Woman’s Day magazine for Dec. 1 has a story about The White Envelope Project, which inspires others to give to charities during the holidays.
The concept started with a holiday tradition by one family that was featured in a 1982 Woman’s Day article. That article is the genesis behind giving101.org, which is a national charity referral [...]

Hickory Farms, which is based in Maumee, Ohio, and has stores in southeast Michigan and northwest Ohio, has announced a special collection of food gifts that can be shipped at no charge to APO / FPO military addresses.

I remember hearing some buzz about this earlier in the season – but couldn’t pin it down until today. Apparently, there really is a national shortage of canned pumpkin. Libby’s Pumpkin has confirmed it on the Very Best Baking web site.
So it would be smart for you to count up now how many cans of [...]

This post is for my readers in and near Flat Rock, Mich.
Homeless and needy families in the Flat Rock, Mich., area can get a free turkey supper with all the fixings Tuesday at the Flat Rock Family Cafe.
The meals will be served from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the restaurant, 27517 [...]

This post is for my readers in and near Milan, Mich., and was in Tuesday’s edition of The Monroe Evening News:
Campfire Bar-B-Q Grille Restaurant will host its 26th annual Thanksgiving Day Feast on Nov. 26.
It will offer free Thanksgiving dinners to seniors 62 and older and the less fortunate. Others will incur charges of $8.99 [...]

The USA Weekend magazine has this piece today: Set a sane holiday budget.
A snippet:
After you’ve set your bottom-line figure, go to about.com and type in “holiday gift spending budget worksheet” and “holiday spending worksheet.” Use the gift worksheet to list each recipient and a spending limit. Keep the list with you when you shop. If [...]

The grocery, department store and drugstore promotions are in full swing for the Thanksgiving holiday.
The newspaper sales flier cycle for stores in the Monroe, Mich., area is Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Click back a few posts to find my Saturday sales flier notices, the Monday ones will be posted Monday afternoon.
There is a HUGE stack [...]

If you only buy a newspaper “for the coupons,” today is a day to do that. Specifically, there are a lot of popular holiday foods featured this week in the Sunday coupon packets.
There are three coupon packets EACH in my home delivery editions of The Monroe Evening News and the Detroit Free Press. I don’t [...]

The Domestic Cents blog has this post 50+ Homemade Christmas Gift ideas.
One idea for the men:
Fleece Blanket – There are plenty of new-sew versions to make too. You can buy fleece in a manly print (like camo) or with a favorite sports team logo.

The grocery sales that are in effect for the week of Nov. 16 are when you can expect to find really good promotions on anything you might want for a Thanksgiving dinner.
I haven’t seen all the sales fliers yet, but the timing is easy to predict. The week of Nov. 16 is the last full [...]