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Our Mission
Using Coupons: Encouraging Hope
Our mission is four-fold encompassing the
true spirit of giving back!
I've used coupons for almost 16
years. When I began college, the costs
were outrageous (and don't I wish those were
the prices today!), and I was looking for
any way to cut costs! Using coupons
has changed dramatically over the years, and
I've learned an incredible amount of
information that helps my family and I
stretch a very small budget!
I've also spent my life being very community
oriented, volunteering when I can, donating
when it's possible, and doing what I can to
assist others. I had two dreams for my
life... one was to be a mommy, and the other
was to be the founder of a non profit
organization. I have been blessed with
three beautiful children, and I have founded
two non profits, in two different states.
In order to combine my love of a great deal
with social outreach, Retire With Coupons
was formed!
1. Retire With Coupons offers
educational
workshops on the use of coupons, and how to
stretch budgets within an individual and/or
family's means! It covers the basics
of
coupon use, including where to find coupons, organizational
information, finding current
sales, store promotions, local store
policies and legalities, question &
answer session, and specific, detailed
explanations of some of our best deals!
This class is best for individuals who are
new to couponing who shop within our local
area of Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, as we include important
information that is specific to our
location.
We have scheduled monthly workshops at
Normal Township in Normal, as well as Mid
Central
Community Action, Inc. in Bloomington,
Illinois! We also provide our workshops on-site to agencies,
organizations, educational
facilities, and other companies who are
interested in sharing this financial
vision with their clients and employees.
Each workshop is two hours and costs $20 per
person.
Scholarship information is available upon
request by emailing
kimberly@retirewithcoupons.com.
View our
calendar of events
to book your workshop!
2. By utilizing coupons, we're able to donate
needed items within our community,
encouraging hope among those who may need it
most!
As an example, during the week of September 29,
2008, I purchased 116 boxes of cereal, and five
boxes of fruit snacks for only $10.25 and
donated it to Clare House! As recently
as January 17, 2009, my family and I donated
72 boxes of cereal, and 24 boxes of granola
bars, and paid less than $12 for all of it!
Retire With Coupons donates 5% of all our
fees back to the Clare House, in the form or
cash or groceries, depending on their need,
in an effort to facilitate hope and
inspiration among our community.
3. Scholarships! We are blessed
by individuals and companies who are
sponsoring individuals who can't afford the
workshop fees! We want social service
agencies to be able to refer individuals to
us, and if those individuals can't afford to
pay, we can use our scholarship funds!
Our hope is to eventually be a permanent
agency within the social service
organizations, and have funding allocated
for individuals if there isn't a budget
through the organization.
4. Shopping Crew! Lastly, Retire
With Coupons offers a "shopping crew"
monthly subscription targeting our
Bloomington-Normal and Mclean County,
Illinois area. Each subscription
includes Weekly Shopping Lists, Trusted
Coupon Sources, Monthly Coupon Swaps,
Unlimited E-mail Support, and Access to our
new Forums!
Click here for more
information and to subscribe to our shopping
crew!
As I mentioned, we want to give back in the
truest form by going full circle! We
provide educational workshops which provides
essential information to families on
budgeting in a unique way. We offer
our monthly subscription service to help
families duplicate good deals allowing them
to keep more cash in their pocket for other
items they may need, but couldn't previously
afford! Individuals and businesses
have stepped up to offer scholarship funds
for individuals to take our workshops and
subscribe to our monthly shopping crew that
may not be able to afford it otherwise, and
Retire With Coupons then donate a percentage
of these fees directly back into our local
food pantries! Amazing, isn't it?
Would you like to help?
* Become a sponsor! We have many
advertising opportunities available, so you
benefit from good-will publicity, as well as
just feeling good about giving back! View
our
Sponsorship Request
Letter, and our
Sponsorship Benefit
Chart for 2009! You'll see that
money is not the only way to help us help
others!
* Save your
coupons for us from the newspapers! By
having additional coupons, it allows us to
share the deals with other families.
Coupons allow us to duplicate the deals, so
we may donate to our local food pantries.
Coupons are the heart of our organization! If you'd like to
mail them, please send several weeks at a
time, and save on postage! Please send the full inserts, instead of
cutting them out individually. We file
entire inserts by date, so we may find what
we're looking for easier!
If you'd like to drop off the coupons, or
would like to request a pick up, please
contact me!
Thank you!
Retire With Coupons, PO Box 585,
Bloomington, IL 61702
Our Company is Registered in Mclean County,
Illinois
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