You get 100 points when you join. Donate at least 20 points and they will send you the bag
STOUFFER'S® is suspending this month's auctions to focus on our relationship with Feeding America™ (formerly known as America's Second Harvest®). Donate your points and receive a reusable grocery tote as our thank you.
Now through the end of 2008, every 20 Dinner Club points you donate will provide a meal to someone in need. The more you donate, the more hunger people you'll feed.
Get a free reusable grocery tote when you donate, while supplies last. Thank you. Your contribution is greatly appreciated! Your grocery tote will be delivered 6-8 weeks following the end of the tote offer on 12/31/08.
This donation program ends 12/31/08, or when maximum donation of 1,000,000 meals is reached. Limit one tote per person with donation of points while supplies last. Tote offer ends at program end date or while supplies last. Donation offers no tax benefit to the donator. Meals are used for illustrative purposes only. For every 20 points donated, STOUFFER'S® will donate one meal ($0.07) to Feeding America™. Nestlé will make a minimum donation of $10,000, up to a maximum of $70,000, intended to secure and distribute food products.
I was already a member, just needed to log-in and update my profile. Donated my 100 points for the tote, and earned an additional 118 points from surveys that I also donated. I tend to buy more Lean Cuisine, than Red Box items, so I really don't accumulate enough points to bother otherwise. I have a few Red Box Paninin and Corn/Spinach Casserole codes somewhere that I need to enter, anything to help hungry people.
i wondered the exact same thing, i wish i could live off of .21 cents per day.....i guess stouffers is planning on the economy fall to nothing.
I found the following info on the organizations website, "Every $1 donation to Feeding America provides 16 bowls of food to those in need." That comes out to approximately 7˘ when rounded off to the nearest cent. They pretty much do it by buying in large bulk by companies who agree to sell at wholesale rates. The raw cost of food is inflated by profits for the manufacturer, distributer and market. Add in the cost of storage, transportation, and other miscellaneous costs. Manufacturers donate items at minimal or no cost, they write it off their taxes as a donation; the charity gets much needed food at a mere fraction of it's retail shelf cost. Area grocers act as distribution points, the foodbank items arrive along with store inventory, this cuts down on delivery costs, as unused space in the delivery truck is occupied with food bank inventory. It's very clever and well though out planning, purchasing and use of existing distribution networks, that result in the cost of a meal averaging 7˘.
For example; the local town food bank here is affliated with Maryland Food Bank. Food provided at cost or no cost comes from manufacturers, and is delivered along with the local grocery stores' regular stock delivery. The local grocer participates in the network, and donates empty space available on the delivery trucks. The store has already paid for the delivery trucks, so the savings is passed on to the food bank. The food bank only needs to come to the grocer with it's own volunteers and vehicles, to pick up it's share of the delivery, when the local grocer gets it in. The actual aquisition was provided by the grocer, from participating manufacturers, along with their regular supply order. Grocers often donate stock additionally at low or no cost, also claiming it on tax returns. Without the co-operation of manufacturers and local grocers, it would not be possible to keep the cost-per-meal so low. This networking allows more food to be available for more people.
In total I did 250 pts. From me and Mr. Grey Goose who's resting comfortably I'm Happy to say!! O.K. before people wonder how -I was already a Stouffer 2 a.m. Tuna casserole nuker with a big glass of moo (milk) and if I'm feelin feisty a dill pickle slice--- so I had points built up!! Thanks and lots of pepper!!
gatorshop said: Why not donate ALL the 100 points GiggleGreen? They're free and you can help the hungry. Think I'll do surveys just to donate more points. Good Deal~
I went back and donated the rest. From what I read you can continue to donate points as long as you have 'em.
Thanks Dee! I never do the auctions so this was a perfect use for the 400 pts in my account. Especially with the Holidays upon us there are so many people struggling to keep their family fed. I am glad that I was finally able to use my pts from a site like this on something I really wanted. Thanks again Dee!
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