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Whose ready to start changing our communities and filling the shelves at food banks/pantries? WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

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**UPDATE**

Okay, so we are officially up and running and you can make donations at anytime now!! Here is how this will work –We are asking everyone to donate $1. . that’s all you have to do is $1. Of course you can do more if you would like, but if we can all do $1 Jesus will multiply that. We are going to start filling food banks’ shelves. . one shelf at a time. . $1 at a time. . one person at a time. .ALL FOR THE GLORY OF GOD!! If you are willing to donate, please  CLICK on the link HERE TO DONATE YOUR $1!! The food bank will be picked by the 18th of the month and the money will be dispersed to them by the end of the month. You can nominate any struggling food bank/pantry within the USA.  You MUST  nominate them via THIS LINK HERE Please no later than August 15, 2012!! I am truly excited to see what God has in store for this ministry and I hope you are all as excited as I am to watch him at work. Thanks in advance for your prayers!!

So you all know my heart for feeding the hungry and impacting communities, so we will do this on a trial run and see how it goes. This is not couponing this is a ministry for me and I will continue to do whatever I can to make sure people are not going to be hungry or without the necessities (i.e. toothpaste, feminine care products, etc).

Here is how it will work. .

1) We will do this monthly – for the first two weeks of the  month you can nominate a food bank/pantry that you are aware of that is struggling to keep their shelves full. (Please note we want ones that are struggling)

2) If you are interested in nominating a food bank/pantry you will need to complete this form out in its entirety!! – THIS IS LIVE NOW SO IF YOU KNOW A FOOD BANK – PLEASE NOMINATE IT!!

3) On the 15th of the month I will start calling the food banks and getting information. (3 days)

4) I will post about the top 5 food banks and will give everyone 5 days to vote on which one they think we should help. – (18th – 23rd of the month)

5) While everyone is voting on the food bank/pantry we will start collecting money via chipin.com (you can pay via paypal) easiest way to do this. We have one of two ways to do this, we can just keep this open from the 1st to the end of the month and whatever is collect by the last day of the month goes to that food pantry, then we will start a new one on the 1st of the month and do the same thing. Doing this will allow every 30 days to donate . . THOUGHTS PLEASE?

6) I will get two stores that double or have the best sales in the area of the food bank/pantry and will make a shopping list up for them (items that are FREE/CHEAP). If it is a good week, the food pantry could score big time, but if it is an off week, they might not do as well, but at least they will be shown how to maximize their money.

7) I will then put a request out to everyone to send coupons to the food bank/pantry to go along with the shopping list.

8) By the end of the month all money and shopping list will be sent to the food bank/pantry that EVERYONE picked – majority wins.

I would love input. . please remember this is a work in progress and I will start having someone work on a graphic for this also. Please remember we are asking for EVERYONE to donate only $1. . if you want to donate more you can, but please do not feel pressured to (that is only $0.25 per week). We have almost $12K followers so if everyone got involved that would be $12K a month we could raise to bless a food pantry. We truly can change communities, one life at a time, one coupon at a time. . . all for the Glory of God!! Whose in? I pray you all will consider this challenge.

Please start nominating your local food bank/pantries now. . . On the 15th I will compile the list for everyone to start voting. Please pray over this ministry as it is new and I am sure we will embark on some trials. I ask for all of you to be patient with me as this is a work in progress. I am soooooo excited to see what God has planned for this ministry . . and I will continue to pray for it and for the lives of everyone that will be touched by this, both the giver and receiver. GOD IS GOOD. . . ALL THE TIME!!

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Joni-Family-SmallMy name is Joni Meyer-Crothers and I run this couponing/money-saving blog along with my husband, Jamie. We love to show others how to save money in a BIG way! We do all the work for you. . we do the matchups and show you where to get the coupons, many FREE printable coupons. Sit back and follow the blog and watch your savings increase! Couponing is a ministry for our family as we we love to show others how to save and share from their couponing harvest!

I just recently wrote a book called “Extreme Couponing” (released March 5, 2013)  that gives step-by-step directions on how to coupon.  We have been featured on TLC “Extreme Couponing” five times, The 700 Club, 20/20, Today Show, GMA, HLN, Rachael Ray, AOL “You’ve Got”, Fox News, CNN Money, Huffington Post ~ to see a complete list you can click on the right-hand sidebar and the clips and articles are listed there.

I continue to challenge everyone weekly to donate 5 nonperishable or hygienic items to a local food bank/pantry and/or family you may know in need.  Don’t ever discount the smallness of any act of kindness. . it matters!