**Local Lansing/Jackson MI Readers!** Free 6 inch Sub at Subway when you buy one and bring in non-perishable food item!

Today Only (3/17) at Subway Restaurants in Lansing/Jackson (MI) you can bring in a non-perishable food item, buy a 6-inch sub and get one FREE!

All donations will benefit the Mid-Michigan Food Bank & Greater Lansing Food Bank.

As always, you might want to call your local Subway to make sure they are participating before heading there. What a great cause! I am sure you all have some extra cheap or free food sitting around since you use coupons! ;)

Calling all Mid-Michigan (Lansing area) Readers: Operation Backpack has started!!

Whether your ready or not, School is right around the corner for all of us living in Mid-Michigan! I came across a great campaign going on in the Lansing area called Operation Backpack! Now this would be very inexpensive for all of us "deal seekers"! Keep reading for all the details of this great campaign. Every kid going back to school should have a new backpack loaded with tons of school supplies!


Operation Backpack is a volunteer driven back-to-school effort Co-Chaired by Congressman Mike Rogers and Lupe Izzo benefiting the children served by St. Vincent Catholic Charities. STVCC is collaborating with Andy Provenzano, WILX-TV 10 and Two Men and a Truck in an effort to successfully reach our goal of 1,000 donated backpacks stuffed full of school supplies. Operation Backpack runs now through August 27th. The drive concludes with a back-to-school rally where the children will receive their backpacks and school supplies.

WILX TV 10
500 American Road
Lansing, MI 48911

Mike Rogers Office
1000 West St. Joseph Suite 300
Lansing, Michigan 48915

Two Men & A Truck
1200 Keystone Ave
Lansing, Michigan 48911

St. Vincent Catholic Charities
2800 West Willow Street
Lansing, MI 48917

Any Michigan Chevy Team Dealer
http://www.michiganchevyteam.com/


Go HERE to get more info.

Interested in donating? You can get a backpack at Old Navy right now for only $10 and you will also get a Lunch Kit for free! You could throw that in the backpack too!
Go HERE to read my post about this great deal!

You can get free Post-it Super Sticky Notes for free with coupon at places like Target and Walmart! Go HERE to read my post and get your coupon!

Keep reading Money Saving Mama in Michigan, as I will be looking for great deals on all the back to school items that are needed to fill the backpacks!

Let me know if you plan on doing this. I think it will be fun to have the kids help pick out a backpack and put some school supplies in it. It's a great way to teach them about giving back to others!



All highlighted info was obtained from the WILX TV 10 website!

Better Basket Blog Hop~Blog For a Great Cause

I was given this awesome Easter Basket from Carie at Carie's Coins & Cents! She has a wonderful blog that brings you all the best deals, coupons, freebies and more! Plus, she is a fellow Michigan blogger! :) Make sure you stop by and visit her when you get a chance!

Here is some information on the Hershey's Better Basket Blog Hop:

This Easter season Hershey is all about helping you to create Better Easter Baskets with their special limited edition Easter candies found at Walmart.

More importantly, Hershey wants to promote the idea of going good in our own communities. The Hershey Company is committed to making a difference in the communities where we live in, and has a heritage of giving back to the community.

Thanks to Hershey's and 20 different bloggers looking to blog for a good cause, baskets like the one above were created and given to charities of each bloggers choice to spread Hershey's ongoing message around: We are ALL working together to do good in and out of our own communities!

In addition to those 20 baskets donated to charity, Hershey's is also sponsoring a Better Basket Blog Hop where Hershey will donate $10 per blog post entry for the Children's Miracle Network, up to $5,000. Amazing.

I'm passing this Easter Basket onto the following fabulous bloggers...

*Amy over at Saving with Amy

*Kristie over at Kristie's Notes

*Carri over at Carri Ann DESIGNS

*Tiffany over at The Keeper at Home

*Denise over at Together We Save


If you want to be apart of the blog hop, here are the rules:

Copy and paste these rules to your blog post.

Create a blog post giving a virtual Easter Basket to another blogger – you can give as many Virtual Baskets as you want.

Link back to the person who gave you an Easter Basket.

Let each person you are giving a Virtual Easter Basket to know you have given them a Basket.

Leave your link at BetterBasket.info/BlogHop comment section. You can also find the official rules of this #betterbasket blog hop, and more information about Better Basket with Hershey’s there.

Hershey’s is donating $10 per each blog participating to the Better Basket Blog Hop to Children’s Miracle Network (up to total of $5,000 by blog posts written by April 4th, 2010).

Please note that only one blog post by each blog url will count towards the donation.