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Sunday, November 6, 2011

WHAT to DO and WHERE to SEND EXPIRED GROCERY COUPONS!!!

WHAT to DO and WHERE to SEND EXPIRED GROCERY COUPONS!!!
Thank you to everyone who is helping us keep the GST Military Family Coupon Project going. If you are promoting the project on your web site or blog, please provide a link to our up-to-date addresses located on this page. We welcome all the help we can get! Thank you and God Bless You!!! 
"These coupons save us thousands of dollars each year when used frequently and truly make life living overseas more affordable. We truly can’t thank you enough for your support." - One of our many helpful coupon coordinators stationed overseas, we couldn't do this without them, or YOU!
Stop Tossing Those Expired Grocery Coupons in the Trash!  Our U.S. military families stationed overseas are able to use them on base for up to SIX MONTHS after the manufacturer's expiration date!  Help us keep our list of participating bases up to date.  If you know of a base that needs to be added or removed from our list please contact us with their current mailing information--we update our mailing list every month!  
See Current ADDRESS LIST Below... Please CONTINUE READING for all the info you need to participate in our Military Family Coupon Project!
Frequently Asked Questions:
* What Type of Coupons Can They Use
* How Long Does the Mail Take
Note for Japan Bases: At this time we have not removed any of our listings for Japan bases.  We would not want to make their difficulties any worse by not sending help, unless we hear from them directly that they need us to stop or postpone sending coupons.
Note for Base Coupon Volunteers: If you are on a base overseas please volunteer to help! PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO SORT THESE COUPONS BY YOURSELF, YOU REALLY DO NEED A TEAM! You could receive thousands of grocery coupons each month by being in our program. We encourage our members to send to different bases each month as we do and TO NOT "ADOPT" A BASE. It's just hard getting the word out when people are duplicating address lists and information on the internet. The best thing to do if you are receiving unwanted coupons is to return to sender AND contact us to remove you from our list. We now have a printable letter our members should include with the coupons that will help you be able to contact us easily. If your base closes or has an updated address, please let us know.

Thank You for Helping With Our
GST (GrocerySavingTips.com)
Military Family Coupon Project!
If you have a web site, blog, twitter or facebook page, please share our link: http://www.grocerysavingtips.com/expiredgrocerycoupons.htm

ROTATE, ROTATE, ROTATE
PLEASE DO NOT "ADOPT" A BASE
THEY WILL GET OVERWHELMED WITH COUPONS
AND HAVE TO DROP OUT OF OUR PROGRAM

Note Updates below from CC = Coupon Coordinator

 U.S. Air Force: 
Base List Updated Monthly @ GrocerySavingTips.com (2007-2011)
* GERMANY *
Ramstein
Ramstein Air Base
Attn: Family ServicesBldg. 1200
APO AE 09094
* GUAM *
Guam
Airman and Family Readiness Center
36 MSS/DPF
Unit 14001, Box 17
APO AP 96543
July 2011: From the base..."Thanks so much for sending coupons. Life can be very expensive here in Guam. Without your support, we would be hard pressed to get coupons here." CC
Sept 2011: From the base..."Just wanted to take a moment and let you know how grateful we all are over here in Guam. Thanks so very much for all you do, it is most appreciated." CC
* JAPAN *
Okinawa
Airman and Family Readiness Center
Unit 5134 Box 80
18 FSS/FSFR
APO AP 96368-5134
August 2011: From the base... "Thank you so much for your generous coupon donations. I was lucky enough to get them. I helped go through the coupons and put them together to give out to our families! Every little bit helps around here. Thank you so much!!" - CC
(Kadena)
Kadena Commissary
DECA/WP/KAD
Unit 5156  Bldg. 407
APO  AP 96367-5000
(Westpac)
Westpac Region
Camp Courtney Commissary
Unit 5156
APO AP 96368-5000
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Yokota
Yokota Military Couponers
PSC 78 Box 7022
APO AP 96326
or
Yokota Military Couponers
PSC 78 Box 6781
APO AP 96326
Oct. 2011... From the base... "We started this group when an avid extreme couponer moved to base. She is teaching us her tips. It really comes in handy since the yen is WAY stronger than the dollar right now & shopping for groceries off base is less & less of an option. Thank you sincerely for your help."  CC
"We really appreciate the coupons. They just dropped our COLA here (amount paid to compensate for having to buy things off base) so our location now receives less compensation than all other bases in Japan. Even Officer's wives have joined to try & save what ever money they can. So thank you in advance for helping us all out. :-)" CC
* TURKEY *
Incirlik
Coupon Program A&FRC
39FSS/FSFR
Unit 7505, Box 175
APO AE 09824
* UK *
Alconbury
RAF Airmen & Readiness Center
ATTN: Family Services
423 ABS/DPF
APO AE 09470
Oct. 2011: From the base... Hello from England. The Airman and Family Readiness Center (A&FRC) would like to thank you on behalf of the 501st Combat Support Wing for the wonderful support you have provided to our community through your coupon packages.  It is evident that you and your volunteers have put many long hours into clipping, sorting, and shipping coupons for our service members and their families to save while shopping at the commissary.  This service you have provided has been greatly appreciated. The coupons we receive from you are not only distributed to RAF Alconbury, but to other 501st CSW installations throughout the United Kingdom.   When the A&FRC receives your coupons, our small staff separates them into small sealable sandwich bags and distributes them throughout our installation.  Due to the fact that we have such a small installation and staff, we are not able to keep up with the quantity of coupons that we receive. So, it is with this letter that we would like to request that you and/or your organization only send coupons once a quarter. Please insure you pass on our gratitude and appreciation to all the volunteers who have and who will continue to contribute to coupons to our community." CC (Editor's Note: This email was sent to over 100 groups and individuals who are currently mailing coupons to this base. Thank you ALL for your efforts!!! :o)
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Mildenhall
Family Services/Airman & Family Readiness Center
100 FSS/FSFR
Unit 4925 Box 280
APO AE 09459
Sept. 2011: From the base... We have been receiving your coupons and our military families have definitely been using them along with many others. We currently have approximately 250 companies and individuals sending us coupons and they are well distributed.  Thank you for your wonderful efforts in assisting our military families assigned to our base.  I had a spouse stop by a couple of days ago saying how she saved $100 on her grocery bill.  Although, not everyone saves that much, they definitely do save when they are used." CC

 U.S. Army: 
Base List Updated Monthly @ GrocerySavingTips.com (2007-2011)
* GERMANY *
Bamberg
USAG Bamberg
IMEU-BAM-MWR-ACS
Army Emergency Relief Manager
CMR 459
APO AE 09139
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Grafenwoehr
Coupon Coordinator
CMR Box 415 Box 6989
APO AE 09114
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Hohenfels
Oct 2011: Mail being returned. We'll update address when we hear back from our coupon coordinator at this base.
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Illesheim (illesheim)
Army Community Service
CMR 416
Bldg. 6510
APO AE 09140
July 2011: From the base... "I am helping with the coupon program here and I just would like to thank Mrs. Branham for sending us coupons. We really appreciate it a lot. I do not have her email address so I was hoping you could give her our thanks. Thanks again, God bless you!" CC 
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Schweinfurt

ACS, 280th BSB
Attn: AETV-WG-SJD
CMR 457
APO AE 09033
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Stuttgart
Army Community Service
Unit 30401
APO AE 09107

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Vilseck
Army Community Service
Unit 28130
Bldg. 244
APO AE 09114
June 2010: From our members... "We recently received a thank you note from the coordinator who handles the coupon program at Vilseck, Germany.  They seem very happy to get our coupons." CC 
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Vogelweh
Vogelweh Commissary
DeCA/EU-VOG
Unit 3063
APO AE 09021
 * ITALY * 
Vicenza
Army Community Service
US Army Garrison Vicenza
Unit 31401, Box 80
APO AE 09630
March 2011: From the base... "We have a wonderful Coupon Program here in Vicenza, Italy through the Army Community Services. There is a wonderful group of volunteers who sort, distribute, and even tape the coupons to the products at the commissary. We would love to be added to your list and would greatly appreciate any coupons we receive." - CC
* JAPAN *
Okinawa
Volunteer/Outreach Coordinator
ACS - 10th ASG
Unit 35115
APO AP 96376-5115
* UK (England) *
Lakenheath
Airman and Family Readiness Center
48 FSS/FSFR Bldg 950
Unit 5200, Box 105
APO AE 09461
July 2011: From the base... "We wanted to extend our gratitude to you sending valued coupons to our military families stationed at our base. Your coupons are appreciated and will be used frequently at the base commissary. These coupons save us thousands of dollars each year when used frequently and truly make life living overseas more affordable. We truly can’t thank you enough for your support. At this time, our base gives out coupons as fast as they come in. We do not need to have them sorted at all because we like to give each person a variety of coupons. When we receive the coupons in our office, we put an assortment into a gallon sized plastic bag and distribute them that way. Although we appreciate and respect the countless hours you could potentially spend sorting the coupons, we ask that you do not sort the coupons—unless you would like to. Most people return the coupons that they don’t personally need and we recycle them back out into the base community. Again, many thanks for all you do in making a difference at our base. Thanks a million!" - CC  (Whew! Thanks for letting us know that you can still use the coupons we send even when we are not able to presort them into food and non-food stacks. That's a huge relief, especially for the packages we just sent out this month! :o)

  U.S. Navy & Marines: 
Base List Updated Monthly @ GrocerySavingTips.com (2007-2011)
* CUBA *
MA3 Wilson
PSC 1005 Box 60
FPO AE 09593
* GUAM *
Fleet and Family Support Center
Naval Base Guam, Building 106
PSC 455 Box 157
FPO AP 96540
May 2011: From the base... "Thank you for promoting this on your website.  Military spouses, like myself, are very grateful to the people who take the time to send us coupons." - CC
* ITALY *
Naples
Naples NSA Commissary
DECA/EU/NAP
PSC 808 Box 44
FPO AE 09618
July 2011: This base is ready to receive coupons and is new to our program. Let's send them some love!
Sigonella
May 2011: From the base... "I received an envelope of coupons back from this base today. The return reason was checked as refused. They must not be accepting any more coupons." - CC  (Editor's Note: They are probably receiving too many coupons. Please remember to rotate the bases we send coupons to, and NOT send them all to one base each time; also known as "Adopting" a base.)
* JAPAN *
Sasebo
U.S. Fleet Activities
Fleet & Family Support Center
PSC 476 Box 62
FPO AP 96322-0062
Yokosuka
Airman and Family Readiness Center
Unit 5123
Fleet and Family Support Center
PSC 473 Box 116
FPO AP 96349-0116
or
Commissary Store
PSC 473 Box 33
FPO AP 96349-0033
* SPAIN *
Rota
 Fleet and Family Support Center
PSC 819 Box 57
FPO AE 09645-5500
Nov 2010: From our members... "Received a response to coupons packet from Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Rota Spain.  They ask that we only send coupons every other month (rather than monthly) as they are receiving hundreds of packets. Keep up your good work. Thanks" - CC
 
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PLEASE HELP US KEEP THIS LIST UP TO DATE!  If you have an address that we need to add, change or remove please contact the editor at mailto:michelle@grocerysavingtips.com?subject=GST Military Family Coupon Project -- with the country and address as we have listed above.  Although we do not post all the letters we receive we do try to include recent messages that would be helpful.  
ATTN: WEBMASTERS AND BLOGGERS... You can also help by linking to this page but PLEASE do not try to copy the list of addresses for your readers as this information is updated on a MONTHLY  basis.  If you copy and post the list somewhere else it will be incorrect within a very short time and that will not help our families overseas.  Trust us, this is a lot harder to maintain than it may look.  Our staff has been working on this Military Family Coupon Project for many years and we do our best to make sure our list is up to date every month.  Helping families save money on groceries is what we do!!! :o)
Link to this page: http://www.grocerysavingtips.com/expiredgrocerycoupons.htm
Thank you for your support, and thank you for helping our military families!!!   
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