I recently stumbled upon an awesome organization. I was googling who I could send my unused coupons to. I had thought maybe I could find a pen-pal that could swap coupons with me, instead I found OCP, which stands for Overseas Coupon Program that allows you to adopt military bases from around the world to send coupons too. Did you know expired coupons (30 days) can still be used at the on-base commisary (grocery store) and PX/BX (department store)?????!!! So instead of throwing those away why don't we send them to people who can use them???
How can you be involved? You have a couple of options. You can go directly to the OCP site, and follow their directions to adopt a military base of your choice. The link is below.
http://www.ocpnet.org/default.htm
Or you can visit the Krazy Coupon Lady web site, and then send them in for them to mail for you. Follow the link below.
http://thekrazycouponlady.com/coupons-for-military/
Or you can mail your coupons directly to me. As the daughter of an Air Force military man (that's my mom and dad pictured) I am adopting an Air Force Base in Turkey. What you need to do is mail your coupons (can be expired up to 30 days) to me. They need to be sorted between edibles and non-edibles and the monetary value of the coupons for each category. I will then fill out the customs forms and mail them with mine! I am sending my package around December 17th., so please get them to me before then! If you want to mail me your coupons my address is
Ashley Rowlett
2957 Vinyards Parkway Apt.2
Branson, Mo 65616
You can not sent printed coupons, as they have access to those no matter where they are, and no coupons over 30 days expired.
No matter if you decide to mail them to me or directly to the base comment and let me know what you did!! And Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!