Stamp Out Hunger – Saturday, May 11, 2013

Please help Stamp Out Hunger this Saturday, May 11, 2013

Did you know?

• 1 in 6 Americans are facing hunger.
• More than 50 million people, including nearly 17 million children, are facing hunger.
• Nearly 6 million Americans are fed by food banks each week.

The National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger food drive—which is always held on the second Saturday in May—is the largest one-day food drive in America. Benefiting Feeding America—and now in its 21st year—the event provides relief to millions of Americans struggling to put food on the table.

YOU CAN HELP in Just 3 Easy Steps!

1. Purchase non-perishable food items.

Examples of appropriate food items include:

• Jars of peanut butter
• Canned fish
• Packaged dried fruits
• Boxes of cereal

2. Place food items into a bag and leave the bag at your mailbox on Saturday, May 11^th.

Your local letter carrier will pick up your and deliver it to your local food bank

3. Spread the word.

Tell everyone you know to leave non-perishable food by their mail boxes, too.

Be sure to use this shopping list to help you shop and realize coupon savings so you save money on your Stamp Out Hunger food item purchases. When you go to http://www.CommonKindness.com, you can also designate your local food bank as the recipient of the funds your CommonKindness coupon redemptions generate.

Cabot Creamery Cooperative Makes Volunteering Even More Rewarding

The founding of Cabot Creamery in a small town in Vermont in 1919 was based on the spirit of cooperation, staking a claim in the fundamental idea that together they could be stronger and better than they were alone. Since that time, the farmer owners of this thriving dairy cooperative have built their lives on the principles and spirit of cooperation.

That spirit pervades Cabot not only in business, but also in the daily lives of its farm families, in their homes and in their communities. Farm life is a family affair, and success depends on the full participation of every member. Cabot farmers bring that intention to their communities as well. They are inveterate volunteers – firefighters and Sunday school teachers, classroom aids and soup kitchen servers – these families have always known that making their communities stronger, healthier and better only enhances their own lives.

Cabot’s long history of volunteerism was the impetus to create Reward Volunteers^®, a mobile app and computer widget that allows volunteers to log hours, post to Facebook and win rewards for themselves and the organizations they serve.

Roberta MacDonald, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Cabot sees this app as an extension of Cabot’s ethos:

“Our farmers are avid volunteers. They have a long history of engagement with their communities. With this national effort, we are hoping that public Facebook posts will inspire others. This is an effort to document, and make clear, exactly how valuable volunteered time really is.”

Reward Volunteers uses a simple iPhone app and website that enable and encourage participants to track their donated hours, share photos and post details about their volunteer activities on Facebook. The more hours they log and the more activities and photos they share, the greater their chances to win prizes and money for their favorite charities. The current contest – the third in a series – ends on July 14, 2013.

Prizes, which will be awarded monthly and at the end of the contest, include:

• Monthly $500 cash prizes plus a $1,000 grand prize for individual volunteers
• Monthly $1,000 cash awards plus a $1,500 grand award for nonprofit organizations
• Vermont’s Liberty Hill Farm vacation
• Couture Farm vacation
• Smugglers Notch Ski Resort vacation
• Ski Vermont ski passes (2013-2014 season)
• $100 King Arthur Flour gift cards
• $100 National Cooperative Grocer’s Association gift cards
• Gift baskets of Cabot Creamery Cooperative’s award-winning cheddar
• Cabot Community Celebrity Southern Caribbean cruise for two grand prize

Sarah Schloemer, president of CommonKindness.com, says:

“Just like our coupons and other programs, Reward Volunteers offers another way you can benefit from the work you do for your favorite charity. Although the prizes are fun—and valuable—Reward Volunteers is really about recognizing everyday heroes and celebrating acts of kindness. It’s a beautiful model.”

Fresh Baby Food Chopper and Steamer Coupon from Munchkin ~ Save $5

Save $5 on the purchase of a Fresh Food Chopper and Steamer and raise funds for your favorite nonprofit organizations using new printable coupons from www.CommonKindness.com.

 

Homemade Baby Food, Fast and Simple

The Munchkin Fresh Food Chopper and Steamer makes preparing baby food at home easy and painless. This two-in-one tool allows you to chop food quickly with its stainless steel cutting blade, and then steam it in the microwave. It comes equipped with a cleaning tool and dishwasher-safe parts, and it is BPA free.

You Control What Goes into Your Baby’s Food

The Munchkin Fresh Food Chopper and Steamer helps you to take your baby’s food from “boring” to “bon appétit. The possibilities for feeding your baby do not stop at what you find pre-prepared on supermarket shelves. And since you control what you are feeding your baby, you know the ingredients are fresh and safe. 

Saving Money and Helping Others with CommonKindness

CommonKindness.com is the free grocery coupon website that empowers you to generate funds for your favorite nonprofit organization every time you make a purchase using a CommonKindness coupon. The company gives a whopping 20 percent of its revenues to nonprofits. The best part is that you get to choose which charities receive donations generated by your CommonKindness coupon purchases.

 

Partner in Kindness February Award Winner

Kindness in Action

CommonKindness is proud to name Discount Queens as February’s Partner in Kindness for encouraging kindness in the Discount Queen’s family. Discount Queens recently published the following blog post, promoting kindness and CommonKindness coupons as a way to spread kindness:

 

CommonKindness Valentine’s Day Coupons!

Can you feel the love?

Everyone know it’s important to be kind to yourself but it’s just as important to be kind to others. We know that all you, our Discount Queens family, care about being kind to others too!

Showing a little kindness can be as simple as holding the door open for someone OR shopping using coupons from CommonKindness. Every time you use a CommonKindness coupon a donation goes directly to the non-profit YOU choose! Pretty easy, huh?

“We are honored to be your Partner in Kindness,”said Christina of Discount Queens. “We have loved sharing CommonKindness with our fantastic Discount Queens family and we look forward to continuing to help you help people save money while helping non-profits. We love being your partner in promoting kindness! Thank you for the opportunity!”

New Tea Coupon from CommonKindness ~ Save $1 on Mighty Leaf Tea

Save $1 on any 15-pouch package of Mighty Leaf Tea!

Quality and Innovation

Mighty Leaf Tea was born for the sole purpose of infusing life into an ancient indulgence by creating tea products that reach new heights of quality and innovation. Each handcrafted tea pouch is designed to unleash the essence of Mighty Leaf’s innovative tea blends, sourced from the finest ingredients available on earth.

 

Green Tea Tropical

Green Tea Tropical green tea boasts smooth green tea leaves that harmoniously blend with sweet tropical fruits to create a sensation as uplifting as a breeze off the isle of Papenoo. A healthy and refreshing blend rich in antioxidants, Green Tea Tropical makes an ideal introduction to green tea.  We sourced the finest loose leaf green tea to infuse our silken tea pouch, our twist on the gourmet teabag, with an extraordinary flavor experience.

Chamomile Citrus Herbal Tea

Chamomile Citrus herbal tea is a refreshing infusion perfected to curl up with and savor by the sip. Made with Soothing Egyptian chamomile flowers and subtle slices of citrus fruit, this vibrant blend will rejuvenate the spirit. From intoxicating aroma to sweet flavor, this signature herbal tea infusion in our silken tea pouch, our gourmet teabag twist, with chamomile, fruits and herbs reflects our vision of the artisan tea experience.

Organic Earl Grey Black Tea

Organic Earl Grey black tea is made of rich organically grown black tea leaves and golden buds with a twist of citrusy organic bergamot. Mighty Leaf perfects the classic flavored tea with an elegant, balanced and full flavored cup and organic tea leaves. Earl Grey himself would be proud – especially drinking this blend in our silken tea pouch, our take on the gourmet tea bag.

You can find Mighty Leaf Tea at a store near you. If the store you typically frequent doesn’t carry Mighty Leaf Tea, locate the nearest store to you using the handy Mighty Leaf Tea store locator–and then be sure to ask your store manager to start carrying Mighty Leaf Teas!

Thank you for partnering with CommonKindness to help create sustainable funding for your favorite nonprofit organizations!

Pet Food Coupon Save $3 on Primal Pet Foods Freeze-dried Formula

Save $3 on Primal Pet Foods Freeze-dried Formula with the new, free Pet Food Coupon now featured on http://www.CommonKindness.com

Best Pet Food

Primal Freeze-Dried Formulas

All of Primal Pet Foods’ raw foods and treats are produced using the freshest, human-grade, antibiotic-free and steroid-free meats, poultry and game, certified organic produce, certified organic minerals and unrefined vitamins. Primal Pet Foods procures its meats, poultry and game from ranchers throughout the United States who take pride in producing wholesome sources of protein through natural, sustainable agriculture.

Fresh Ground Bone for Calcium

All Primal Freeze-Dried Formulas contain fresh ground bone for calcium supplementation. This combination of ingredients offers optimum levels of the amino acids (protein), essential fatty acids, natural-occurring enzymes, and necessary vitamins and minerals that are the building blocks for your pet’s healthy biological functions.

Fighting Diet-Related Pet Diseases

Primal Pet Foods feels it is imperative to offer an alternative source of nutrition to our pets as an alarming number of our beloved animals are being diagnosed with diet-related disease. Produced with only the highest quality raw ingredients, all Primal products offer pets a superior form of highly digestible amino acids, vitamins and minerals, the building blocks of every animal’s biological function.

Primal Pet Foods is committed to elevating the health of all pets and to educating their owners as to the benefits of feeding high-quality nutritional foods and treats as a superior alternative to processed pet foods.

About Primal Pet Foods

Primal Pet Foods is a San Francisco-based manufacturer of fully prepared, human-grade raw foods and treats for dogs and cats. Primal Pet Foods was founded with the goal of improving the quality of life and overall health and happiness of pets through wholesome raw foods that mimic the diet of animals in the wild.

New Coupon – Mary’s Gone Crackers Gluten-Free Crackers, Cookies, Pretzels

Gluten-Free Coupons

CommonKindness has added $1.50 coupons on any two Mary’s Gone Crackers’ organic, gluten-free, vegan and kosher products. Mary’s Gone Crackers’ crackers, cookies, pretzels, and crumbs are widely available on supermarket and specialty stores shelves . Click here to find the stores nearest you.

Gluten-Free Crackers

Mary’s Gone Crackers, Original are a crisp delicious cracker with a rich nutty flavor, wheat-free, gluten-free and organic. Made of organic whole grain brown rice, organic quinoa (keen-wa: a high protein seed/grain), organic flax seeds and organic brown sesame seeds, with no added fat. They are surprisingly satisfying on their own or with your favorite toppings. Always hold their crunch; unlike any other cracker you’ve ever had—they will soon become a staple in your cupboards.

 

Gluten-Free Cookies

Mary’s Gone Crackers cookies combine unique, whole food ingredients and low glycemic sweeteners that deliver delicious flavor and texture. Oh—and by the way—they are gluten-free, wheat-free, vegan, organic and kosher. A healthful indulgence that anyone can enjoy!

 Gluten-Free Pretzels

Mary’s Gone Crackers, Inc. is committed to manufacturing the best tasting wheat-free and gluten-free baked goods using the highest quality, organically grown ingredients. Mary developed the recipes for her delicious gluten-free products beginning in 1994 when both she and her son were discovered to have gluten intolerance.

Mary’s Gone Crackers Sticks & Twigs Pretzels were recently reviewed in the Examiner by health coach Cherie Lester. Click here to read the article.

Gluten-Free Crumbs

At different stages during production, the bakers at Mary’s sift the crumbs from the crackers so they don’t get packaged. They now collect and package these crumbs for a tasty substitute to breadcrumbs. The crumbs are very flavorful and can be used in both savory and sweet dishes, wherever you would use bread or cracker crumbs.

Mary’s  Story

After being diagnosed with celiac disease, Mary began baking her signature organic, gluten-free, vegan and kosher cracker in her home. As she took these crackers with her to events, people tried them. They fell in love with the crispy, whole grain treats. After she had baked 30,000 crackers by hand in her home, she and her husband Dale decided to launch Mary’s Gone Crackers and feed them to the world.