Below is a press release regarding the Pep Rally for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition being held tomorrow, January 20th

At Thursday’s Pep Rally at VB Convention Center

 (January 19, 2011)      Attendees at the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Pep Rally Thursday evening at 7pm at the Virginia Beach Convention Center will have a chance to help “Build the Build Fund” and win a tour of the rebuilt house at the same time.

    Volunteers will be selling $10 raffle tickets at the event for the following prizes, with the drawing to take place at the end of the Pep Rally:

• A “Tour for Four” of the home after construction is completed
• Items autographed by Ty Pennington and the design team that is assigned to the Hampton Roads build.  (Items to be delivered to the winners after the build ends in early February).

 There will also be an opportunity to buy official Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Hampton Roads Build t-shirts for $20 each.  Money from the sale of raffle tickets and t-shirts will go to the Build Fund, which pays for unanticipated expenses not covered by donations from local suppliers. 

 Admission is free to the Pep Rally, which will feature songs by 8-year-old Elizabeth Hughes and popular local composer and performer Lewis McGehee, who will debut “It’s Our Time,” a new anthem written expressively for the Hampton Roads project.  Milan Vasic, senior producer for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and Duane Cotton, President of Trademark Construction, will also make presentations. Guests are encouraged to bring canned food for the Extreme Food Drive that officially kicks off at the Pep Rally.

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I received a few great items in my mailbox this week:

-Mariani raisins sample
-Rebate check
-(5) $1/1 Butterball product coupons from rebate
-Thomas’ Bagel Thins coupons from Buzz Agent
-Personalized notepad & address labels from a donation
-30% off Kohls coupon

Walgreens Photo Deals are valid through January 22nd:

Get 50% off prints when you use promo code FROSTY50 at checkout. 
Get 50% off photo gifts when you use promo code WINTER50 at checkout.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is coming to Hampton Roads! During the first week in February, a deserving family on the Southside will be getting a new home! I personally love this show. We have watched it since Season One, many moons ago.

Food donations are needed to help make this edition a success. Last March in Savannah, Georgia Extreme Makeover: Home Edition collected 307,000 pounds of food, so Hampton Roads wants to beat that record. I think we can!

The Extreme Food Drive will begin January 20th at a pep rally to be held at the Virginia Beach Convention Center from 7-9pm

All Farm Fresh stores will be drop-off sites as well as all DAV Thrift stores.

A note from the Food Bank: Whenever possible, thank you for transporting your donation to the Food Bank! Each trip not made by a Food Bank truck and personnel allows us to redirect funds for food and food services. The cost of one hour of transportation could provide at least 181 meals!

Top 10 Shopping List of non-perishable food items

• Peanut Butter
• Chunky Soups
• Canned Meats
• Canned Tuna
• Canned Vegetables
• Juice
• Cereal
• Macaroni and Cheese
• Pasta
• Pasta Sauces

Find more information on donating for the event at the Hampton Roads Extreme Makeover donation website

*Volunteers are also needed. Please take a moment to check the list of needed Professional Tradesman!

Look for more information coming soon on how you, as a couponer, can help make a difference during the Extreme Makeover Food Drive and all year long!

See this weeks Give Freely post for free and cheap donation ideas from this weeks sales

Together, we can make a difference!

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