There are no national grocery coupon packets today Dec. 20 in the Sunday papers.
Specifically, I get The Monroe Evening News and the Detroit Free Press. The MonroeNews posts a balloon on the front page when there are coupons – so that’s how you readers can verify that it’s not just a stuffing mistake.
We are now [...]

Long-time readers know that I pick out quite a bit of sales and news articles from the Sunday papers.
I’m off my usual schedule this week – I was out of town all day.
Therefore some of my usual Sunday features won’t be posted until Monday.

This information is for my readers in the Downriver (suburban Detroit) region:
Julie’s List is reporting in her newsletter that the Downriver Salvation Army Christmas Assistance Program is accepting registrations starting Nov. 9.
For application information, go to www.sadownriver.org and click on “Christmas Assistance” or call (734) 282-0930 for office hours and appointments in Wyandotte, Mich.
The zip [...]

This post is for my readers in Bedford Township, Mich.:
The God Works! community dinner series has expanded its Bedford Township service to three dinners a week. Bridgepoint Church, 9875 Lewis Ave., Temperance, now serves dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesdays.
God Works! Family Soup Kitchen and its volunteers and sponsors provide free meals in Monroe County at [...]

This post is for my southeast Michigan readers:
The Sisters Acquiring Financial Empowerment Health and Wealth Expo will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday October 24 at the Northwest Activities Center, 18100 Meyers St., Detroit, Michigan 48235.
Admission is free and open to the public. Lunch also will be provided at no charge.
There will [...]

This post is for my readers in Monroe County, Mich., and was in Tuesday’s edition of The Monroe Evening News:
The Mobile Food Pantry will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 19 at First Wesleyan Church, 423 Jerome St., Monroe, Mich.
Those who are interested must register by Sept. 8. It is limited to [...]

This post is for my readers in southeast Michigan:
U.S. Rep. John D. Dingell, D-Dearborn, will host an assistance forum from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 1 for residents of southeast Michigan who are facing foreclosure.
The forum will take place at Washtenaw Community College Morris Lawrence Building, 4800 E. Huron River Dr., Ann Arbor, Mich. [...]

This post is for my readers in Monroe, Mich.
Financial Peace University, which is a DVD seminar led by Dave Ramsey, will be taught at Monroe Church of the Nazarene, 3401 S. Custer Rd., Monroe, Mich., starting Thursday Sept. 17.
This is a 13-week class teaching participants how to get out of debt and manage their finances. [...]

This post is for my Michigan readers:
The newest section on Michigan.gov is called Helping Hand.
On that site, you will find a link to the 211 database that United Way of Monroe County shares with Washtenaw County, the Michigan state office of scholarships and grants, how low-income families can get help with child care expenses and [...]

This article is in today’s print and e-editions of The Monroe Evening News. Although the quotes and references are for my newspaper’s local audience in Monroe, Mich., the income guidelines are set by the federal government.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has established new household income guidelines for this year’s free and reduced-price meals.

Districts [...]

This post is for my readers in southeast Michigan:
Congressman John D. Dingell, D-Dearborn, will host a question and answer forum, ‘Make the Stimulus Bill Work for You,’ from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Monday Aug. 10 at the Downriver Community Conference Center, 15100 Northline Rd., Southgate, Mich.
This forum is free and open to the public. The [...]

This post is for my readers in Monroe County, Mich.:
The Monroe Evening News booth will host its annual Meet the BlogsMonroe Bloggers at the Monroe County Fair from 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday Aug. 5 in the Monroe County Expo Center at the Monroe County Fairgrounds.
There are eight local bloggers who have confirmed they will [...]

This post is for my readers in Monroe County, Mich., and is based on a handout that was distributed at the Monroe County Unemployment Resource Expo:
The Monroe Service Center of Michigan Works!, 1531 N. Telegraph Rd., Monroe, Mich., has a standing list of Career Trax workshops held every week at its office.
For information, call (734) [...]

One of the web sites I learned about tonight at the Monroe County Unemployment Resource Expo is UnemploymentLifeLine.com.
The web site is sponsored by Working America and the AFL-CIO, and was launched with Michigan workers in mind.
But the site use is not limited to union members – anyone can register to look up resources by region, [...]

This announcement is for my readers in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, and was in page 2 of the Entertainment section in Sunday’s edition of The Monroe Evening News:
This year’s Toledo Speedway Jam is coming soon and there’s a chance to get free tickets to the third annual big concert.
Dickey Betts, founding member of the [...]