Help Me Pay It Forward: Family Sponsorship for Christmas

Every year my church sponsors several families at Christmas to help make their holiday a little brighter. These are families who otherwise would not have a very merry Christmas due to financial obstacles. These are anonymous families, however, I know very well that these individuals are likely to be people I sit next to or walk by every day. In fact, at one point, my family was once one of those families graciously receiving help during the holiday season.

Looking through the tags with the Christmas wishes on them, it broke my heart to see wishes include such basic necessities as canned goods and cleaning supplies. One family even wished for Christmas cookies. I quickly grabbed these tags, in addition to one for an 8 year old girl who wanted a book and another for a 14 year old girl who wanted jewelry and make up (I knew I was saving all that free/money-maker make up from the summer for a reason!!).

I will be continuing my Superpoints endeavors to help raise money to put towards these gifts. So far this year I've earned nearly $20 towards food baskets for Thanksgiving with your help. I'd like to continue this "tradition" and raise money through Superpoints by spinning the "Lucky Button." You can help by joining me as a Superpoints referral - for every point you earn, I earn one too! You get to keep your points and redeem them for whatever your heart desires, and my points will be redeemed to purchase the gifts for my sponsored families. (Referrals require an invitation code, see below).

In addition, I'd love some suggestions. One family wanted Christmas cookies - comment with your favorite recipe for Christmas cookies so I can select a few and make them.



Invitation Codes for Superpoints:

http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/3pltbr  

 

 http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/1cqi71 

 

 http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/9481xg

 

http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/olkl95 

 

http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/7evbuc

Happy Couponing!
-Coupon Mama Massachusetts

Welcome Students!

I am a teacher at a high school in Rhode Island. I may be biased, but I think I have, hands down, some of the best students in the state. Last year as I watched the class of 2011 cross the stage and receive their diploma, I felt like a proud mama. Despite all of the political nonsense that goes on behind the scenes with teaching, the actual job of teaching is so incredibly rewarding.

I've been talking to my students about the importance of giving back when you can and not just giving back with the expectation of getting something in return. My students are required to complete 6 hours of community service per year (24 hours in total) in order to graduate. In one of my classes we've been doing small-scale community service activities but I refuse to sign off on any hours!! Yes, Ms. Lachapelle is oh-so-mean! Not really, I just want my students to do NICE THINGS for others out of the goodness of their hearts, not because they'll reach a graduation requirement doing it!

So far we've decorated plastic butter and sour cream containers and then planted mums. We gave those to special needs program in our school that has no budget to buy supplies - they sell snacks and other goodies to teachers so they can sell the potted mums to us too! We've also started making Veterans Day cards as well as Thanksgiving cards for nursing home residents.

Also important, in my opinion, is I talked to them about Superpoints, and how I'm donating all of my cash-monies earned between 11/2 & 11/16 to a ministry group that puts together food baskets for Thanksgiving (and Christmas!). I've made $3.01 so far and I'm hoping to make a ton more. If you sign up using my invitation code, I earn a point when you earn a point. And you get to keep your own points to do whatever you want with them! So if you (or my students who are reading this!) are interested in joining, here are some invitations.

http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/363kco --- 25 bonus points!!

http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/igpa9j

http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/5lqry4

http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/6bvsfn

 

http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/sknpy4

 

http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/5rt00g

 

http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/drbp

 

http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/7eaoku

 

http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/l8nb6w

 

http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/uhabai

 

Happy Couponing!
-Coupon Mama Massachusetts