Back to school time is in full swing! There are some great deals and coupons for school supplies this week, which makes it a great time to donate school supplies. If you have extra supplies around the house or you’re able to grab extra supplies while you are out, check out 5 ways to donate your items.
1. National Grocery Stores
If you would like to donate money towards school supplies this year, a great place to start is in grocery stores. This year, Publix is doing a campaign to raise money to purchase school supplies called Tools for School. To participate in this campaign, Publix is looking for gifts of $5, $7 or $10 that can be purchased at the register. Last year, Publix collected more than $1.8 million in school supplies!
2. The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is a great place to donate school supplies this year. Each branch of the Salvation Army coordinates programs for collecting school supplies. The Salvation Army asks that you contact your local Salvation Army for instructions and information on donating school supplies. You can find a location near you on its website.
3. Public Libraries & Public Schools
Other great places to donate school supplies are at local public libraries and directly to public schools. A lot of libraries will offer specific places for donating, but if you don’t see something right away, ask someone at the front desk for help. Even if they aren’t able to accept donations, they will most likely be able to help locate a drop off location. You can also donate directly to your local public schools and they can make sure the supplies are getting in the right hands.
4. Local Churches
Many churches organize back to school supplies drives as summer ends and the school year approaches. If you are part of a church that doesn’t have a back to school drive, consider talking to your pastor or other church leaders about starting one through your church.
5. Start Your Own School Supply Drive
If you have some time on your hands, consider organizing your own school supply drive. Createthegood.org offers great advice and steps for starting your own drive. Some of the main steps include asking for help from friends, picking a school and figuring out what’s needed, drafting a simple plan, promoting your drive and dropping off your supplies after your event has ended.
Coming home from the conference last week I immediately got sick. That’s how things work for me after going full steam to get things done. So this week after not working out much at all I’m excited to say the scale hasn’t budged an inch, in any direction! You have to rejoice in the little things. After a week of not moving with a lot of vegging on the couch watching the olympics it’s great to see that I kept my eating under control enough to balance the lack of exercise. I am realizing that my goal of 165 in three weeks is probably a bit too tight, but I’m still hoping to stay on track to be as close as possible. Today my head was clear enough to wake up and exercise, so I’m getting back into the routine of morning workouts.
I did find something new this week that I loved. Publix had new Protein Pack kits near the Bistro bowl salads (that I also love). They were “on sale” slightly so I grabbed two to try them. Each came with a small tub of hummus, chicken breast, fresh vegetables and a few pieces of pita bread. They all have around 20 grams of protein per package! I wanted to try them and see if going huge on the protein would be enough to keep me full longer even though it didn’t seem like a large amount of food. Eating one for lunch I was still full at 6 pm. I’ve decided to try this week to just make them myself rather than paying $5 each for them. The hummus and chicken can all be bought in larger packs and divided up into servings sizes (I’m thinking Perdue or Tyson grilled and ready would be the fastest and simplest option). The Veggies aren’t a problem at all making them yourself, if anything you can give yourself more than they do. I may leave out the pita or substitute in a few crackers. Pita just isn’t something we ever buy or normally eat. My thought is that everything to make 6-7 packs will probably cost around $8 if the items aren’t on sale or possibly as low as $5 on sale.
Finding quick food options that are healthy and cheap has been my go-to for most of this diet! So hopefully this can help one of you too.
Starting Weight (22 weeks ago): 202
Last Week: 175
Current Weight: 175
Goal Weight: 165
This is bigger than it seems in so many ways for what kind of week I had last week. I encourage everyone to not always look at the number!
Here are the top deals you’ll find in the Publix Ad 8/17-8/23 or 8/18-8/24. There will be great deals on dog food, ice cream, pasta sauce, and more.
You can see all of the Publix deals here.
Top Publix Ad Deals
Publix Ad & Coupons: 8/17-8/24
- Mango, $1 ea.
-.25/1 Mangoes pick your own offer, Checkout 51 (exp 8/17) mobile coupon
(makes it 75¢) - Fiber One Cookies, 5.52-6.6 oz, B1G1 at $3.19 ($1.59)
Build your own BOGO Offer in Florida
-.50/2 Fiber One Chewy Bars, 90 Calorie items, Protein Chewy bars, Streusel bars, Cheesecake bars or cookies, Publix eCoupon
-.50/2 Fiber One chewy bars, 90 calorie products, protein chewy bars, streusel bars, cheesecakes bars or cookies, SS 07/10
-.50/2 Fiber One Chewy Bars, 90 calorie items, protein chewy bars, streusel bars, cheesecake bars or cookies, SS 08/07
(makes it $1.34 ea.) (if doubles – makes it $1 ea.) Read More→
You can get a free canvas print from Easy Canvas Prints right now. Head over and select the 8×8 size to get it free or select an 8×10 for only $1.81.
You will owe shipping, for me it came to $11.62 total for the 8×10 size with gallery wrapped edges.
If you want to try out Clearasil products, now is a great time to try them. You can grab a FREE face cleaner at Rite Aid with a mail-in-rebate.
You can also check your 8/14 Smart Source insert for a $2 off coupon so you will pay less up front while you wait to get your money back from the rebate.
- Buy:
Clearasil Ultra – $7.99
Use:
-$2 off Clearasil product, SS 08/14
-Free Clearasil Product MIR
makes it FREE
Here are some more personal care deals:
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It’s not too hot to think about a great jacket deal! You can grab this deal now and save for later.
REI is offering The North Face Women’s Collada Hybrid Jacket for $59.73, regularly $120.
You can also use coupon code REIGARAGE to save an extra 20% making it $47.73. Select FREE in-store pickup or choose a filler item to reach $50 for FREE Shipping.
Offer valid through 8/19.
See more online shopping.
If you need some new cosmetics, here is an Almay deal at CVS starting 8/14.
Deal Idea:
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Almay Cosmetics, B1G1 50% off
Almay Color Lip Balm, $6.49
Almay Intense i-Color Eye Shadow $7.99
Almay One Coat Thickening Mascara $8.49
Almay Clear Complexion Concealer $7.99
Use:
-$3 off Almay cosmetics purchase, $9+, printing at CVS Coupon Center
(2)-$4 off Almay cosmetic item, excl trial size and deodorant, SS 08/07
makes it FREE
Here are some more personal care coupons:
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Have a little one at home? Through today 8/15, you can grab a jumbo pack of Huggies diapers for $3.99!
Grab your $2 off coupon to pair with a 25% off Cartwheel to get this fun deal at Target.
Grab these baby coupons too:
Heads up Target shoppers! You can grab a FREE Ripple Milk this week so go ahead and print your $1 off coupon if you haven’t already.
There are also Ibotta offers to be paired with a coupon to make for this fun deal on dairy-free milk!
Ripple Coupon
-$1 off Ripple Foods dairy-free milk bottle printable
Target Deal Idea:
- Buy:
Ripple Plant-Based Milk 12 oz 2/$3 (reg. $1.99)
Use:
-$1 off Ripple Foods dairy-free milk bottle printable
Pay 50¢, -.50/1 Ripple Plant-Based Milk at Target, 12 oz bottle, Ibotta App mobile coupon
Makes it FREE
Target Deal Idea #2:
- Buy:
(1) Ripple Plant-based Milk 48 oz $3.59 (reg. $4.29)
Use:
-$1 off Ripple Foods dairy-free milk bottle printable
Pay $2.59, submit for -$1 off Ripple Plant-Based Milk at Target, 48 oz bottle, Ibotta App mobile coupon
makes it $1.59
