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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.
If you are a military family stationed overseas and would like to receive coupons we would love to add you to the mailing list.
If you would like to participate in the program you can find specific details and a contact form here.
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That’s awesome, Toni. What a blessing for those families.
I’d love to send you some, I’ll start collecting.
Thats a great idea I will send you an e-mail!
That’s really cool. I should send you all the coupons I don’t use, expired or not. You could send them over too.
I’ve been doing this off and on for a few years. I will send you an email and start being consistent about it! Thanks for the reminder.
Neat, I’ll send you an email.
If you let me know your mailing address, I’d be glad to send you a bunch of my expired ones, too!
I think this is awesome!! I have sent this to everyone in my church family, roughly around 250 people! I am praying for a great response. Please email your address of where to send this coupons to. Thanks and God Bless. Melissa
does anyone know where to send the coupons to?? if so please email me at fireemt4508@firehousemail.com
thanks so much!
Hi! You emailed me your address to send coupons and like the bumble-techie I am I accidentally deleted it. Can you send it again?
I am interested in sending expired coupons and others that I don’t use!
From a military family that lived overseas…Thank you! This one thing really does help so much.
I would love to know more about this so I can send expired coupons, and encourage others to do so with a post on my website. They already have enough going on, to have to worry over ridiculous food prices too.
I am emailing you right now!
Hi!! Would you mind if I do a blog about this and send people (if any read it -lol ) over here to your blog.
i too am interested in sending coupons over seas i recently threw away approximately 250 coupons that could have helped someone else. it makes me sick to think about it please send me the address to mail them to.
samantha
I have lots of coupons to share… will send you an e-mail and hopefully you can send me the address. Thanks!
Could I send you some coupons to send along with yours??
I use to be a dependant overseas on the military base. It certainly was a blessing when our family mailed us their expired coupons. I would love to be able to do someone the same service.
Thank you for your service!
Hi! I too have heard of this but never knew where to send them! I have a bunch that just expired. Send me your mailing address and I will be happy to send them to you.
I would love to send coupons overseas and get my friends to do the same. Do you have an address overseas to send these coupons to?
Please send me more information and also your address so I too can send you coupons. I’m getting ready to go through mine. Also can I put your banner, coupons for troops on my website?
Hey Toni,
Okay, yeah food ain’t cheap in Singapore! We don’t even have a commissary. We have the NEX and they carry a lot of food but you know the NEX prices. Sign me up! Email me when you have time… we have to catch up. Love the site!
I would like to put a button on my website to tell people how they can get involved with their coupons. Could you give me the info so I can send you my expired’s and also so that I can let my readers know how to?
That is an amazing idea! I know that military life can be very hard especially stationed overseas. I’d be happy to help & will start collecting right away!
Sorry, one more comment. I forgot to ask, would you let me add your coupon button to my website so I can get the word out to others? I would really appreciate it. Thanks.
I have been saving these coupons for months. I am ready to get them off my desk. How expired can they be??
I have a ton of coupons and would love to get them out. Can anyone please email me the address to where to mail them to.
Thank you
segaldonna@gmail.com
I think this is a truly excellent idea and my company would like to help you with your effort in creating this charity. We would be willing to become a full corporate sponsor if you would consider formally incorporating as a 501(c)(3) organization and running this as a full time charity.
Please send me your address so I can mail you all of my expired coupons.
Please send me an email also, I have lots of expired coupons I would love to send to our troops and their families.
This is a great idea! I e-mailed you. I always hate throwing away expired coupons- its like throwing away money.
Hello, my son is in Iraq right now and beyond sending care-packages this would be a great thing for my expired and soon-to-be expired coupons to go and benefit. Please let me know how to send them to you.
Nancy
I have a business (Slick Buyer .com) that allows all members to generate a Coupon Code for the products they sell ie. on Ebay or on their own website. I’m trying to think of ways that the Coupons could be used to help your cause.
One senariocomes to mind; if your readers happen to buy stuff online they could ask their Vendor to generate a coupon and the savings could be donated…Ya/Na??
Just thinking out loud.I know that I would be prepared to setup a seperate site just to host my special coupns.
2nd senerio: If your readers talked their enough of their favorite companies into generating a coupon, then the coupons could be hosted on a seperate website for anyone to use and the proceeds could be donated to any organization.
There is probably a ton of ways of using my site to help others, I just never thought of it before!!
Can you please email me an address that I can send my expired coupons to you? thanks!
Please let me know a snail mail address to send expired coupons. Thank you.
Hi there! I’d like to add this to my sidebar and blog about it as well, let me know if that’s ok to do
I live in Stuttgart Germany. If any of you ladies would like to send me expired coupons I will glady except them. Please email me so I can give you my address. Thank you ladies for everything you do!!
I just emailed you!
Thank you for what you’re doing! The food costs here are horrible because they have to ship everything over — I can understand that, but you are so right — feeding our family on one income is really a task now…….
Thanks again!
Please send me your address and I will gladly send you some coupons. Can the families use the ones printed from the internet?
I would like to send you some coupons to you to add to those that you send to overseas military families. Please let me know where I can send those to.
I just sorted out all my coupons that expired 2/12/09, and was looking for this page, thanks for twittering about it! I have a bundle, I’ll email you about getting a family. Thanks!~
I live in Germany and would appreciate any coupons you could send my way. I would also pass them along to others that I know.
I would like to participate in coupons for troops. Please let me know how.
LOVE THIS! Would love info to get started. ALso the code for your button and want to use the info to start this program with our MOMS Club chapter!
PLEASE SEND ME AN ADDRESS TO SEND COUPONS TO I HAVE ALOT OF PEOPLE THAT LOVE TO SEND COUPONS
THANK,YOU
CURTIS
Thanks for caring so much about others! I would love to participate in Coupons for Troops! Please send me an address so I may send coupons.
Thanks,
Jayne
I have lots just need an address.
Please email me your address & I will start mailing you my expired coupons. thanks.
I think this is a good idea. I’ll tell my hubby about it.
I like your site.
Joyful@JoyfulJourney
AWESOME!! Everything is a lot more expensive overseas. Here in Germany our grocery bill went up by least $50 for the same things. Please let me know where I can sign up for the mailing list!!!
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