January Food Bank Donations: 53 Items Donated

Coupons are so wonderful!  Not only do they help bring down our grocery budgets, but they also let us shop for others for FREE!  Food Banks across the nation are in constant need of food and people in our own neighborhoods are hungry.  With the power of a little coupon it is possible to donate many items to the food pantry with little impact on your own budget.

My goal is to donate a minimum of 15 items per month to the food bank.  Last year my goal was 10 items.   I share my monthly posts with you so that we are all reminded that coupons are great and a wonderful way to help other people….without affecting our bottom line!  All it takes is a few extra prints of an online coupon or a few extra clips of the coupons in your own pile for products you will not use and you are well on your way to helping others!

In January I made a profit of $2.80 for the 29 items I purchased to donate to the food bank.

Items Purchased
8 Starkist Tuna ($4.00 profit after coupons)
10 Target Macaroni and Cheese (free after Target coupon)
6 Prego Sauce (20¢ each after coupon)
1 Combo (Free at CVS after ECB)
1 Skinny Cow Chocolate Bar (Free at CVS after ECB)
1 Coffee (1¢ – Publix Penny Item)
2 Idahoan Potatoes (Free with Free Product Coupon from All You Magazine) 
29 Items Purchased.  When all is said and done I was at a profit of $2.80!

Items Donated After I Cleaned Our Pantry/Stock Pile
2 Progresso Soup
4 Jolly Time Popcorn
1 Multigrain Cheerios
1 Velveeta and Cheese 2%
8 Bottles Salad Dressing
1 Bottle Fish Oil Vitamins
5 Toblerone + Big bag of assorted candy
1 Fiber One Bar
1 Minute Maid Juice Box 
24 Items Cleaned Out

*Sorry the photos aren’t exact – as I cleaned up I found more and more things that I had put away for donation.