population does not have safe water to drink, and that this coupled with poor sanitation, results in 2,000 children dying every day.

“Over 783 million people around the world still do not have access to safe water,” said Sarah Schloemer, president of CommonKindness.com. “Helping organizations like WaterAid bring water to those who need it is very rewarding to me—and our coupons make it rewarding to consumers.”

Rainwater has always held special significance to Nature’s Gate. Over 40 years ago, founders Leo and Vladimir blended rainwater and natural herbs from their herb shop to create the very first Herbal Rainwater Shampoo. Shortly thereafter, they began giving it away to their friends and herb shop customers. It became a phenomenon all along Venice Beach, California.

Nature’s Gate continues to be inspired by its surroundings, creating formulas that combine proven botanical, herbal, and floral treatments with modern ingredients and techniques. Using all-natural herbs and pH-balanced formulas, each product is carefully formulated to deliver the many benefits of each unique botanical blend. All Nature’s Gate products reflect ongoing efforts to preserve the earth’s natural resources and develop sustainable sources of clean water.

About Nature’s Gate
Since its founding over 40 years ago, Nature’s Gate has been pairing nature with science to create high quality, safe, sustainable, and affordable personal care product s. Nature’s Gate products are made with pure, sustainably-harvested herbs, fruits, and essential oils (no animal-derived ingredients) that enhance the overall health and well-being of people and the planet.