It’s time to send in your expired coupons!
Pull out all your expired, clipped coupons,
DIVIDE THEM INTO FOOD & NON-FOOD,
put them in labeled baggies to separate, and mail them to Andrea!
You have one week to mail your coupons in! Thank You! More info on the Overseas Coupon Program below:

Did you know that overseas military members and their families can use expired coupons up to six months past their expiration? Families living in a far away country are often living on one income and money may be scarce. Let’s support our military by showing them some coupon love! KCL’s, we want to come together and pool our expired coupons to send to US military families in Japan!
Eligible Coupons:
* Do NOT send coupons that are over 30 days expired.
* Do NOT send store coupons.
* ALL manufacturer coupons are eligible: printable, blinkies, peelies (if that’s the way you roll), tear pads in addition to newspaper coupons–
they must be Manufacturer Coupons.
* Coupons must be clipped
How do I send the Coupons?
Separate your clipped coupons into two categories: Food and Non-Food
Most bases have 2 stores. One is called the “Commissary” which is a grocery store and the other is the PX or BX which is a department store. We therefore ask you to sort the coupons into “food” and “non-food” bundles so that they can more easily be placed in the correct venue once they arrive at the base.
Label the Bundles
Try to use a baggie to separate your coupons instead of paper clips or rubber bands.
What’s Food & Non-Food?
Here’s the rule of thumb: It’s food if it can be eaten by humans, is usually eaten by humans, and is normally eaten to provide calories. For example, dog & cat food would be “Non-Food,” but Ensure or Slim-Fast would be “Food.” Vitamins would be non-food. Chewing Gum and Mints are food.
Is there a minimum donation?
No! Please send any coupons you may have. We only ask that you mail them only once a month. It will just be easier business this way!
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What a great idea! I had no idea this could be done. Sadly I just threw out a handful this morning & the kids took the garbage out already. Not a big fan of dumpster diving but I’ll be sure to hang on to next months & send them in. (My hubby has been after me to start recycling more. I guess if I would have listened to him I wouldn’t have to worry about trying to dig them out of the garbage.)
Thanks for posting this! I pulled out all my 1/31s this weekend.
I had no idea you could do this either. Thanks for sharing. I love the fact that I can share what I don’t use with others. I’ll be sending some. Thanks!
cow tipping is fun tho
I work for Walmart and some of our associates get coupons for our break room, I mean a big number of coupons. Well a lady who does most of the coupons was sending them in and they actually told her they were good and to stop sending them! I was surprised because she was being so nice.
Thanks for the info, I will be going through my coupon binder this week to clean out the expired ones and send them in!
Don’t forget about Military families in other countries as well. If your program does well could you consider adding more countries? I know the cost of living in Europe is really high and there are lots of military families there as well. Thanks for supporting our troops AND their families. As a military wife feeding a family of 6 on one income, every coupon helps. Speaking of help, thanks to additional coupons from your site, I saved an additional $30 over what I normally save with coupons! You guys are awesome!
If they can use them for up to 6 month past expiration then how come you wont collect any that are over 30 days? I have a ton of coupon that I forgot to send out last month so i was going to ship them with this months.
i would also recommend checking with your school. my sister works for a school and their ROTC program collects them and mails them to the appropriate people too!
this is a great idea
Thank you so much for mentioning this. I know when we were stationed in Germany I loved when my Mom would send over all of her expired coupons!