Offering plate coupons

Pennsylvania, USA - Parishioner, Stacey Middleton of the Philadelphia Cathedral had an idea. Since demand at the church's food pantry is overwhelming, she began asking other members of the congregation to bring in coupons to help the less fortunate who are struggling to make ends meet. She reasoned people could be shown how to use coupon buying power to save money. Middleton saved 75 percent on a recent shopping trip thanks to coupons and donated some of what she bought to a women's homeless shelter. Other church members are following her example. 

“By this happening in our church, people not only give me donations, and give me the coupon flyers as donations, but they have also begun to bring more food. Because it’s so easy," she says.