I love when I can give back through couponing and Back to School time is a great time to help because you can get school supplies for cheap! Consider picking up a few extra supplies to help out less fortunate students!
Two years ago I participated in a Backpack Challenge. I’m happy to be participating again!
I was provided $25 by our sponsor Ebates to purchase a backpack and school supplies. I was not compensated in any other way for this post. #givingbackpack #ebates
I had $14.85 to spend so on my last round of shopping this is how I spent it:
Everything in this picture came from Target. I used mobile coupons, Target coupons, printable coupons and insert coupons plus a $5 gift card back on school supplies to score all this with what I had left to spend after my first two shopping trips here and here.
And then I ran to Staples this week to get a FREE ream of copy paper and FREE pens. They didn’t make it into the picture because they were last minute purchases. (I thought I was done when I took these pictures last week.) But FREE is FREE so I couldn’t pass up that opportunity to get two more items!
Here’s what I ended up with after spending $25 on school supplies:
- 1 backpack
- 7 single subject notebooks
- 3 poly pocket folders
- 5 paper pocket folders with prongs
- 2 Mead five star pocket folders with prongs
- 2 packs of glue sticks (totaling 6 glue sticks)
- 2 bottles school glue
- 2 mini staplers with extra staples
- 8 packs of 24ct crayons
- 1 pack of colored pencils
- 1 pack of markers
- 2 packs of mechanical pencils (16 pencils total)
- 2 packs of wooden #2 pencils (16 pencils total)
- 1 pack of 100 index cards
- 1 school box
- 1 wooden ruler
- 1 pack Post-it notes
- 1 pack of Sharpies (2ct)
- 3 packs of filler notebook paper
- 1 ream of copy paper
- 1 pack of pens (4ct)
That’s a total of 48 school supply items (including a backpack) for just $25!!
It’s proof that a little really can go a long way to helping others!
Thanks again to the sponsor of the backpack challenge for giving me the opportunity to give back!
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