{"id":4809,"date":"2011-05-27T20:39:43","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T00:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.couponmom.com\/blog\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2011-05-27T20:49:56","modified_gmt":"2011-05-28T00:49:56","slug":"easy-way-to-help-tornado-survivors-in-joplin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.couponmom.com\/blog\/easy-way-to-help-tornado-survivors-in-joplin","title":{"rendered":"Easy Way to Help Tornado Survivors in Joplin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fabulous group of Extreme Couponers I know\u00a0\u00a0is organizing an effort to get donated supplies to the Joplin families in need.\u00a0 If you have extra coupon bargains that you can donate, you can ship them very inexpensively to a Springfield, Missouri location where they will be sorted and transported to Joplin to distribute.<\/p>\n<p>For only $10.95, you can get a flat rate box at the post office and fill it with as much as it will hold, then mail it to the\u00a0Springfield, Missouri\u00a0location.\u00a0 There are no weight restrictions, so pack this box as full as you can!\u00a0 (and you can send as many\u00a0 boxes as you want, of course)<\/p>\n<div>The items that are needed most are baby items ( formula, wipes, diapers),\u00a0 clothing ( in good condition), \u00a0tarps,\u00a0 batteries,\u00a0 flashlights,\u00a0\u00a0non-perishable food and toiletries.\u00a0 Think of all the supplies you would need if you lost everything&#8211;toothbrushes, feminine hygiene items, soap, shampoo, toothpaste, and more.\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><strong>Here are details, to donate and\/or to come and help sort<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 If you live in the Houston area, the address of the <strong>Houston donation drop off <\/strong>is : The Woodlands Christian Church, 1202 North Millbend Dr., \u00a0The Woodlands, \u00a0TX 77380.\u00a0 Donations must be received by\u00a0 June 17th.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t live in the Houston area, you can ship supplies to:\u00a0 <strong>Coupon-Aid (care of the Vineyard Church), \u00a0634 W. Wall, \u00a0Springfield, MO 65806<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 On June 18th &amp; 19th, the coupon team has 2 work days planned over Father&#8217;s Day weekend\u00a0to sort supplies at the Springfield location above\u00a0(one hour from Joplin) to be able to take to Joplin.\u00a0\u00a0 Again, anyone is invited to come and help.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n google_ad_client = \"pub-1292841733033310\"; \/* 300x250, created 6\/7\/10 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"4136095358\"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fabulous group of Extreme Couponers I know\u00a0\u00a0is organizing an effort to get donated supplies to the Joplin families in need.\u00a0 If you have extra coupon bargains that you can donate, you can ship them very inexpensively to a Springfield, Missouri location where they will be sorted and transported to Joplin to distribute. For only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8FFMs-1fz","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.couponmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.couponmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.couponmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.couponmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.couponmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4809"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.couponmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4811,"href":"https:\/\/www.couponmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4809\/revisions\/4811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.couponmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.couponmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.couponmom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}