How Our Program Works

We take donated coupons and use them to purchase products for the food pantry at a discounted price. Many times using grocery stores which double coupons we can get items for free or close to free.
By sending us your coupons, we are able to purchase more food and personal care items to help the pantry. Coupons for personal care items (example: toothpaste or soap) are extremely helpful because out clients cannot purchase these items with food stamps.

Please see our wish list of coupons needed the most.  http://www.coupons4foodpantries.org/Coupons.aspx

We prefer that you send us your coupons already clipped. This saves on volunteer time. If you are unable to clip the coupons we can do the clipping.

Please Mail your Coupons To:

Coupons 4 Food Pantries
c/o William Bailey
P.O. Box 248247
Columbus, OH, 43224

Stamp Out Hunger Saturday May 12

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.  Each year on the second Saturday in May all citizens have an opportunity to help a needy family by donating food through their local letter carrier.  This drive is the largest one-day food collection event in the nation.

Last year letter carriers collected 70.2 million pounda of food.  Here is how you can help on May 12:
1)  Collect and bag non-perishable food items.
2)  Place them by your mailbox for your letter carrier to docate for your local pantry or foodbank.

For more information visit their website:  http://www.helpstampouthunger.com/

 

Types of Coupons Needed

We are currently looking for the following types of Coupons for our Adopted Pantry.
These are things that we are currently purchasing on a weekly basis to help the pantry with their community outreach and we hope that you can help.

• Tuna Helper or Hamburger Helper
• Canned Soup
• Canned or Pouched Tuna
• Canned Fruit
• Canned Vegetables
• Boxed Pasta Noodles
• Canned Pasta Sauce
• Chef Boy R D Canned Pasta
• Rice a Roni
• Baby Food
• Toiletries - Toothpaste, Soap etc.

We would prefer that you send the coupons already clipped in order to save on volunteer time. If this is not possible we can clip the coupons ourselves.

Please Mail your Coupons To:

Coupons 4 Food Pantries
c/o William Bailey
P.O. Box 248247
Columbus, OH, 43224

If you wish to join our Mailing List please include your full name and email address with your coupon donation.

Our Adopted Pantry Centenary UMC Food Pantry

This is Our Adopted PantryCentenary UMC Food Pantry
2048 Denune Ave.
Columbus, OH 43211

Centenary UMC is located in the Linden area of Columbus, Ohio.
The Linden area has one of the highest poverty rates in the State of Ohio.
The pantry has been in operation for over 20 years.
They are open two days a week and serve over 1,100 people each month.
The pantry has over 18 people who volunteer each week.

Our Latest Deal

Using donated coupons and weekly specials we were able to save $1.19 on each can of pineapple.  We purchases 24 cans of pineapple for just $12.  This is a great deal and will provide some delicious food for the food pantry.

A Little Background About Us

My name is William Bailey. I work as an Application Architect in Ohio. My fiancé's name is Carol Whitmer. She is a Program Manager for a Non-Profit organization in Ohio.
Around Thanksgiving of 2009 we wanted to give a little back to our community. We found out which food pantries were local to me and picked one out.
We went to visit them and asked them what they needed and they told us "Anything that you can give is appreciated".(By the way that isn't exactly true. There are things that they can use more than others but because they are grateful for any help they can get they have a tendency not to say anything).
We hopped into my truck and went shopping. We spent approximately $50 dollars that week.
This started out as a Thanksgiving week thing but something changed when we got back to the Food Pantry.
When I saw the amount of people at their doors waiting for any sort of help they could get I realized just how truly fortunate and blessed that we were. I saw the sort of people that you'd never expect to see there needing help and that truly moved me.
Tomorrow that could be me out there. I guess I never really stopped to think of how close to home this problem was or just how widespread it is.
I made a decision right then and there. If I can afford to help then it's my obligation to do so. No one deserves, or asks, to go to be hungry. If I can do anything at all to help even 5 people have a decent meal then it's my duty to help my fellow human being.
Since that time we have gone out almost every weekend to help ensure that more and more people can have a decent meal.
We are up to around $75 to $100 a week now. The thing that Carol helped me realize was that coupons can allow us to purchase more for the same money, and as a result help that many more people.
This is the reason that Coupons 4 Food Pantries came to be. If a few coupons a week can help a few people, a lot of coupons can help a lot more people.
We are working on a sister site, Adopt A Food Pantry to encourage others to do that same. It is not financially rewarding, but is rewarding in ways that are far more important than words can portray.
I encourage all who are reading this to look around your own communities and you will see that there are people everywhere that can use a helping hand. Why not make it yours ?