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I get some crazy ideas.
So last year when I asked a few of my fellow bloggers to join me in using our couponing skills to make a united effort to give, I wondered if they might think my idea was…well…crazy.
But they didn’t. In fact, they actually wanted to do it again!
So this year, we decided to ask our readers to give again. But this time…I wondered if we could reach for a goal of 10,000 items in one week’s time?
I was pretty sure that this time they might officially call me loopy.
But no. I was wrong. Again.
Instead, 127 bloggers and hundreds upon hundreds of couponers dug deep, gathered the fruits of their savvy money-stretching fingers, set out donation bins in their neighborhoods, contacted their news stations, gathered their coupon clubs, held donation drives, and GAVE.
And when I thought you couldn’t give anymore, you just kept right on GIVING.
-And our 10,000 item goal? You blew right by that number like it was a mere handful.
-So we set a new goal. 15,000 came and went like it was a Dr. Oz freebie (I’m guessing most of you understand what I mean.)
-So we thought, could we actually reach 20,000? Double our goal?!
The numbers keep coming, but as I write this post, the numbers have been tallied and during the week of May 8-14:
26,639 items
were given to those who are struggling.
26,639 NEEDS were met.
And now, my tears are flowing. I’m humbled, blessed, and speechless at the way people (complete strangers!) across the country joined forces to give to those in need. I am convinced that couponers are some of the most generous people I will ever meet.
This slideshow made up of pictures shared on our Couponing for Community Facebook page demonstrates this truth far better than my words ever could. (And this isn’t even the half of what was given!)
After you watch it, would you please just leave a comment or a link to your blog if you were a part of this effort? I want to honor YOU.
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| A free slideshow by Smilebox |
It was a priviledge and blessing to be a part of this; thank you for putting this event together! Oh and btw- you are right about needing some tissue while watching the slideshow! Kinda silly to get teary eyed watching pics of regular household items flash across the screen…..but then again maybe not! : D
This is amazing! I am so glad to be a part of a couponing community that gives so much! The final tally is just so awesome – way to go everyone!
This was my first huge donation, the next time I want to go bigger, thanks!
Great job by everyone!!! This was so great to see. Thank you for putting it together!
Im honored to have been a small part of this. So much love!!! God’s Blessing to All!!
You’re right. The tremendous response is wonderful and heart-warming. All good people coming together can’t be wrong. Thank you for putting this together and everybody else who participated. I hope we all made a big, big bank in “Stamping Out Hunger”. Thank you! debbie@recyclebank.com
That final tally is AWESOME! I am SO glad I discovered this event. I had submitted a photo of one of my donations (#63), but there were two others I did.
One of those was a last minute donation to a charity here in town (a community cupboard) I discovered late Friday night. They were ecstatic with the HUGE box I brought them yesterday morning (over 70 items…sorry, I didn’t take a photo).
I’m definitely looking forward to next year’s event.
Great minds think alike..Congrats and almost tripling your goal. I hope lots of you will join the 100,000 coupon challenge on facebook. Working together as a team…We can truly make a difference.
Great Job!
Super Coupon Woman
So glad that my FB page could come together and be a part of this effort!! Sch an amazing thing that happened!!!
I’m honored to have been a tiny part and I’m so proud of all you fellow couponers. Give one hope for our world to see people pull together!
So honored to have been a small part of such a large outpouring of love.
I look forward to next year as this year my extended family was experiencing some personal issues that took a lot of my time. I am so excited for the small part I could participate in this year and am so excited about the collective results.
Thanks once again for putting this together! It is truly amazing what we are able to do when we all come together!!
Picture 14 my donation , Someone needed help, Glad to be of Help
THANK YOU for organizing this amazing event! We were inspired and so were our fantastic readers! We loved participating!
Loved participating in amazing event!!
So thrilled to have been a part of this. Can’t wait to highlight it again next year. I have an ongoing donation box in my pantry that gets donated every couple months anyway…but it’s fun to challenge myself and my readers to push it a little farther.
so stinkin awesome! i loved being a part of this! next time is gonna be even BIGGER!!!
Amazing! So Glad to have been a part of this!
So glad to be a tiny part of this! AMAZING job! Let’s keep the giving going!!!