Many people ask me about what they can do with their expired coupons - should they just throw them away? The answer is NO. There are a couple of programs I discovered which send your expired coupons to overseas military families to use on base, but the easiest and most complete is the Coupons for Troops program, created by The Happy Housewife. Here is all of the information directly from her website:
Coupons for Troops is a program I started in 2008. My goal is to provide expired and non-expired coupons to military families stationed overseas. The prices in overseas commissaries are significantly higher than those in the States and military families do not always have access to coupons in newspapers and inserts. Military commissaries overseas accept coupons up to six months past the expiration date.
Military Commissaries accept manufacturer coupons as well as internet printed coupons. The Commissary is a grocery store so only “grocery” coupons are needed. Families cannot use store specific coupons (ie Target, Walgreens, Kroger).
Those who participate in Coupons for Troops are assigned an overseas military family. Coupons, which do not need to be sorted, are then sent directly to the assigned family. All overseas military families have FPO or APO addresses so mailing coupons costs the same as if you were sending them stateside. You can send as many or as few coupons as you have available. Please only send coupons that have been expired 3 months of less in order to give the families time to sort and use the coupons.
There are also opportunities to send non expired coupons to military families living overseas that do not have access to the commissary.
If you are a military family stationed overseas and would like to receive coupons we would love to add you to the mailing list.
For questions, more information, or to be assigned an overseas family please send an email to coupons4troops@comcast.net.
Coupons for Troops is a program I started in 2008. My goal is to provide expired and non-expired coupons to military families stationed overseas. The prices in overseas commissaries are significantly higher than those in the States and military families do not always have access to coupons in newspapers and inserts. Military commissaries overseas accept coupons up to six months past the expiration date.
Military Commissaries accept manufacturer coupons as well as internet printed coupons. The Commissary is a grocery store so only “grocery” coupons are needed. Families cannot use store specific coupons (ie Target, Walgreens, Kroger).
Those who participate in Coupons for Troops are assigned an overseas military family. Coupons, which do not need to be sorted, are then sent directly to the assigned family. All overseas military families have FPO or APO addresses so mailing coupons costs the same as if you were sending them stateside. You can send as many or as few coupons as you have available. Please only send coupons that have been expired 3 months of less in order to give the families time to sort and use the coupons.
There are also opportunities to send non expired coupons to military families living overseas that do not have access to the commissary.
If you are a military family stationed overseas and would like to receive coupons we would love to add you to the mailing list.
For questions, more information, or to be assigned an overseas family please send an email to coupons4troops@comcast.net.
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