Recently I wrote about the “10,000 Reasons to Save” campaign and contest sponsored by Valpak and Savings.com. Coupon users are invited to share their short- or long-term goals and explain how smart coupon use supports those goals.
There’s still time to enter, since the deadline isn’t until 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern on Sept. 15. All you have to do is detail your dream in 250 to 500 words and enter it at this website.
And if you’re still not sure how to use coupons? There’s a webinar for that.
“10,000 Reasons to Coupon,” a free program is co-sponsored by Savings.com and LearnVest, takes place on Thursday, Sept. 26. During the hour-long presentation Laura Harders of Beltway Bargain Mom and Lynette Rice of Cleverly Simple will walk you through the basics of “realistic” couponing:
- Finding and organizing the Qs
- Meal planning
- Seeing through “marketing traps”
- Tips to avoid overspending
In addition, certified financial planner Ellen Derrick will offer budgeting basics and information on LearnVest’s financial planning tools.
There’s no charge to sign up, and doing so will net you some money-saving techniques.
And enter that contest, will you? I sure would love to hear that a Surviving and Thriving reader won the $10,000 grand prize, or even one of the four $500 other prizes. If you make the finals let me know and I’ll do what I can to get readers over to look at (and vote on!) your entry.
