April's Fury

Hello Couponers
I it with a very heavy heart that I sit here writing this blog.  As most of you may know I live in the great state of Alabama that Wednesday was ripped apart due to massive tornadoes.  I have never seen anything like it at all even in the movies.  Luckily the part of Alabama that I live in was spared from the worst of it but I have friends in areas that were hit hard.  The death toll just in the state of Alabama is over 200 now and there are people that have lost everything they own.

I spent part of the day yesterday at the a local missions office sorting items that would be sent out to the victims.  I started out in the massive clothing section of warehouse sorting clothes and shoes.  I am going to be brutally honest here because I think someone needs to say it...I was appalled at some of the things that I saw that were donated.  Do people actually think that someone that doesn't have a house needs a pair of 5 inch stilettos?  Not to mention it is well in the 80's here and we uncovered bag after bag of heavy sweaters and coats.  These people have immediate needs!!! The need shoes that they can wear right now as they sift through the rubble that was their life.  Okay soap box rant over...I know that every little bit helps and maybe those stilettos (by the way that wasn't the only pair we saw) were all that that particular person had to give but to me there were bags that I opened that just looked like someone cleaned out their closet of the things they no longer liked and brought them to us. 

After an hour of clothes sorting I ventured over to the toiletries section.  I was up to my elbows in toothpaste!!!!  I was loving it.  I opened one box and when I looked inside I said to myself..I bet this box was brought in by a couponer!  It looked a lot like my stockpile here at home.  I was sad to see that this area of the warehouse was WAY smaller that the clothes section.  There is a huge need for those items right now.  So my couponing mission this week is to get as much of that type stuff as I can and get it to those people. If you are reading my blog and you would like to know ways that you can help comment below and I will get you the information.  If you know me and you want to make a donation of something I would be happy to meet you somewhere or you can drop it by my house!!

So Couponers....LET'S GET THIS!!!!