Remember: Rite Aid, CVS, Eckard’s, and most major drug stores have these programs. It’s not going to cost you anything (except tax in most cases). You can get more because they allow you to use coupons as well. Check the rules because there is a limit on how much of each item you can purchase each month from each retailer.
I’ve only been doing this for a short while and only from Rite Aid, and I am donating between fifty to one hundred dollars a month in merchandise without any cost to me. Just imagine if I expanded this to more than one retail chain. But even if I don’t, I am donating between 600 to 1,200 dollars to charities a year at practically no cost to me.
Try it and I guarantee it will make you feel good. In fact, the next time I drop off goods, I am going to put a few copies of this in with the products and spread the word.
Note: I have just been informed that in most cases your donations are tax deductible for their value. So this will actually make you money come tax time.
I just keep in mind the woman who has to flea a dangerous situation with only her children and the clothing on her back receiving soaps, toothbrushes, mouthwash, cleaning supplies, crayons and paper for the kids, feminine products, and beauty stuff. If you are reading this on your computer or Blackberry, you are so much more well off than her.
