GST (GrocerySavingTips.com) Military Family Coupon Project
Copyright © by Michelle Jones. All rights
reserved. michelle@grocerysavingtips.com
WHAT to Do and WHERE to SEND Expired Grocery Coupons
Stop Tossing Those Expired Grocery Coupons in the
Trash! Our U.S. military families stationed overseas are able to use them
on base for up to SIX MONTHS after the manufacturer's expiration date!
Help us keep our list of participating bases up to date. If you know of a
base that needs to be added or removed from our list please contact us with their current mailing
information--we update our mailing list every month!
Thank You for Helping Us Keep the GST Military Family Coupon Project
Alive and Well! If you're promoting the coupon project in your
community or on your web site or blog, please provide a link to our up-to-date
addresses located on this page. Bad addresses that are no longer in service are
continuing to pop up all over the internet from well intentioned people who copy and share WITHOUT a
link back to us, or start a new list and then discontinue updating it. The sad results are overseas families not receiving their
coupons, and U.S. families spending time and money mailing coupons that will be
returned as undeliverable. We welcome all the help we can get, but it is
critically important to link back to this page for current information. Don't
even print the page out, it will be out of date within a month. Thank you
and God Bless You!!!
"These coupons save us thousands of
dollars each year when used frequently and truly make life living
overseas more affordable. We truly can’t thank you enough for your
support."
- One of our many helpful coupon coordinators stationed
overseas, we couldn't do this without them, or YOU!
See Current ADDRESS LIST Below... Please
CONTINUE READING for all the info you need to participate in the Military Family
Coupon Project!
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Print
Letter to Include with Coupons
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Guidelines
for Using Flat Rate Mailing Envelopes
Frequently Asked Questions:
* Our List is
CURRENT - Link to Us - Do NOT Copy!
* What Type of
Coupons Can They Use
* Addressing
& Shipping Your Coupon Package
* More
Info on HOW
to Ship Coupons
* How Long Does the Mail
Take
* Base
Updates
* Letters from the
Base
* Volunteer
Groups, Clubs and Organizations Who
Would Like to "Adopt" a Base
Note for Base Coupon Volunteers: If you are on
a base overseas please volunteer to help! PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO SORT THESE
COUPONS BY YOURSELF, YOU REALLY DO NEED A TEAM! You could receive thousands of
grocery coupons each month by being in our program. We encourage our members to
send to different bases each month as we do and TO NOT "ADOPT" A BASE.
The best thing to do if you are receiving
unwanted coupons is to return to sender AND contact us to remove you from our
list. We have a printable letter
our members should include with the coupons that will help you be able to
contact us easily. We have also added "GST" to our Military Family
Coupon Project title to help identify who we are. If your base closes or has an updated address, please let us
know.
Thank You for Helping With Our
GST (GrocerySavingTips.com)
Military Family Coupon Project!
If you have a web site, blog, twitter or
facebook page, please share our link: http://www.grocerysavingtips.com/expiredgrocerycoupons.htm
ROTATE, ROTATE, ROTATE
PLEASE DO NOT "ADOPT" A BASE
THEY WILL GET OVERWHELMED WITH COUPONS
AND HAVE TO DROP OUT OF THE PROGRAM
Print
Letter to Include with Coupons
U.S.
Air Force:
Base List Updated Monthly @
GrocerySavingTips.com 2007-2012
Last update on...
January 24, 2012
Note: Our "CC"
stands for Coupon Coordinator
* GERMANY
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Ramstein
Ramstein Air Base
Attn: Family Services
Bldg. 1200
APO AE 09094
Dec 2011: From our
members... "I just wanted you to know that I received a Christmas
card from the Ramstein Commissary thanking me for generous coupon donations.
Along with that came "Have a safe and happy holiday season" from
the Ramstein Commissary. This was totally unexpected and by far the best
Christmas gift yet. - GST Member
* GUAM *
Guam
Airman and Family
Readiness Center
36 MSS/DPF
Unit 14001, Box 17
APO AP 96543
July 2011: From the
base..."Thanks so much for sending coupons. Life can be very expensive here in Guam. Without your support, we would be hard pressed to get coupons here."
CC
Sept 2011: From the
base..."Just wanted to take a moment and let you know how
grateful we all are over here in Guam. Thanks so very much for all you do,
it is most appreciated." CC
* JAPAN *
Okinawa
Airman and Family
Readiness Center
Unit 5134 Box 80
18 FSS/FSFR
APO AP 96368-5134
August 2011: From the
base... "Thank you so much for your generous coupon donations. I
was lucky enough to get them. I helped go through the coupons and put them
together to give out to our families! Every little bit helps around here.
Thank you so much!!" CC
(Kadena)
Kadena Commissary
DECA/WP/KAD
Unit 5156 Bldg. 407
APO AP 96367-5000
(Westpac)
Westpac Region
Camp Courtney Commissary
Unit 5156
APO
AP 96368-5000
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Yokota
Yokota Coupons
C/O Airman & Family Readiness Center
374th FSS/FSFR Unit 5119
APO, AP 96326-5123
Jan.
2012: From the base... "We received a package of coupons from your
contributors today... Your coupons make a wonderful difference at the
commissary cash register in a place where the yen to dollar rate makes
shopping off base cost prohibitive. I wanted to take a monent to thank you
for hosting this program. The fact that your contributors pay the postage to
send their coupons to us does not go unnoticed, to say nothing of the
time/effort... Thank you very much, on behalf of our family and many
others!" Base Family
* TURKEY *
Incirlik
Coupon Program A&FRC
39FSS/FSFR
Unit 7505, Box 175
APO AE 09824
Jan. 2012: From the
base... "Thank you ever so much, myself and some of my troops
sorted the coupons and gave to our military families. They are greatly
appreciated." MSgt.
* UK *
Alconbury
RAF Airmen & Readiness
Center
ATTN: Family Services
423 ABS/DPF
APO AE 09470
Oct.
2011: From the base... Hello from England. The Airman and
Family Readiness Center (A&FRC) would like to thank you on behalf of the
501st Combat Support Wing for the wonderful support you have provided to our
community through your coupon packages. It is evident that you and your
volunteers have put many long hours into clipping, sorting, and shipping coupons
for our service members and their families to save while shopping at the
commissary. This service you have provided has been greatly appreciated. The coupons we receive from you are not only distributed to RAF Alconbury,
but to other 501st CSW installations throughout the United Kingdom.
When the A&FRC receives your coupons, our small staff separates them into
small sealable sandwich bags and distributes them throughout our installation.
Due to the fact that we have such a small installation and staff, we are
not able to keep up with the quantity of coupons that we receive. So, it is
with this letter that we would like to request that you and/or your organization
only send coupons once a quarter. Please insure you pass on our gratitude
and appreciation to all the volunteers who have and who will continue to
contribute to coupons to our community." CC (Editor's Note: This email
was sent to over 100 groups and individuals who are currently mailing coupons to
this base. Thank you ALL for your efforts!!! :o)
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Mildenhall
Family
Services/Airman & Family Readiness Center
100 FSS/FSFR
Unit 4925 Box 280
APO AE 09459
Sept.
2011: From the
base... We have been receiving your coupons and our military families
have definitely been using them along with many others. We currently have
approximately 250 companies and individuals sending us coupons and they are
well distributed. Thank you for your wonderful efforts in
assisting our military families assigned to our base. I had a spouse
stop by a couple of days ago saying how she saved $100 on her grocery bill.
Although, not everyone saves that much, they definitely do save when they
are used." CC
U.S. Army:
Base List Updated Monthly @
GrocerySavingTips.com (2007-2011)
* GERMANY
*
Bamberg
USAG Bamberg
IMEU-BAM-MWR-ACS
Army Emergency Relief Manager
CMR 459
APO AE 09139
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Grafenwoehr
Coupon Coordinator
CMR Box 415 Box 6989
APO AE 09114
Dec 2011: From the base... "We at Army Community Service are spouses and civilians who support the 172nd Separate Infantry Brigade, The 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 18th CSSB Bn, 615th MP, 709th MP, 2nd ASOS, BMEDDAC, DENTAC, 7th Army JMTC, 903rd CCBn, 106th Finance, NCO Academy and many others. We pick up the boxes of coupons from our mailroom a few times a week and they do not last very long they moment they are displayed.
From a Financial Readiness perspective, these coupons go a long way to help our great army families reduce some of their food costs. From the perspective of a military spouse, thank you for all that you do to support our Soldiers and their Families.
Happy and Safe holidays to all of you." CC
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Hohenfels
Oct 2011: From the base... "Our
Army Community Service has
opted out on receiving coupon packages." CC
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Illesheim (illesheim)
Army Community Service
CMR 416
Bldg. 6510
APO AE 09140
Dec 2011: From the
base... "Thanks for your continued support to our Troops and
Families! We also have two other installations in the area who are
interested in receiving coupons... we suggest rotating shipments between
them and us." CC
(Bamberg)
Army Community Service
279th B5B
Unit 27535
APO AE 09139
and
(Wiesbaden)
Army Community Service
Unit 29623
Box 062
APO AE 09005-9623
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Schweinfurt
ACS,
280th BSB
Attn:
AETV-WG-SJD
CMR
457
APO
AE 09033
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Stuttgart
Army Community Service
Unit 30401
APO AE 09107
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Vilseck
Army Community Service
Unit 28130
Bldg. 244
APO AE 09114
June 2010:
From our members... "We recently received a thank you note from the
coordinator who handles the coupon program at Vilseck,
Germany. They seem very happy to get our coupons." CC
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Vogelweh
Vogelweh Commissary
DeCA/EU-VOG
Unit 3063
APO AE 09021
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ITALY *
Vicenza
Army
Community Service
US Army Garrison Vicenza
Unit 31401, Box 80
APO AE 09630
March 2011: From the
base... "We have a wonderful Coupon Program here in Vicenza, Italy
through the Army Community Services. There is a wonderful group of
volunteers who sort, distribute, and even tape the coupons to the products
at the commissary. We would love to be added to your list and would greatly
appreciate any coupons we receive." - CC
* JAPAN *
Okinawa
Volunteer/Outreach
Coordinator
ACS - 10th ASG
Unit 35115
APO AP 96376-5115
* UK
(England) *
Lakenheath
Airman and Family
Readiness Center
48 FSS/FSFR Bldg 950
Unit 5200, Box 105
APO AE 09461
July 2011: From the
base... "We wanted to extend our gratitude to you sending valued coupons to our military families stationed at our base. Your coupons are appreciated and will be used frequently at the base commissary. These coupons save us thousands of dollars each year when used frequently and truly make life living overseas more affordable. We truly can’t thank you enough for your support.
At this time, our base gives out coupons as fast as they come in. We do not need to have them sorted at all because we like to give each person a variety of coupons. When we receive the coupons in our office, we put an assortment into a gallon sized plastic bag and distribute them that way. Although we appreciate and respect the countless hours you could potentially spend sorting the coupons, we ask that you do not sort the coupons—unless you would like to. Most people return the coupons that they don’t personally need and we recycle them back out into the base community.
Again, many thanks for all you do in making a difference at our base. Thanks a million!"
- CC (Whew! Thanks for letting us know that you can still use the
coupons we send even when we are not able to presort them into food and
non-food stacks. That's a huge relief, especially for the packages we just
sent out this month! :o)
U.S.
Navy & Marines:
Base List Updated Monthly @
GrocerySavingTips.com (2007-2011)
* CUBA *
MA3 Wilson
PSC 1005 Box
60
FPO AE 09593
* GUAM *
Fleet and
Family Support Center
Naval Base Guam, Building 106
PSC 455 Box 157
FPO AP 96540
May 2011:
From the
base... "Thank you for promoting this on your website. Military spouses, like
myself, are very grateful to the people who take the time to send us
coupons." - CC
* ITALY *
Naples
Naples
NSA Commissary
DECA/EU/NAP
PSC 808 Box 44
FPO AE 09618
July
2011: From the base... This base is ready to receive coupons and is new to our program.
Let's send them some love!
Sigonella
May 2011: From the
base... "I received an envelope of coupons back from this base
today. The return reason was checked as refused. They must not be accepting
any more coupons." - CC (Editor's Note: They are probably
receiving too many coupons. Please remember to rotate the bases we
send coupons to, and NOT send them all to one base each time; also known
as "Adopting" a base.)
* JAPAN *
Sasebo
U.S. Fleet Activities
Fleet & Family Support Center
PSC 476 Box 62
FPO AP 96322-0062
Yokosuka
Airman and Family
Readiness Center
Unit 5123
Fleet and Family Support
Center
PSC 473 Box 116
FPO AP 96349-0116
or
Commissary Store
PSC 473 Box 33
FPO AP 96349-0033
* SPAIN *
Rota
Fleet and Family Support
Center
PSC 819 Box 57
FPO AE 09645-5500
Nov 2010: From our members...
"Received a response to coupons packet from Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society
Rota Spain. They ask that we only send coupons every other month
(rather than monthly) as they are receiving hundreds of packets. Keep up
your good work. Thanks" - CC
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PLEASE HELP US KEEP THIS LIST UP TO DATE! If you have an address that we
need to add, change or remove please contact the editor at michelle@grocerysavingtips.com
-- with the country and address as we have listed above. Although we do
not post all the letters we receive we do try to include recent messages that
would be helpful.
ATTN: WEBMASTERS AND BLOGGERS... You can also help by linking
to
this page but PLEASE do not try to copy the list of addresses for your readers
as this information is updated on a MONTHLY basis. If you copy and
post the list somewhere else it will be incorrect within a very short time and
that will not help our families overseas. Trust us, this is a lot harder
to maintain than it may look. Our staff has been working on this Military
Family Coupon Project for many years and we do our best to make sure our list is up to date
every month.
Helping families save money on groceries is what we do!!! :o)
Link to this page: http://www.grocerysavingtips.com/expiredgrocerycoupons.htm
Thank you for your support, and thank you for helping our
military families!!!
