“Stove Top Stuffing has been warming up families with delicious meals for nearly 40 years,” said Stove Top Brand Manager Ellen Thompson. “Today more than ever people need a little extra warmth beyond the dinner table, so Stove Top is lending a helping hand and inspiring others to do the same.”
I agree. Unemployment is about 10 percent and in some areas of this country it’s even worse. The Spread the Warmth Campaign helps to remind us that we all can make a difference with acts of kindness both large and small that truly impact the lives of others.
Check out the Stove Top Ambassadors’ blog to see what they are doing in select cities and learn how others are helping to spread the warmth in their communities. People are also invited to follow Stove Top’s Spread the Warmth initiative on Twitter at @SpreadtheWarmth to receive Ambassador updates or share additional ideas for helping others by using #STW in a Tweet. Select Tweets using the #STW hashtag will be featured on SpreadtheWarmth.com.
To help spread the word about this great campaign the people at Stove Top Suffing (Kraft Foods) have decided to provide me some coupons for FREE Stove Top Stuffing. You can use these coupons yourself to help stretch your holiday budget or you can spread the warmth yourself by donating your win to a local food bank. It’s up to you.
We’re giving away A great prize for TWO WINNERS. Each prize consists of of FIVE coupons each for A FREE BOX OF STOVETOP STUFFING.
How do you win one of these prizes which is sure to spread the warmth on your holiday table? Read on to find out just how you can win this great prize and inspire others to pay-it-forward with their own acts of kindness.
This giveaway begins November 14, 2009 and ends November 26, 2009 at 11:59 PM. You MUST leave a separate comment for each entry you wish to make. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only, 18 years old or over, and the winner will be chosen by random.org. The winner will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to respond. Once I have received a response from the winner’s the name of the winner will be posted here.
1. Simply submit a story about your own acts of kindness to friends, family and those in need. That’s it. You will receive one entry and may enter this way one time but you must enter this way before you submit additional entries.
Want to earn extra entries?
1. If you are a subscriber of our Maven Moment Alerts, simply write “I am a Member of the ThriftyMaven community and I want to win some Stove Top Stuffing.” (You can enter this way one time)
2. Tell our readers your favorite way to serve Stove Top Stuffing. (You can enter this way every day)
3. Blog about this giveway and link your blog to this post. Make sure you leave a link for your post below. (You can enter this way one time.)
4. Twitter about this giveaway: #StoveTop and #Thriftymaven.com are giving away FREE Stove Top Suffing to two lucky readers. (You can tweet every day for an entry.) You must show us your link in order for your entry to count. (You can enter this way once each day)
Finally, in the interest of being a transparent blogger I want to mention that Stove Top Stuffing will be providing me with the prizes I will be giving away.
86 responses so far ↓
1 Jill L // Nov 14, 2009 at 8:40 am
I am really thrifty when it comes to grocery shopping. I watch for sales and clip coupons. I save quite a bit of money and also get a lot of freebies. A couple of years ago, I decided to make personal hygiene bags for a group that hosts homeless men in our town. I needed to make 33 bags. They included full size containers of shampoo, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shaving cream and razors. I also included prayer cards and a personal note letting each man know that I was praying for him. I put all the items in a cloth drawstring bag that I sewed (I really never sewed before). It was an awesome project and cost me less than $50 to do and yet it made a huge difference in those 33 men’s lives.
2 Jill L // Nov 14, 2009 at 8:40 am
My favorite way to serve Stove Top is to serve it with pork chops.
3 Amber G // Nov 14, 2009 at 8:56 am
I have collected a lot of our leftover Halloween candy and we’re donating it to troops in Iraq. While we cannot donate chocolate, hard candies that keep well (Jolly rancher, lollipops etc) are perfect.
4 Carol Earhart // Nov 14, 2009 at 9:35 am
My friend and her family had to move out of their house because of problems with it’s internal wires and pipes and were broke until payday.
I talked to her one day and she didn’t know what she was going to fix to eat, they had no gas for the stove and she sounded so sad. They were also so busy packing stuff, they didn’t really have time to try and fix something for themselves of their two children.
So I got a great idea, I made a bunch of cheeseburgers, and wrapped them individually, then I put several bags of differents lunch size chips, and baked some cookies for a cookie plate. I added some cold cans of soda.
I topped it off with paper plates and cups and napkins…everything they needed for a couple of meals. Then I drove over and delivered it to them.
They were so happy, and I’ll tell you it made me feel so good to do something nice for them. I think doing something nice like that is so good for your own soul.
5 Melissa W // Nov 14, 2009 at 11:11 am
In my family helping others in need is a huge part of the Holiday season. We help deliver food baskets before Christmas. I also participate in sending shoe boxes with gifts to poor kids in other countries
6 Samantha Daleo // Nov 14, 2009 at 11:48 am
Upon hearing of a win of mine for free groceries, I immediately decided to give 10% to my parents and another 10% to my brother and his fledgling family.Perfect timing for the holidays.
7 Katherine Frazier // Nov 14, 2009 at 1:09 pm
I have bought my son’s father groceries and several friends groceries in the past years. No one should have to go hungry.
8 Katherine Frazier // Nov 14, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I am a Member of the ThriftyMaven community and I want to win some Stove Top Stuffing.”
9 Katherine Frazier // Nov 14, 2009 at 1:11 pm
I add frozen corn to the water as I am making my Stove Top. Yum!
10 Katherine Frazier // Nov 14, 2009 at 1:14 pm
11/14 tweet – http://twitter.com/paryjeja/status/5714597007
11 Carol // Nov 14, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I have grocery shopped weekly for an elderly woman in our community, and our children bring her hot dinners several times a week.
12 Carol // Nov 14, 2009 at 1:40 pm
blogged http://ceeceeblogger.blogspot.com/2009/11/thrifty-maven-stove-top-stuffing.html
13 Carol // Nov 14, 2009 at 1:40 pm
tweeted http://twitter.com/cdziuba/status/5715153102
14 Carol // Nov 14, 2009 at 1:41 pm
My favorite way to serve Stove-Top is on top of chicken breasts in a casserole recipe I like.
15 Carol // Nov 14, 2009 at 1:42 pm
I am a Member of the ThriftyMaven community and I want to win some Stove Top Stuffing!
16 SueP // Nov 14, 2009 at 3:15 pm
my favorite way to serve STOVE-TOP is with Turkey and all the fixings
17 susan varney // Nov 14, 2009 at 6:13 pm
we try to always give to the food banks in our county mverno@roadrunner.com
18 Pat // Nov 14, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Our family is kind to animals and we donate to
several organizations dedicated to the welfare of
animals.
Thank you for the contest.
19 Lauralee Hensley // Nov 14, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Once when I was working in a nursing home, I bought a little gift for each of the 45 clients living in the home. Very few of them had family that even visited them at all, and it was Christmas time. Though most all of my salary that month went to buying the gifts, I wouldn’t change a thing that I did.
20 Lauralee Hensley // Nov 14, 2009 at 10:37 pm
My favorite way to serve stove top stuffing is to stuff the already prepared Sage flavored Stove Top inside of a boneless skinless chicken breast that I carefully slit open, and I add in a little swiss cheese and ham. Then I bake it like I would Chicken breasts, but I add another 15 minutes of cooking time since the stuffings moisture and the thickness now slows down the cooking somewhat. I also turn it halfway through. It’s kinda like a Chicken Cordon Bleu, but with stuffing added.
21 michele // Nov 15, 2009 at 1:55 am
Thank you for the giveaway. I try to help those who are hungry when I can whether it’s a few dollars or groceries.
22 michele // Nov 15, 2009 at 1:56 am
Thank you again for the giveaway. My favorite way to serve this is mixed inside of meatloaf believe it or not! It tastes great and gives added flavor
23 JC // Nov 15, 2009 at 1:59 am
My family volunteers and donates to the community all year round, and adopt families (help with dinner and gifts) during holiday seasons.
24 JC // Nov 15, 2009 at 2:00 am
“I am a Member of the ThriftyMaven community and I want to win some Stove Top Stuffing.”
25 JC // Nov 15, 2009 at 2:01 am
My favorite way to serve Stove Top Stuffing is with Turkey!
26 JC // Nov 15, 2009 at 2:02 am
Blogged.http://tcarolinep.blogspot.com/2009/11/giveaway-thrifty-maven.html
27 JC // Nov 15, 2009 at 2:04 am
Tweet http://twitter.com/tcarolinep/status/5731010163
28 Carol G // Nov 15, 2009 at 9:43 am
I volunteer to do taxes for the low income and elderly via the AARP/CAP collaboration here.
29 Carol G // Nov 15, 2009 at 9:44 am
I often bake it as a topping for oven baked pork chops.
30 Sylvie W. // Nov 15, 2009 at 12:36 pm
I have learned through the kindness of others that “helping” does not have to be grand gestures, the small helping hand means a lot.
I have helped others by performing fix-it jobs around the house. I have a knack of repairing small appliances without really knowing how.
I also run errands.
31 Linda Lansford // Nov 15, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I volunteer for Red Cross and aDV center. That gives you mant opportunities for an act of kindness
32 Audrey M. // Nov 15, 2009 at 4:59 pm
I love to give to all those in need. So during the summer i take my daughters with me and we volunteer at red cross and at the nursing homes in and near our town. Thankyou for the contest!
33 vicky // Nov 15, 2009 at 6:32 pm
our family donates all of our old clothing and toys to a local domestic violence shelter. I once stayed in one for 4 months and I know what it is like to come in with nothing. I will always continue to do this for the rest of my life.
34 vicky // Nov 15, 2009 at 6:32 pm
I love to make baked chicken and stuffing casserole.
35 cwaltz // Nov 15, 2009 at 7:15 pm
I tend to like for my acts of kindness to be personal. I was a help when my elderly neighbor was first diagnosed with diabetes. I also have a neighbor on disability I have tried to help with budgetting tips to help her stretch her budget. I went inside and went grocery shopping with $50 after a guy outside our local Walmart was hoping for a meal inside Subway(which I also bought). We have a person in our park married to a war vet. I gave her various support groups after it came to my attention that he was struggling with reintegrating into civilian life.
I think that it’s important to remember that we are all God’s children and interconnected. “Whatsoever you do to the least of my bretren, that you do unto me.”
Christine
36 Laura Garmendia // Nov 15, 2009 at 11:38 pm
I am spending quite a big more time with my parents who live in another state trying to create more memories with my mother who has recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. I am trying to keep things positive and cooking up a storm to have plenty of choices. Stuffing would make a great side dish that my mother could tolerate eating. Thanks for reminding me of this great side dish!
37 Monique Rizzo // Nov 15, 2009 at 11:41 pm
We adopt families during the holiday season and feed them and bring gifts for the children. Thanks for the chance.
mogrill@comcast.net
38 lilshuga2001 // Nov 16, 2009 at 1:43 am
I have paid for a strangers groceries a few time and for random people at the gas stations…..A firm believer in KARMA!
39 lilshuga2001 // Nov 16, 2009 at 1:46 am
tweet
http://twitter.com/lilshuga2001/status/5759051412
40 lilshuga2001 // Nov 16, 2009 at 1:55 am
I heart Stuffing with PORKCHOPS!!
41 Denise B. // Nov 16, 2009 at 12:38 pm
We like to pick a local child from an angel tree and give him/her the necessities their family normally couldn’t affor.
42 lilshuga2001 // Nov 17, 2009 at 12:35 am
tweet
http://twitter.com/lilshuga2001/status/5788460713
43 lilshuga2001 // Nov 17, 2009 at 12:35 am
I HEART stuffing with Turkey! YUMM!
44 Erin M // Nov 17, 2009 at 2:33 am
When my dad announced to the family that he had been let go after 16 years of climbing up the buisness latter:: i knew we were headed for the worst.
My 23 year old brother doesn’t have a job yet still lives at home. As much as it irks me–i knew i had to help out the family and get a second job.
I now work days and weekends and even live back at home to save money!
It’s hard to see MY bank account #’s are the same as i am literally Giving money to my parents!
Even so, i feel like this is just something i need to do–
i love my family more than anything and in these unsure times??
All we need is each other.
((not to mention get through the holidays!))
45 Erin M // Nov 17, 2009 at 2:36 am
I am a Member of the ThriftyMaven community and I want to win some Stove Top Stuffing!
=]
46 teresa // Nov 17, 2009 at 2:04 pm
We make mini pumpkin pies at Thanksgiving for the guys in the barracks here that cant go home or that are isngle and dont have family. It is a way to let them know someone cares and is thinking of them during the holidays
47 Donna // Nov 18, 2009 at 7:40 am
I am a Member of the ThriftyMaven community and I want to win some Stove Top Stuffing
48 Donna // Nov 18, 2009 at 7:43 am
My favorite way to serve Stove Top Stuffing is baked in the oven separate from the turkey, I like to add cranberries and walnuts to it for the holiday meal.
49 Sue S // Nov 18, 2009 at 9:51 am
My son shared his lunch several times this summer with kids at camp that had no lunch sent along.
50 Carolyn G // Nov 18, 2009 at 3:47 pm
This year me and my friends ahve adopted a local family. We know they don’t have much so we decided to sponsor them for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
51 Carolyn G // Nov 18, 2009 at 3:50 pm
tweeted http://twitter.com/carogonza/status/5836788030
52 Carolyn G // Nov 18, 2009 at 3:50 pm
I like using stove stuff to stuff my pork chops. I add some mushroom and it is delish
53 Janet F // Nov 19, 2009 at 8:34 am
I feed stray cats, donate clothing to my church for shelters, and I donate to Red Cross whenever I can.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
54 Janet Fricano // Nov 19, 2009 at 8:42 am
I am a Member of the ThriftyMaven community and I want to win some Stove Top Stuffing.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
55 Janet Fricano // Nov 19, 2009 at 8:44 am
My favorite way to serve Stove Top Stuffing is as a side with Roast Chicken.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
56 GENEVIEVE WARREN // Nov 20, 2009 at 8:20 pm
StoveTop Stuffing is delicious with every meat, an so easy to use , you can add up to it etc……..
Genevieve
57 momznite // Nov 20, 2009 at 10:15 pm
volunteered at the library holiday fund raising event
58 Kyle // Nov 21, 2009 at 2:41 am
we all take some time and go to the local food pantry and volunteer
59 Alicia // Nov 21, 2009 at 4:37 pm
At work, our volunteer group donates throughout the year. Filled stockings in the holiday season, filled backpacks at back to school time, Dental supplies, Toiletries to battered women’s shelters, coats for kids, diapers for kids.
Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<
60 Karen Gonyea // Nov 21, 2009 at 11:06 pm
I work for a non profit and we host several charity events through the year to raise funds for several local shelters.
61 Gayle Morgan // Nov 22, 2009 at 7:15 pm
I try to always help my mom and daughter when they need something.
62 Angela // Nov 23, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Every year, we donate to the Toys For Tots program. When we were little, my sister and I benefited from it. So from that day on, no matter how much money we had, we donated a toy or two. This year, we will be able to donate over $50 worth of toys for underprivileged children.
63 Bonnette McNichol // Nov 24, 2009 at 9:11 pm
We adopt a family and buy presents for them every holiday season.
64 Charles Opperman // Nov 24, 2009 at 10:02 pm
I love stovetop with pork chops.
65 Erma // Nov 25, 2009 at 8:38 am
I always help anyone in need. If they need change and I have it ,I give it to them .
66 Lance Pearson // Nov 25, 2009 at 3:35 pm
dreamcleavers@yahoo.com
one act of kindness i had was an older man couldn’t work an atm machine and eventually gave up. When i got to the atm machine there was about 200 dollars in it-so he actually got it to work-i found the man and gave him his money
67 Diane Baum // Nov 25, 2009 at 4:51 pm
It’s nothing so wonderful, but we do fundraisers for local organizations. This year I did 3 for the Oakland County Shelter Home for abused and neglected children.
68 cass // Nov 25, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I like to show kindness and goodwill to my dear old lady friend who is 86 and a widow. I share alot with her and shes always very appreciative.
wombatspurple at yahoo dot com
69 cass // Nov 25, 2009 at 5:50 pm
My favorite way to serve Stove Top Stuffing is with baked chicken and peas.
wombatspurple at yahoo dot com
70 Donna L // Nov 25, 2009 at 10:02 pm
I bought an extra turkey and gave it to a friend.
71 Amanda // Nov 26, 2009 at 4:00 am
I take food that doesn’t need refrigeration and can be microwaved to a person we know that is staying in a garage office since losing his home. It’s never alot but enough to have a few meals and some junk food too. I never mention anything to him, just have my husband drop it by when he can.
I don’t expect any pat on the back or anything, I just would hope that if I was in that position I wouldn’t be forgotten altogether.
72 Amanda // Nov 26, 2009 at 4:01 am
I like stove top anytime, lol. I really like it though when I bake chicken and make some gravy to go along with it form the drippings.
73 Susan // Nov 26, 2009 at 5:39 am
I collect small toiletries during the year and donate them to the local womens shelter. I find gently used toys and donate those also.
74 Susan // Nov 26, 2009 at 5:41 am
I am a Member of the ThriftyMaven community and I want to win some Stove Top Stuffing
75 Susan // Nov 26, 2009 at 5:43 am
We can use Stove Top Stuffing to compliment just about any meal. Baked chicken, roast pork, or use as a topping on a casserole.
76 Leslie S. // Nov 26, 2009 at 9:42 am
I use coupons and sales and get a few free or low cost items every shopping trip.I then make up a food and toiletry basket and give to someone who is down on their luck.Thanks!
77 Deborah R // Nov 26, 2009 at 9:43 am
We just donated a large box of groceries to a local church’s food bank. Our community is struggling and the nearest “real” food bank is over two hours away, so the churches here try to help folks as much as they can.
78 Robin // Nov 26, 2009 at 10:31 am
I make sure to donate plasma once a month
79 Susan Smith // Nov 26, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I friend of mine’s son was in the hospital so while she spent her time there I helped out by making meals for her family.
80 Rajee // Nov 26, 2009 at 9:23 pm
we will help each other and go out to enjoy
81 Gianna // Nov 26, 2009 at 11:38 pm
I’ve done a lot of volunteering to help people in need.
82 Lily Kwan // Nov 26, 2009 at 11:39 pm
I take my fiance to the doctor.
83 Lily Kwan // Nov 26, 2009 at 11:40 pm
I am a Member of the ThriftyMaven community and I want to win some Stove Top Stuffing.
84 Lily Kwan // Nov 26, 2009 at 11:43 pm
My favorite way to serve Stove Top Stuffing is with cranberry sauce and gravy.
85 Donna K // Nov 27, 2009 at 12:02 am
I buy extra food to donate to the food bank.
86 Donna K // Nov 27, 2009 at 12:03 am
I am a Member of the ThriftyMaven community and I want to win some Stove Top Stuffing.
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