If you’re planning a trip near Walgreens, make sure to bring the new $1/2 Mars Easter Candy coupon from today’s RedPlum coupon insert to choose your deal:

Buy 2 Milky Way Bunnies Singles @ 2/$1
Use $1/2 Mars Easter Products 03/18/2012 RP Insert (exp 04/08/2012)
2 for FREE after coupon!

Thanks, Frugal Finders!

Buy 4 M&M Filled Easter Eggs @ 4/$3
Use (2) $1/2 Mars Easter Products 03/18/2012 RP Insert (exp 04/08/2012)
Final: $0.25 each after coupons

Thanks, Passion for Saving for the deal and photo!

2 Land O’Frost coupons for you to print:

$1.00 OFF on ANY variety of Land O’Frost Wrap Kit or Sub Sandwich Kit GET COUPON

$0.55 OFF on ANY variety of LAND O’FROST® PREMIUM® ONE POUND GET COUPON

Head over to the Wholly Guacamole Facebook Page and print a $2 off coupon when you buy one Wholly Guacamole product and one Garden of Eatin’ product.

Available while supplies last only

Whoot!  My area got the $3/1 Got2B Stylers coupon from the  02/12 Redplum insert (I receive my RP in the mail on Tuesday)!

Head to Walgreens where the Got2B Stylers are on sale B1G1 FREE through February 25th.   You will be able to use this coupon to get 2 FREE Got2B Stylers!

Buy 2 Got2b Styling Products B1G1 Free ($5.99)
Use (2 )$3/1 Got2b, full size 02/12/2012 RP Insert (exp 05/12/2012)
2 FREE after coupons

Thanks to Wild for Wags for the deal and photo!

Budget cuts have forced teachers to look for alternatives to get the funds required to educate our children.  You can’t pick up a newspaper or turn on the news and not learn about a reduction in education funding.  I have personally seen how schools are in need of and can benefit greatly from donations and fundraisers.

I was introduced to a fantastic organization, DonorsChoose.org, by my favorite site for online coupons and deals, Savings.com.  Savings.com offered me the opportunity to receive a $25 code to donate to a project of my choice at DonorsChoose.org.  Of course, I jumped at the chance!

About DonorsChoose.org:

Approximately 40 percent of schools across the U.S. use DonorsChoose.org, an innovative online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need.  Public school teachers across the country post specific requests to support their classroom projects, ranging from pencils for a poetry writing unit, to violins for a school recital, to microscope slides for a biology class.  Visitors to the website decide which project they would like to support and DonorsChoose.org delivers materials to the school once a project reaches its funding goal.  DonorsChoose is a resource where teachers can request donations for learning materials and donors can choose which school or project they would like to donate too.

It was extremely difficult to select one project.  There are so many schools in need of funding that the choices were overwhelming.  I used the following suggested tips to help me navigate through the site:

• Get local Use our Location filter to find projects in your state or hometown.
• Get inspired What are you passionate about? The environment? Water color painting? A book you’re reading? Narrow projects by subject area, or search for what you care about in the keyword box.
• Get choosy Sort your search results by cost, poverty level, or popularity…whatever matters most to you.

I found 9 requests for donations in my city alone.  I finally picked the “Developing Life-Long Readers!” project in Chesapeake, VA. The donation amount was fairly close to being met since 4 others had already donated to the project.  I thought it would be beneficial to see one project almost fully funded.  Additionally, my 2nd grader is an avid reader and having his favorite books available in the classroom helped him tremendously.

Savings.com is also helping make your money go further when you give back to a school in need in the new year! Use the gift code “SAVINGS” any time between January 27th and February 24th on www.donorschoose.org/savings, and Donors Choose will match your donation up to $100.  If you’re looking to donate to a good cause, why not have your donation matched and double your money!

I decided to donate $25 in addition to the $25 promotional amount I was given.  Since my personal donation will be matched, I was able to contribute $75 for fourth grade reading booking!  It makes your day a little brighter when you’ve helped children accelerate in reading.

Head over to DonorsChoose.org to help fund projects for children to succeed.  Together we can make a difference.

Disclosure:  I was provided a $25 code from Savings.com to donate as compensation for writing this post.  All opinions are 100% my own and may differ from others. 

I’ve only been to Farm Fresh so far today, but plan to make a Harris Teeter run at some point this week.  I bought a few things for lunches and I spent a bit more on the promo by purchasing the Brisk Tea, but I’m happy with my savings overall.

A few notes:

1. The Pretzel M&M’s are included in the sale.  Just make sure you don’t get the bag that say’s “10% more free.”  Even though it’s within the size restrictions, it is not part of the Instant Savings Promo.
2. The Orville Redenbacher Popcorn Promo is with an in-store coupon.  Look near the registers or front of the store.
3. Look for a MAIL-IN-REBATE for the DiGiorno Pizzas.  You may find it in the beer section, at CS or with the pizza.  Buy 2 Digiorno’s, get $8 back.  That makes the pizza FREE after coupon and MIR!

Total Paid: $33.47
Total Saved: $44.86

I’ll submit for my $8 DiGiorno rebate, so “like” I paid $25.47

Farm Fresh matchups can be found here

How did you do?