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HOW to Send Coupons to Military Families Overseas
WHERE to
Send Them
Here are more tips on how to send your expired grocery coupons
to our military families overseas. Please view our current
list of addresses for bases that accept coupons and help us keep this
information up to date. We update this web site every month, just before
our free ezine "Living a Better Life" is published! :o)
If you have any additional information that we should add please
contact michelle@grocerysavingtips.com. Thanks
for your help!!!
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When mailing your coupons to military families
overseas it is best to clip them first so they will be easier for the bases
receiving them to get them handed out. Since our bases overseas are US
territory postage will cost the same as if you were mailing to an address here
in the US. Clipping the coupons before mailing will also help you keep the
costs down! Ask your post office for the best way to mail your coupons so
they will get there quickly. (Remember, they can only use them for up to 6
months after the expiration date.) You will also need to fill out a simple
customs form which the post office will give you and attach to your letter or
package. It will only take a minute to fill out the form and you can list
the value of the coupons as $0. The coupons have no monetary value unless
they are used, as we all know very well! ;o)
Reader Tips...
"Before I retired, I worked outside the U.S. in a Family
Support Center for the military and we were always glad to receive coupons at
our installation. You can send them to the military installation to the attention
of the Commissary. You could also send them to support organizations such
as the Air Force Family Support Center, Navy Family Services or Army Community
Services, etc. Be sure to write "Coupons" on the outside
of the envelope. If you send them overseas, you will need the name of the
installation plus the APO or FPO. - Yvonne"
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"I'm new at sending my coupons to our overseas troops and
it would be helpful if in the directions of "Label Addressing" to
remark that APO/FPO is used for the "city" and AA/AE/AP is the
"State." This would be very helpful, especially for those who like
to do their labels online. Also, when I went online to fill out the
customs form it required a phone # for the Addressee. Do you have a list of
phone #'s or is this really a requirement? - Sherri"
(Editor's Reply - Thank you for the suggestions, Sherri! I'm adding your
info here in our Reader Tips so everyone can see them. On the phone
numbers, we ship international all the time and I never provide our customer
phone numbers. Many times, even when mailing within the States, when
asked for a phone number I just give them my own so they can contact me if
there is a problem. - Michelle)
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