*UPDATED* Can You Spare an Item or Two?

Okay lovelies, we know we ask a lot of you guys. Recently we have asked for your generosity in conjunction with Coupons for the Community and the Pay It Forward Sale and the Community Baby Shower. We really have been trying to suck every last bit of charity out of you haven’t we? We do it because we feel so blessed by couponing and we want to pass those blessings on to others.

Please know that we are aware many of you coupon because you are in dire financial situations. We would NEVER think any less of you if you are not in a position to give or if you simply do not care to. We just feel that because we are able to reach a wide audience, it makes sense to give others the opportunity to give back if they are able.

Here is one of those opportunities:

A few readers emailed us to let us know about a non-local mother of 7 young children (one of them a newborn) who recently passed away quite unexpectedly. The father/husband is trying to pick up the pieces as best he can, but their situation is quite dire. Reader Tonya knows the family and is planning a trip to deliver as much food as she can stuff into her vehicle. That’s where you guys come in.

Did you overestimate how many boxes of fruit snacks your family would consume before they expire and now have an excess?

Are you so sick of Fruity Pebbles you can’t see straight?

Does the mere mention of Quaker Instant Oatmeal make you want to gag?

Oh, that’s just me? Good to know! Seriously though, if you have an excess of anything in your stockpile that you would be willing to part with, now is the time to put it to good use.

But you have to act FAST. Tonya is leaving on her trip SATURDAY!! That means we need to get our donations to help this young family to her ASAP. You can drop them off at her house:

Gift Card Winner Bridget’s AMAZING Results

Remember awhile back when we reached our 1 millionth site visit and we had a fun $100 gift card giveaway? Remember how that giveaway had a bit of a twist?  The winner had to take the $100 gift card and turn it into at least $200 in groceries in a month. Then give at least $100 in items to charity and keep the remainder. Bridget was our winner, and what she did with $100 using our FAB fruGAL couponing ways will BLOW. YOUR. MIND.

I’m not kidding. Her results were

AMAZING!!

You might need to sit down for this. She spent $100.02 and bought $1665.23 worth of groceries and products. Let me repeat myself. She spent $100.02 and bought $1665.23 worth of groceries and products.

That means she saved $1565.23!!!!

Now if that isn’t FAB, I don’t know what is! She was able to help a number of families with her haul, including our Fab Pay It Forward Garage Sale families. So incredible! (And no hoarding or shelf clearing took place AT ALL! She drove all over the Treasure Valley and back again to do her shopping, which she spent many days completing.)

Here are some pictures of her amazing shopping trips:

A HUGE thank you goes out to Bridget for not only taking on our challenge, but blowing it away!!

You did an incredible job!!

Community Baby Shower Results

Here’s the grand total from 2010 Community Baby Shower:
Diapers – 35,560
Wipes – 1194 Boxes
Clothing – 259 outfits
Blankets – 149
Formula/Food – 412

**All the agencies also received thousands of other baby toiletry/misc. items**

WOW!

Thanks to all the fruGALs and guys that supported the baby shower!!!!!!

Thanks to Michelle and Scott from Todays Channel 6 for getting us involved we had fun stretching your dollars with coupons to bring in more donations!

Fabulessly Frugal On Today’s 6 News

By now, I’m sure you’ve read how we’ve teamed up with Today’s 6 News to support their Today’s 6 Community Baby Shower!

Here is the footage of AJ and her shopping trip with Scott Dorval! She showed him how to stretch $200 by using coupons and deals to save money on diapers, wipes, formula and bottles.

TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY!

We want to help Today’s 6 News surpass the number of donations they brought in last year…  Here are the #’s we want to beat!

Diapers – 1095 Packages

Wet Wipes – 836 Boxes

Clothing Sets – 129

Blankets –  148

Formula –  139 Cans

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Join us at the Five Mile and Overland Albertsons on Wednesday at 5:45 pm.  We will be there with Michelle Edmonds as she does her last final push for donations.

We want YOU, our super fab readers to JOIN US!

Meet us there and bring your donations!

Feel free to bring any donation – big or small (or do some shopping first) and help us support this worthwhile cause!  Even if it’s one small thing, EVERY DONATION makes a difference!!!  We’ll see you at Albertsons on Five Mile and Overland at 5:45 on Wednesday July 28th!  You can read more about Today’s 6 Community Baby Shower here.

Community Baby Shower is Coming!

What: Community Baby Shower

Host: Michelle Edmonds and Todays 6 News

Who: local non profit education based programs collect the supplies, and mothers and children alike benefit thanks to your kind donations!

Collecting: Baby Shampoo, Oil, Powder, Formula, Bottles, Diapers, Wipes, Clothing, ANYTHING BABY GOES!

We will even take your baby coupons or FORMULA CHECKS and do the shopping for you!

Drop Off: items by Tuesday (July 27th) OR on Wednesday 6am-10:30pm (July 28th) at ANY Treasure Valley Albertsons!

Boise
3312 Ithaca Ave
Boise 83709
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Kuna
11980 Dynamite Ln.
Kuna 83634
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Nampa
17297 N Judith Ave
Nampa 83687
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Printable Baby Item Coupons:

$2/1 Huggies Baby Wipes 320 ct. or larger (coupons.com)
$1/1 Johnson’s Baby Powder ets (bricks coupon)
$2/1 Huggies Pull-Ups (pull-ups.com)
$1/1 Seventh Generation Diapers
$3.50 off wyb Huggies Diapers and 184 ct. or larger Huggies Wipes Target coupon (can be stacked with MQs)
$1 off Coupon for YoBaby or YoToddler Yogurt
$1/1 JOHNSON’S® BEDTIME® Bath, Lotion and NEW Bubble Bath & Wash
$1/1 Baby Desitin Cream
$1/1 JOHNSON’S® Baby Shampoo
$1 OFF coupon for Baby Orajel
$1/1 JOHNSON’S® HEAD-TO-TOE® Baby Wash
$1/1 All® Free Clear laundry detergent
55¢/1 Half Gallon of Horizon Organic® Milk plus DHA Omega-3

Insert Baby Item Coupons:

$.50/1 Huggies Baby Wipes, 64ct. or larger SS-7/11
$1.50/1 Huggies Diapers $1.50/1 SS-7/11
$1.50/1 Huggies Overnites Diapers SS-7/11
$2/1 Luvs Diapers 6/27-RP
$2/1 Pampers Cruisers Diapers RP-6/20
$2/ Pampers Cruisers, Swaddlers Sensitive or Extra Protection Diapers PG-7/4
$1.50/1 Pampers Diapers or Pants PG-6/6
$1.50/1 Pampers Diapers or Pants PG-7/4
$2/1 Pampers Swaddlers or Swaddlers Sensitive Diapers RP-6/20
$1/1 Pampers Wipes 180ct. or larger RP-6/20
$2/1 Pampers Wipes, any 60 ct or larger PG-6/6
$.50/1 Pampers Wipes, any 60 ct. or larger PG-7/4

Get more information about the Community Baby Shower!

AJ and some of the other fabs will be shopping with Scott Dorval at Albertsons for baby items later today! You will be able to see how it went tonight on Todays 6 News!

Thanks for your support!

PS: We are also collecting tampons and pads to aid women in Africa!

Today’s 6 Community Baby Shower

Hey Boise, here is another chance to give back!  Michelle Edmonds from Channel 6 news let us know about their Community Baby Shower and we are excited to help! 

Here is some information about it from Michelle:

I started [this] while pregnant with my second child.  The quick story is I saw a real need to help young moms/families make sure they got a good start on parenting.  I believe the way to do this is through education.  So I hooked up with local non-profit organizations that provide incentive-based education programs to help families.  The parents go to classes (through the non-profits), their doctors appointments, reading time at the library,etc. and get a card signed every time they complete an assignment.  Those signatures add up to points that they can redeem for needed baby goods through the organizations.  It’s truly amazing to see how lives big and small are being changed by these programs.
 
We would love to gather as many “incentive” items as possible for the non-profits.  Their most needed items are diapers and wipes, but really anything for a baby goes.  Their only request for this drive is that the items be new.  (These programs never get new gear and so it is extra special for the women to get an incentive item with a tag on it!) 

Other ideas: Baby Shampoo, Oil, Powder, Formula, Bottles, etc…
 
You can drop off items by Tuesday (July 27th) to a few of the same locations we used for the garage sale. 

Boise
3312 Ithaca Ave
Boise 83709
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Kuna
11980 Dynamite Ln.
Kuna 83634
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Nampa
17297 N Judith Ave
Nampa 83687
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Read more about the four non-profits (2 in Boise, 1 in Nampa, 1 in Caldwell) we’re supporting and see stories from years past.

Don’t worry, we’re not leaving you without help.  Here are a few coupons and deals for baby items to help you stretch your generosity as far as possible! 

Printable Baby Item Coupons

$2/1 Huggies Baby Wipes 320 ct. or larger (coupons.com)
$1/1 Johnson’s Baby Powder  ets (bricks coupon)
$2/1 Huggies Pull-Ups (pull-ups.com)
$1/1 Seventh Generation Diapers
$3.50 off wyb Huggies Diapers and 184 ct. or larger Huggies Wipes Target coupon (can be stacked with MQs)

Insert Baby Item Coupons

$.50/1 Huggies Baby Wipes, 64ct. or larger SS-7/11
$1.50/1 Huggies Diapers $1.50/1 SS-7/11
$1.50/1 Huggies Overnites Diapers  SS-7/11
$2/1 Luvs Diapers 6/27-RP
$2/1 Pampers Cruisers Diapers RP-6/20
$2/ Pampers Cruisers, Swaddlers Sensitive or Extra Protection Diapers PG-7/4
$1.50/1 Pampers Diapers or Pants PG-6/6
$1.50/1 Pampers Diapers or Pants PG-7/4
$2/1 Pampers Swaddlers or Swaddlers Sensitive Diapers RP-6/20
$1/1 Pampers Wipes 180ct. or larger RP-6/20
$2/1 Pampers Wipes, any 60 ct or larger PG-6/6
$.50/1 Pampers Wipes, any 60 ct. or larger PG-7/4

Current Deals

Babies R Us

Here is the ad for Babies R Us Deals.  Some of them expired on the 22nd, some are good through Sat., and some into August.

Also use your manufacturer’s coupons to make this deal better!

Target

Pampers Wipes $1.97(as far as I know, they are still this price)
use $2/1 Pampers Wipes from P&G-6/6
Final price: Free

Get a $5 Gift Card wyb 2 Big Pack Diapers or Training Pants for $19.99 ea

Pampers

$2/1 Pampers Cruisers, Swaddlers Sensitive, or Extra Protection Diapers from 7/4 PG
$2/1 Pampers Cruisers from 6/20 RP
$2/1 Pampers Swaddlers from 6/20 RP
$1.50/1 Pampers Diapers or Pants from 6/6 PG or 7/4 PG
Final Price: $15.49 ea

Huggies
$1.50/1 Huggies Diapers from 7/11 SS
Final Price: as low as $15.99 ea

Also use the $3.50 off Huggies Diapers and Wipes Target Coupon
as well as the $2/1 Huggies Wipes Coupon from coupons.com to lower your diaper cost and get wipes!

Huggies Pull-Ups
$2/1 Huggies Pull-Ups
$1.50/1 Huggies Pull-Ups from 7/18 SS
Final Price: as low as $15.49 ea

Walgreens

Pampers Baby Wipes $2.49
Use $2/1 Pampers Wipes from P&G-6/6
Final Price: $.49 each

Walmart

Pampers Baby Wipes $1.97
Use $2/1 Pampers Wipes from P&G-6/6
Final Price: Free

If you have baby items in your stockpile you no longer need or are willing to donate, bring them by!  What other baby deals are you finding this week that could benefit our community?  Share in the comments!

And FINALLY, (I know, this post is long!) if you have the $2/1 Pampers Wipes coupons and are not going to use them, we would be happy to get them from you and do the shopping!

Thanks ladies and gents, we know we can make a BIG difference!

Deals From the Inbox

We always appreciate your emails letting us know about FAB deals and info! Here are just a few from the inbox this week.

Sean told us about a 20% off coupon for Hollister. Might be perfect for that back to school shopping!

Sean also told us about this $1/1 Snickers Ice Cream Bar coupon. I’m now contemplating having ice cream for breakfast. And if that is wrong, I don’t want to be right!

FruGAL Jenn told us about a great deal on chicken:

I noticed today at the Walmart in Ontario that chicken breasts were only $1.78 per pound, better price than the Albertson’s price. Not sure if this is all the stores in the valley or not.

And finally FruGAL Amy told us about a great opportunity to give back:

Hey Ladies!  I was wondering if I could enlist your help.  You have so many great followers that helped to make your yard sale such a great success.  What a great community we live in!!  I just recently started school at Oliver Finley and there is a former student that is going on a mission to Africa.  Did you know that in Africa women and girls miss a week of work and school because they are uneducated about their menstrual cycles and have no idea how to deal with it.  They actually sit on dirt mounds to absorb.  It’s very sad and I thought what a great idea to host a Tampon and Pad Drive for her to take to Africa with her.  If anybody has donations, they can contact me to come and pick it up or drop it off at Oliver Finley: Five Mile and Fairview right next to the Buffalo Club. Just ask for Amy Conner.  I would really appreciate this.  We will be doing this for the next three weeks.  Thank you so much!

Raffle Results and a HUGE Thank You

Every last penny has been counted and the grand total is in. And oh how grand it is! The Second Annual FAB Pay It Forward Community Garage Sale, Bake Sale and Raffle raised (drum roll please)…………………

$4,345.80

SIMPLY AMAZING!!!

You guys are absolutely the best readers anyone could ask for. $4,345.80 to help 3 of the most deserving families, all because of YOU!  Like my 6-year-old says, “It makes my heart happy.”

Now some official thank yous are in order. We’ll start with our FAB sponsors:

Residence Inn by Marriott
The suites at the Residence Inn are beautiful, w/ full kitchens and living room areas. Plus, their staff is as fab as they come & as a bonus, they serve a massive breakfast buffet that won’t cost you a dime! Check them out on facebook too! Thanks for sponsoring Steve!

Albertsons
No reason to go into why we love Albies so much because we think you probably already know, but Kathi, Damien and the crew at 5&O are always so great to us. Thanks guys!

Famous Dave’s

If you haven’thad their bread pudding, you haven’t lived! Thanks Wes!

Olive Garden
Thank you to Tamra and crew over at the home of the best breadsticks on earth, aka. the Nampa Olive Garden!

Cheesecake Factory
I would tell you my favorite menu items, but that list would be as long as their menu! Thanks Jay!

Rudy’s
Such a fun environment to gather with friends to eat some of the best casual food around. If you like french dip, you will love theirs! Thanks for your support!

Other Mother’s
Thanks Nancy and Val for your tremendous support. From your generous donations of gift certificates, tables and baby goods galore, to your hours donated and your willingness to help. You embody everything this sale is about and we can’t thank you enough!

Dr. Gregg Wilson
As nice as he is skilled, Dr. Wilson’s office ROCKS! And you won’t find a friendlier office staff!

High Country Produce
We love love love the produce (and the staff) at HCP!  Thanks Craig and Jim!

Sam I Am Jewelry – Stacy Brooks
Her jewelry is original, gorgeous and handcrafted. Does it get any better?

Doodlebeads – Celena Moncur & Chris Hessing
I love how a Doodlebeads bracelet or watch can make even the simplest outfit pop! Plus, you can customize to match your unique style!

Shaklee Products
Thanks AskLizFirst!

And reader Michelle for donating 8 weeks of coupon inserts!

Volunteers

Other Mothers: Nancy and Val Batteen
Sophie Allen
Evelyn McCullough
Mark Knight
Roman Yoder
Mark Abercrombie
Michelle & Kenny Gather
Nick Christensen
Desiree Foster
Bridget Messick
Tami Hill {and her husband}
Sally Hanson
Kathi Hancock
Kimberly Wing
Wendi Huffman
Wendi Huffman’s mom
Alesha Trujillo
Shannah Phares
Jennifer Millett
Afton Ellsworth
Ted and Karen Anderson
Michelle & Jason Humphreys
Mason and Savannah Humphreys
Monica Stamper

Donations

Every last one of you who donated items to sell!!
Lacey Kilgore and Five Mile Church of the Nazarene
Other Mothers:Nancy and Val Batteen
Paper Cottage: Celena Moncur
Carmen French
Jake Bishop
Alyson Harwood of Creative Elements
Evelyn McCullough
Becky Eyre
Ximena McCall
Wendi Huffman
Summer Price
Kurt Whiting
Jake and Carolee Price
Brian Price
Amy Connor
Shaunna Stoddard
Tara Neiderer
Dyana Galbraith
Debra Wade
Sophie Allen
Amy Siddoway
Aspen and Amber Siddoway
Danielle Smith
Melanie Newburn
Christa Arnstam {your cheese cake brownies sold out in like 5 seconds}
Chelsea Drake
Michelle Humphreys
Susan Lookhart {Cathy loves your basket!}
Hayley Schatz
Janeil Wardell
Jessica Seppa
Angela Frazee
Mark and Karen Dunkley
Ben Decker
Ted and Karen Anderson
Steve Burch of Sterling Construction
Krista Hibbert
Larry and Diane Grable
Katie Jennings
Jen Wieber
Wendi Huffman
Rebekah Marquez
Sally Hanson

Media

Holly Anderson: Idaho Statesman
Michelle Edmonds, Steve & Lance: KIVI Ch 6
Stacy Skrysak, Bri Eggers : KTRV Fox12

We know we overlooked so many of you and we are so sorry. In our haste to set-up and in the busyness of the day, we never even had a chance to pause and speak to many of the volunteers like the kind blonde lady with the black tank top. We ♥ you.

Now…

On To the Raffle Winners!

If you are a winner – we will do our best to (read your writing and) contact you!  You can also just email us your info and we’ll make arrangements to get your prize to you THIS WEEK!  Congrats to all and thank you so much for entering!!!

{Sorry for the delay in getting this up – we had some technical difficulties that slowed us down!!}

You. Amaze. Us.

I speak for all of us here at Fab Frugal when I say we are humbled by you.  Witnessing the outpouring of support these last few weeks as we prepared for and especially today as we held the Pay It Forward Community Garage Sale, quite simply restores our faith in humanity. I know it sounds cheesy, but it is absolutely true.

To execute a sale of this magnitude an extraordinary amount of work is required. So much work in fact that as we prepared for last year’s sale we were questioning whether we would ever do it again. And then we held the sale and were blown away by the outpouring of support from you, our amazing readers. It was an incredible experience that we were blessed to have been a part of.

When we decided to do it again this year and the stress of planning the event began to take over, I again questioned whether it was worth it.  Would we even get donations for a second year? Had we asked too much of our readers? Would anyone even show up? Would people feel as passionately about helping these families as we did?

I now feel silly for having had those thoughts.

You not only donated, you filled flat bed after flat bed trailer. You volunteered to work shoulder to shoulder for hours in the sweltering heat with people you had never met, to benefit people you probably never will meet. You baked. And you baked. And then you baked some more. You shared our desire to help these deserving families and you showed up in force to prove it.

We are not sure how to adequately thank you. We will attempt it in our official thank you post tomorrow, but we are not sure any choice of words could ever make you understand how grateful we are to you. Or how blessed we are to be a part of a couponing community that so freely gives, without ever expecting anything in return.

The sale was a HUGE success. We do not have a final total raised yet, as we are still selling raffle tickets until midnight, but we were once again blown away by the results.

And we could have never helped these families without YOU.

YOU. AMAZE. US.

Endlessly grateful,
The Fab Five

Last Plea for Help!

ARE YOU COMING TO THE “PAY IT FORWARD” GARAGE SALE, BAKE SALE, AND RAFFLE?  It is tomorrow from 8-1(ish) at the Five Mile Church of the Nazarene- 2701 S. Five Mile Road.  All $ earned goes directly to the families in need.  For more info on this event, go here!

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 Are you tired of us asking for help?  It’s almost over!! 

We are just about done sorting and tagging, but we still need help TOMORROW (Saturday!).

We need help setting up!

We will be at the Five Mile Church of the Nazarene- 2701 S. Five Mile Road starting at 5:30 am (yep – THAT early!).  We will be unloading 4 trailers and a whole lot of trucks loads of donations.  AND we’ll need to set it all up… and we’ll need help getting this accomplished before 8am!

We will need people to help man the sale. 

Keeping things organized, telling people about the raffle and bake sale, help people, and do whatever else needs to be done!   

We need help with clean up!!! 

We will have a lot of items left at the end of the sale.  We are going to take all of the leftovers to Idaho Youth Ranch, Goodwill, and Deseret Industries.  We’ll need help loading and transporting and just cleaning up!

We need you to come buy!!! 

If you don’t want any of the yard sale stuff, that’s OK!  We’ve got a lot of other things to offer as well!

• come buy raffle tickets
• delicious baked goods (who can resist Sophies goodies?  See picture – found at Bakerella!)
• bid on an item in the silent auction
• or just come and make a donation!

EVERY single penny goes to these families!  We need your support!  We want to raise at least $4000.00!  We can do it!

Thanks for all you’ve done so far.  We are truly in awe of your generosity!

ps – keep an eye on the news tonight to see our “glistening faces”!  Channel 6 at 5 or 6, and Channel 12 at 9 and 10!

What are we talking about?  You can read all about it here.

“Pay it Forward” RAFFLE ENDS at MIDNIGHT!!!!!!!

WOW.

You want a chance to win up to FIFTEEN different prizes??  These will all be available to win THIS SATURDAY at our 2nd Annual Pay it Forward Garage Sale!  If you can’t make it to the sale, but still want to purchase tickets and support these wonderful families, you can do it right here!

Wanna know what you’re playin for????

You could win any of these fabulous prizes (AND you can win more than once)!!!!

1 night stay at Residence Inn by Marriott
Thanks Steve!

$25.00 Albertsons Gift Card
(Thank you Five Mile & Overland Albertsons!)

$25.00 Famous Dave Gift Card

Thanks Wes!

$25.00 Olive Garden Gift Card
Thank you to Tamra and crew over at the Nampa Olive Garden!

$50 Cheesecake Factory Gift Card

Thanks Jay!

$25 Rudy’s Gift Certificate

$25 Other Mother’s Gift Certificate

Thanks Nancy!

Rowdy Diaper Bag

1 Hour Massage from Chiropractic Spine Care

Teeth Whitening from Dr. Gregg Wilson

$25 High Country Produce Gift Certificate (Thanks Jim!)

Pair of earnings and matching necklace from Sam I Am Jewelry (she’s a fab fruGAL!)

Two bracelets from Doodlebeads

$25 Gift Certificate for Shaklee Products
Thanks AskLizFirst!

And a HUGE stack of the past 8 weeks of COUPON INSERTS
(Thanks reader Michelle, another fab fruGAL!!) – 10 copies of each insert for each week!

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Either come buy the HUGE Charity Yard Sale at the Five Mile Church of the Nazarene- 2701 S. Five Mile Road Saturday from 8am-1pm OR you can purchase your raffle tickets!

THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT!!!

The more tickets you purchase, the greater your chances of winning!!

PS. GET YOUR DONATIONS TO OUR DROP OFF LOCATIONS ASAP!!! Today is technically the last day, but we will never turn a donation away!!

 

Calling All Volunteers!

The 2nd Annual Pay it Forward Community Garage Sale is only a few days away and it’s crunch time.  We asked for your donations and you delivered (we will always take more though!!), so now we have to sort and clean and tag. If you’ve ever had a yard sale, you probably know how much time that part takes. Well times that amount of work by 10 and that’s what we have in store for us in the next few days (seeing the results come Saturday morning make every minute spent completely worth it!).

And that’s why we need YOU!

Do you have a few hours to spare on Thursday or Friday morning? Come hang out with us! We need help sorting & tagging:

Thursday from 9am-noon
Friday from 9am-noon

We will provide donuts & babysitters for your kiddos!

We also need volunteers the day of the sale as well. There will be 2 shifts Saturday:

7am-10am AND 10am-1pm

And while we can’t offer you any compensation for your time (we can however offer treats!), we will be forever grateful for your help! Email us with questions at fabulesslyfrugal@ gmail.com.

Thanks again for all of your support with this. We couldn’t do it without you!

Your Baked Donations!

We’ve been talking about the 2nd Annual Fab Pay it Forward Community Garage Sale the past few weeks.

Last year the bake sale we had was even bigger than we imagined. We are hoping to make it big again, but we need you!!!

We need to get a count of who is bringing what and how much! We have already heard from some of our most fab fabs! Thanks ladies!

email us at fabulesslyfrugal {at} gmail {dot} com and let us know what you are bringing!

Thanks! We ♥ you!

Are you wondering why we’re doing this??  You can find ALL THE INFORMATION RIGHT HERE!

Additional Garage Sale Drop Off Location (Boise)

In regards to the 2nd annual fab Pay it Forward Garage Sale, the Calvary Chapel in Boise has agreed to be a drop off location for the garage sale.  They are setting up a tent with tables underneath where you can drop off donations!

The address is:

123 Auto Drive
Boise 83709
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We have had a lot of you ask about when and where to drop off items for the bake sale. You can bring them to any of the drop off locations the night before the sale, or bring them to the sale early Sat., the 10th (around 7am to the Five Mile Church of the Nazarene – 2701 S. Five Mile Road in Boise).

If you have any more questions, leave a comment or email us at fabulesslyfrugal(at)gmail(dot)com.

THANK YOU for your help

Introducing the McCrory Family

We’ve been talking all about the 2nd Annual fab Pay it Forward Garage Sale that is quickly approaching… and we know it’ll be huge, so we decided to have YOU, our readers, nominate a 3rd family for us to donate to.

This decision was the easiest, yet most difficult decision to make. Easiest, because the sheer volume of nominations for the particular family we chose and their heart-wrenching story made choosing them a no brainer. And yet the decision was so difficult to make because choosing them meant we could not help any of the other nominated families in need that were so very deserving.

So while we are frustrated we could not choose every last family nominated, we hope once you hear about the McCrory family, you will join with us in supporting them.

Meet Cyrus, Jonie, Jackson, Thea and Elsa McCrory.

Last month, after suffering a seizure and being rushed to the ER, doctors found a stage 2 Astro Cytoma tumor on Cyrus’ brain. He has had two surgeries in the past month in attempts to remove the tumor. While both surgeries went well, they were not able to remove the entire tumor. His prognosis is uncertain. The next step is radiation.

Cyrus was self-employed, and they not only have no health insurance, but due to his condition he has obviously been unable to work. Their income has come to a screeching halt, leaving Jonie in charge of caring for three small children and an extremely sick husband, while attempting to stay afloat financially. That is a battle she will lose without help. And based on what the numerous emails we received said, he is a wonderful man very deserving of help:

“Jonie and Cyrus McCrory are the kind of people who would drop what they are doing to help anyone out. They genuinely care about people and have such kind, generous, and loving hearts.”

“(Cyrus) puts others before himself.  He reaches out to the hurt and broken. He yields his rights and comforts so that others can receive blessings.”

“This precious family has blessed so many. His wisdom and gifts have been poured out into the lives of so many.”

So you asked us to help them, and we want to. But we can’t do it without you!! In order to help the McCrorys as well as Joan and Sean’s families, we need:

Your Donations-go HERE for drop off location info.

Your Baked Goods

Your Crafty Items

You to purchase raffle tickets (more info to come tomorrow)

You to spread the word. Email everyone you know. Post it on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace.

You to show up and shop at the sale!!

These families need our help and we want to help them in a HUGE way.

You with us?

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