School Fundraisers and Coupons

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This article highlights a few common school fundraiser options that would be of interest to a family that uses couponing. It begins:

If you have school-aged children of your own or if your acquaintances have school-aged children, it is probably only a matter of time before you will be hit with a deluge of fund-raising pitches. It is not reasonable for you to shell out for every plea that comes along but ifyou choose carefully, and especially if you use coupons or are willingto start, you can find fundraising choices that can help the school AND help your wallet.

The best example of this is the Entertainment Book. Available in most areas, the book is a fat collection of stores that want to give you a discount. For a long time I held off on buying the Entertainment Book.Why should I spend money to get a discount? And then slowly I grew wiser.

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