Military Overseas Coupon Program

There is nothing worse than finding a great coupon only to realize that it has already expired. While the automatic reaction is to toss it into the trash, before your do consider giving it new life by sending it to military families overseas.

Military commissaries overseas accept manufacturer cents-off coupons for up to six months past their printed expiration dates. It is easy for us Americans living state-side to forget about the people diligently serving our country overseas, but they need our help. That means that coupons that are useless to you can still save oversea military families some money. By simply sending any expired coupons you have to select bases overseas that want and need the coupons, you can help out military families save money on everyday groceries.

It doesn’t take much effort to make a difference and help the military families save some money. Coupon inserts from a typical Sunday paper have over $100 worth of coupons so simply collecting these can be a great help.

Most military bases receiving the coupons ask that you neatly clip the coupons (which you will want to do anyway to save on postal charges) and sort them into “food” and “non-food” categories. The “food” category should contain coupons for anything that humans would eat while the “non-food” category would be everything else (pet food coupons would be considered an “non food” item)

Once separated, add up the value of all the coupons in each category. Place the coupons from each category into a zip lock plastic bag and write the category and the dollar value of all the coupons on the outside of the bag in permanent ink.

Yes expired coupons are accepted. 2 Months Max! We recommend not sending any coupons older than 2 months expired on the date of shipment. They can use them for a couple of months after that but remember that the volunteers at the base must process the coupons once they arrive and get them out to be used. We also need to leave enough time for them to have the families sort through them and find the ones they want for use.

To participate, send your coupons to:

Overseas Coupon Program
c/o TheHouseholdHelper
PO Box 256
Bloomingdale, NJ 07403

For a limited time, everyone who sends in their extra coupons will receive a small goodie bag from TheHouseholdHelper as a thank you!

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