Meet our Cash for School Supplies Winner!

Posted by vpfsnews on September 15, 2009 at 9:12 PM

Congratulations to Crystal W. from Calcium, NY!  She is the lucky winner of the Value Place Cash for School Supplies contest!

Crystal shared several smart ways she saves money on back-to-school supplies, clothes and more. 

We are pleased to provide Crystal with a $50 Visa gift card, which we're sure will be put to good use on purchasing additional school supplies for her son, Trenton.  Here are Crystal's money-saving tips:

"With back to school quickly approaching, my son and I do the crack down on budgeting. As for clothes, we have a yearly back to school swap, where other parents can meet up and swap out nice clothes that their children can no longer wear -- twice as nice, and half the price. We also do our school shopping on days when things are buy 1 get 2 free type of things, that way we are able to stock pile for stuff throughout the year/  The best solution for the "I wanna's" on cool items for school is to do the decorating yourself. Buy a plain notebook go to an arts and craft store and purchase the same decorating items at half the cost of in-store stuff."

Thanks to everyone who submitted an entry!  We gleaned some new ideas and hope you did, too. 

Please visit the Value Place blog often for more money-saving ideas and to stay up to date on all Value Place news.  Keep an eye out for our upcoming Halloween-related contest in October.  

For more information on Value Place, please visit ValuePlace.com.