A Thrifty Mom is very excited to be teaming up with  The Fairy Godmother Association  and GIVING BACK this Valentines Day. Roses will be delivered to the Caldwell/ Boise area but we invite ALL our readers national and local to donate a rose to victims of domestic violence for donation of $3 per rose. You can like them on Facebook Here for updates and info. 

So many of us have been blessed in so many ways, with loving families, parents,
children and partners. We eagerly look forward to Valentine’s Day as an
opportunity to celebrate those blessings. But what about those who aren’t as
fortunate? Every year too many local women spend Valentine’s Day alone; not
because of choice but out of necessity.

Victims of domestic violence & sexual assault face loneliness, hardship and
heart break everyday, doing the best they can to stay strong. But on a day used to
celebrate love it can be hard to keep their survivor smiles shining as brightly.

Help The Fairy Godmother Association  give them a small token to remind them that
they are beautiful and strong women who are thought of and loved.

The FGMA will be delivering roses on Valentine’s Day to local women’s
shelters, including: Hope’s Door, Valley Crisis Center, City Light Home for
Women & Children,& Nampa Family Shelter.

You can gift one rose for only $3.00, this is a very small price for the
smile it could bring. Donations can be made via Paypal through this link
www.thefgma.com

Join with us today to become someone’s Fairy Godmother!

Our goal is to create moments of happiness where they are most needed.
We focus on local area shelters, foster care, and other area programs
whose goals are helping women and children.
Often times just a small reminder that they are thought of and are wished
happiness can help the women and children keep going in very hard
times.

Thanks to Lindy For passing this along,

Megan a local disables  12 year old in Boise  is holding a pet food drive.

This is the daughter of a dear friend of mine and she has done this drive now for about five years and is such a totally unselfish and sweet girl.
It’s hard to get a lot of donations for petfood and I was thinking with all the great couponers that read this blog maybe some might be willing to use some pet food coupons to find great deals on animal food and then donate to this food drive? It is done every year in the month of February and this year we would sure like to beat the donations that we got last year.

It would be wonderful if any of your great readers could be of help.

We have shared with you before our feeling about organ donation the priceless gift to save another.  Well bone marrow donation is also a priceless gift, and can save anothers life.

Sweet little  Kyle needs a bone marrow transplant. His match will most likely be found in someone who is half-Asian, half-Caucasian. They are currently unable to find a match for him out of the 9 million registered bone marrow donors. That’s why your help is needed – to spread the word that people can easily be testedwith a simple swab of the cheek (you can request a test kit by mail). Giving the gift of life is the most precious gift of all – so please help find Kyle’s bone marrow match.

Thanks to Brittaney for passing this along,

I saw this on pinterest today and thought it would a GREAT idea for all us couponers who get 100′s of travel size items, especially this time of year!!
These are called “Blessing Bags” they are a ziplock filled with items like: chap stick, tissues, toothbrush/paste, comb, soap, trail mix, granola bars, crackers, pack of gum, band aids, mouthwash, a dollar or two (maybe use coins, for phone calls) socks, gloves and maybe a $5 gift card to mcdonalds. maybe throw in a note of encouragement. This time of year there are people asking for help almost at every shopping corner, I never know who to believe or not, so these are GREAT because if someone truely is in need, they will be ever so grateful for these items!!! You could make 2 or 3 of these and just leave them in your car! 

I personally want to thank one of my great great great ….uncles Martin Loyer who served in the Civil War. Also My moms dad Joseph Lyons who served in WW2. We do not know much about what he did out side of being in the infantry. And also my grandfather on my dads side, Charles Barrand, who served in tanks under the great General Patton. He was there in the beginning of WW2 when Patton invaded North Africa. Grandfather Barrand went on with him in his tank up through Africa, Italy and then on into Eastern France with Patton. There while fighting he blew out both knees in his tank and returned home a wounded vet and spent months in an Army hospital.

With out these men who served we would not have the luxury we do today. If you think we have the internet because we are smart – that may be the case but with out the freedom and protection that these men and women provided we would not of been able to focus on other things out side of War. And remember that many things were created through science of protecting our troops during war.

Read a story about Sarah and the Camouflage bags we saw HERE.

Sites to remember those who have fallen:

A teen with his own money set up PreserveandHonor.com to protect those buried at the Arlington National Cemetery. After it became known that the cemetery had mixed up and lost many records with miss management and ignorance and two leading officers lost jobs there due to this terrible issue. So Richard P. Gilleland, III started his website that has categorized many of the graves and is searchable. This not only is great to remember those who have fallen but also helps with genealogy which is another way to remember those who have past on.

freedomremembered.com/