Congratulations to Kirstin of Hampton for winning the Donate $10, Get $20 Giveaway hosted by your local bloggers!  Kirstin had an amazing donation for only $10.25 OOP! Families in Hampton Roads will greatly benefit from Kirstin’s diverse and healthy donation! 

Thanks to everyone who donated to the Extreme Food Drive!

“Gooooooooooood Morning Hampton Roads Families!”

Are you planning to enter the Donate $10, Get $20 Giveaway for donations made to the Extreme Food Drive? 

You must have your donation photo and reciept submitted by tomorrow, February 4th at 9pm EST.  Email me, Laura at A Frugal Chick, Lori at The Coupon Consultant or Sharon at Mom on Dealz to submit your entry.  You only need to email one of us to enter. 

Get all the giveaway details here

On February 5th we will compare all of our contestants and pick a winner. The winner will get a $20 gift card to their grocery store!

*Giveaway is open to Hampton Roads locals only

Enter these great giveaways:

Wildtree All-Natural Products
The Big Game (you know the one) CASH Giveaway
Fogless Mirror
Copy of What To Expect When You’re Expecting
300 Cut Coupons
ANOTHER Big Game Cash Giveaway
Flowerz in Her Hair Bows
Strong Mamas Fit Families DVD
Mommy Makeover

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Have you kicked off the New Year with a more healthy lifestyle?  Part of eating healthy is knowing what is in the foods you’re consuming.  That is why I am so excited to tell you about a company, Wildtree,  founded by a mom in 1996.  Wildtree offers culinary blends, grapeseed oils, breads, & many more food items that are all-natural….No MSGs, No preservatives, No dyes, No high fructose corn syrup….basically no additives!  As a mom of 2 children looking to feed my family more natural foods, Wildtree offers just what I’m looking for!

My experience:

Wildtree was founded on the promise that food should be natural, nutritious, delicious and easy to prepare-all at the same time.  My experience with Wildtree has proven that they have fulfilled their promise.  We had the opportunity to try several Wildtree products over the past few weeks.  I used the Rancher’s Steak Rub for flavoring London Broil and the Taco Seasoning in our nachos.  We found both seasonings to be full of flavor, yet happily lacking preservatives and other additives.  I made Wheat Flax Beer Bread with pasta one night and it was a hit, even with the kids!  I simply combined the Wheat Flax Beer Bread mix with the appropriate liquids and we had a yummy bread with very little effort or leftovers.

My favorite sample was Just Like Mom’s Meatloaf Mix.  The mix made dinner prep a snap and it was delicious!  I had never considered adding soy sauce to meatloaf but that combined with the special seasoning in Just Like Mom’s Meatloaf Mix was amazing!  Even better, it was All Natural!
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And the winners of the Chiquita Mom Kit are…

#100 – Karen
#130 – Stacy T.
#50 – Frugal Science Gal
#10 – Kristin
#36 – Alisha

An email has been sent to the winners. Please respond within 48 hours or a new winner will be selected.

Thanks to everyone for entering!

Here are a few great giveaways that you may want to take advantage of:

Threadless T-Shirt
Sentry Safe
1 Amazing Puzzle
200 Already Cut Coupons
Chiquita Mom Kit- 5 Winners
$10 Gift Card to Amazon, Paypal or Amazon
New Mommy Makeover

“Gooooooooooood Morning Hampton Roads Families!”

In case you haven’t heard, the crew from ABC’s Extreme Makover: Home Edition are on their way to Hampton Roads to build a deserving family a new house!

While they are here they have a secondary goal of helping fill the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia, the Food Bank of the VA Peninsula and the Food Bank of the Albemarle. These foodbanks help thousands of families- and just like most foodbanks in the country their supply is running low and their demand is high.

So they are asking people to help by making donations at many local stores (to see a complete list click here). And as couponers we certainly know how to find enough greats deals to fill the foodbanks!

So a few local bloggers (me, Laura at A Frugal Chick, Lori at The Coupon Consultant and Sharon at Mom on Dealz) decided we wanted to do whatever we could do to help. And since we already work hard to provide you with the best deals around we thought we would sweeten the pot a bit.

From now until February 4th, 2011 you can make food donations at any of the drop off locations. We want to see who can make the best donation for $10 and then pay them back two-fold.  Make a $10 donation and you could possibly get a $20 gift card to your grocery store!

Here are the rules:
1. You need to e-mail one of us a picture of your donation and your receipt.
2. The $10 can only be store deals and coupons. Catalina and gift card deals don’t count toward the $10 total.
3. We will be considering the percentage saved, the amount of food donated and the quality of food donated. Here are their top ten preferred items: Peanut Butter, Chunky Soups, Canned Meats, Canned Tuna, Canned Vegetables, Juice, Cereal, Macaroni and Cheese, Pasta and Pasta Sauce.

On February 5th we will compare all of our contestants and pick a winner. The winner will get a $20 gift card to their grocery store!

So put together your best donation possible and lets fill those food banks!

Make sure to email me your donation photos to win your $20 grocery store gift card!  I would also love to showcase your photos after the giveaway.

*Giveaway is open to Hampton Roads locals only