Hip2Give: Support Animals in Need!

We’ve received many emails from Hip2Save readers nominating various animal protection organizations to be featured on Hip2Give. For this reason, we have chosen to highlight the following organizations for this Hip2Give segment…

* The Humane Society of the United States:
The nation’s largest animal protection organization backed by 11 million Americans and seeks a humane and sustainable world for all animals

* The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA):
The ASPCA works to rescue animals from abuse, pass humane laws and share resources with shelters nationwide.

* American Humane:
Focuses on preventing cruelty, neglect and exploitation of animals and assuring that their interests and well-being are fully, effectively and humanely guaranteed by an aware and caring society.

(If you would like to highlight other animal organizations, please mention them in the comment section below.)

In addition to donating money, many of these organizations will gladly accept unopened pet food and other pet-related products (call your local organizations to find out what sort of donations they are accepting at this time). How many of you have stacks of pet coupons that go unused…well, how about taking those coupons to your local food/drug stores where you should be able to find some great deals on pet-related items. Also, be sure to watch the Follow You Monday video found here (filmed in October 2009) which shows how I was able to put my pet coupons to use and check out this email below from Hip2Save reader, Amber…

My name is Amber S. and I live in Maine…I am writing to you because I wanted to share a project I have been working on for a few weeks now. In one of your entries you posted a sweet deal on Tidy Cats non-clumping litter. I do not use this kind of litter but it was such a good deal I thought “why not donate it?” So I went to my local humane society’s website to check if they took donations. Little did I know that they have a whole page just called their “wish list” with everything from dog foods and blankets to office supplies and toys. So I decided to start my own donation box and kept religiously reading your site for any deals. A lot of your deals were for dogs (which I do not have) but the B1G1 coupons were such a steal I got quite a bit of dog food and treats and tons of cat litter. I have attached a picture of what I will be donating today and here is a detailed list of what I purchased:

Tidy Cats Non-Clumping Litter 3 at $1.77 Each = $5.31
-3 $1/1 Tidy Cats Litter from the 5/2 SS

Pedigree Plus Dog Food 4 at $0.87 Each = $3.48
-2 B1G1 Free Pedigree Plus

Purina Whiska Lickens Soft Cat Treats 2 at $0.89 each = $1.78
-1 $1/1 Purina Cat treat from the 5/2 SS (took off $0.89)

Chef Michael Dog Food 2 at .80 each = $1.60
(I just found my B1G1 coupon from the 5/16 RP that they forgot to take off…but I’m not going to worry about it too much)

Pedigree Breath Buster at $3.25 and Pedigree Denta Stix at $3.19 = $6.44
– $2/1 Denta Stix from the 4/25 RP
– $3.25 (Buy one Denta Stix Get Pedigree Breath Buster Free from the 5/23 RP)

Whiskas Wet Cat food 2 at .52 each = $1.04
-1 B1G1 Whiskas Cat Food from the 4/25 RP

Total Before Coupons = $19.65
Total After Coupons = $8.25
Total Savings = $11.40 or 59% savings

I know this isn’t a very big order but this is just an example of how much money you can save just by using coupons and I know that the Human Society will appreciate the donation. I would encourage others to donate items that they either get for free or very cheap. A lot of these items I cannot use myself but because the coupons brought the items down so much, why not spend a little to give a lot?