My Mommy World

The beginning of the tornado

I’m just so heartsick at the devastation done by the tornadoes that went through the Oklahoma City area this week. Seeing the homes and schools that were destroyed, and learning of all the innocent victims makes me cry every time.

It might seem like those of us who live elsewhere in the country are helpless to do anything to assist, but there is so much we can do!

Now is the time for us to help

As couponers, we can unite and help out the victims. The saying “something is better than nothing” is not true in this case. They NEED specific items.

Right now, MONEY is what they need. Any amount is good. Any link that I include on here are secure links and are safe and your money will be put to good use.

Monetary Donations

You can donate any monetary donations via THIS website. This is the United Methodist Church and the money will go directly to those affected.

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Non-perishable food, water, clean-up supplies, diapers, clothing etc. can be taken to:

FEED THE CHILDREN – 333 N Meridian (Corner of Reno and Meridian)
FOOD BANK – 3355 S Purdue (972-1111) (Corner of 29th and McArthur)
CHANNEL 9 NEWS – 7401 N Kelly (843-6641)
KFOR – 444 E Britton (424-4444)
KOCO 5 – 1228 E Wilshire (478-3434)

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Yukon High School

The Yukon high School StuCo and Leadership will be collecting

• water bottles
• Gatorade
• diapers
• baby wipes
• baby formula
• work gloves
• trash bags
• individual wrapped snacks
• hand sanitizer, hand towels
• sunscreen, batteries
• flashlights and money

These will be delivered to the Salvation Army for distribution.

Please bring items to the Yukon High School Rotunda by Wednesday 5/23/13 at 3:30pm

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All Edmond Schools are taking donations

The high schools in Edmond are collecting donations. North is collecting water, Santa Fe is collecting canned goods and Memorial is collecting clothes.

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St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church

This church is located at SW 119th and May. They need non-perishable food items, water, and clean-up supplies (rakes, shovels, heavy duty gloves, etc).

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More Ways to Help:

www.SalvationArmyUSA.org or call 1-800-SAL-ARMY (1-800-725-2769). Text the word “STORM” to 80888 to make a $10 donation through your phone; to confirm your gift, respond with the word “Yes.”

Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
www.regionalfoodbank.org or call 604-7111 or text FOOD to 32333 to give $10 to relief efforts.

American Red Cross
Visit redcross.org, dialing 1-800-REDCROSS or texting REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.

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Donate to the Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief to help provide tree removal services, laundry services and meals to victims of disasters. Send checks to BGCO, Attn: Disaster Relief, 3800 N. May Ave., Oklahoma City, OK., 73112. (please do not send clothing)

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If you would like to Volunteer to help you can apply here.

Remember to pray for these families!

I will be updating this post, as we get more information.

Thanks so much to Coupon Closet for the information and the photo.

Happy Monday! How was your weekend? My husband and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary this weekend…by doing yard work!  Nice and romantic, huh?

Here we are at our wedding…this first thing that comes to mind is that we look so rested (it’s amazing how much 2 kiddos will wear you out…am I right? lol)

Here’s how I did on my last set of goals:

• Complete my daily Bible Study (I’m using the Good Morning Girls study on Luke)
• Finish The Christian Parenting Handbook: 50 Heart-Based Strategies for All the Stages of Your Child’s Life (affiliate link)
• 2 Body Pump classes, 1 Spin class, 1 abs class, and a bit of running on the treadmill
• Attend my daughter’s Reader’s Picnic at school
• Read with my kids for at least 30 minutes each night {We didn’t get to this every night…the weather was so nice that they played outside before AND after dinner most nights}
• Post 1 recipe and a book review
• Do a Google+ Hangout with my blogging friends
• Follow Money Saving Mom’s Clutter Busting Challenge and post about it

And for this week’s goals:

• Complete my daily Bible Study (I’m using the Good Morning Girls study on Luke)
• Finish (affiliate links) 100 Pound Loser: How I Ate What I Wanted, Had Four Babies, & Still Took Control Of My Weight – And You Can Too! and start reading For Heaven’s Sake
• 2 Body Pump classes, 1 Spin class, 2 abs classes, and a bit of running on the treadmill
• Read with my kids for at least 30 minutes each night
• Post 1 recipe, a book review, and a craft
• Follow Money Saving Mom’s Clutter Busting Challenge and post about it

What’s on your agenda this week?