JANUARY 2010 WORKSHOPS January 9 Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Workshop and Food Drive! Open to the Public Huntersville, NC
Private Workshop Wake Forest, NC
Private Workshop Kennebec MOPS Angier, NC January 30 - rescheduled Private Workshop This workshop has been rescheduled for February 18th due to the snowy, icy, freezing weather we are getting! Brrrr...... Wilson, NC
February 1 and 2 Private Lunch and Learn (rescheduled because of snow) Schneider Electric Knightdale, NC February 9 Private MOPS Group Sanford, NC
Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Workshop Open to the Public Johnston Community College Cleveland Campus (located between Garner and Clayton, NC approx. 25 min. from Raleigh and Cary) Time: 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Cost: $15 per person Location: Johnston Community College 9046 Cleveland Road, Clayton, NC 27520 February 11 Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Open to the Public Vance-Granville Community College Time: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Cost: $15 per person Location: Vance Granville Community College, Main Campus Click here for directions To Register, call Donna Dodson at (252) 738-3316 February 13 Class cancelled due to snow Make up date is March 2 from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Workshop Open to the Public Wake Technical Community College Cary, NC Campus February 18 Private Workshop with Ameriprise Wilson, NC
Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Workshop Open to the Public Watkins Chapel Baptist Church Middlesex, NC (near Zebulon) Time: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Cost: $15 per person February 23 and February 24 Private workshops for BCBSNC Winston Salem and Durham, NC
Private Workshop TMOTT Raleigh, NC February 27 Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Open to the Public Wendell, NC MARCH 2010 WORKSHOPS
Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Workshop Open to the Public – this is the make up class because of the cancelled class due to snow in February Wake Technical Community College Cary, NC Campus March 9 Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Open to the Public Vance-Granville Community College, Main Campus (between Oxford and Henderson, NC) Time: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Cost: $15 per person Location: VGCC, Main Campus For directions to main campus, click here: http://www.vgcc.edu/About-VGCC/main-campus.cfm To register, call Donna Dodson at (252) 738-3316
Private Workshop Clayton, NC March 14 Private Workshop Rocky Mount, NC
Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Workshop Open to the Public Wake Technical Community College Cary, NC Campus Time: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Cost: $20 per person Registration: Click here - http://conted.waketech.edu/ Then click on Continuing Education Schedules and Registration. Enter “grocery” in the key words section. Then click on the correct class to register.
Private Lunch and Learn GSK, RTP, NC March 25 Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Workshop and Relay for Life Fundraiser! Open to the Public Eastern Carolina Ag & Education Center Since this is a Relay for Life fundraiser, a portion of the class fee will be donated to Relay for Life. The 4-H Club is also selling drinks and snacks at the class for a small fee that will be donated to the fundraiser.
Edgecombe County 4-H.
April 10 Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Workshop & Food Drive Open to the public - SOLD OUT WRAL-TV Studio Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Cost: $10 AND 2 non-perishable items to donate to the Food Bank Location: 2619 Western Boulevard, Raleigh, N.C. 27606
Private Workshop Durham, NC
Private Workshop Winston-Salem April 15 Private Workshop Pittsboro, NC
Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Workshop Open to the Public Johnston Community College Cleveland Campus (located between Garner and Clayton, approx. 25minutes from Raleigh and Cary) April 23 The Magic of Meal Planning Southern Women's Show Time: 1:30 PM Location: Cooking Stage Please join me at the Southern Women's Show to learn all about the magic of meal planning - frugal, healthy and stress-free meals! April 26 Private Workshop Schneider Electric Knightdale, NC
Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Workshop Open to the Public Cary, NC Time: 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Cost: $15.00 Location: Cary Church of Christ, 6640 Tryon Road, Cary, NC 27518 Registration: To register, contact Suzanne at (919) 557-0791 or jsloving@hotmail.com
Private Workshop Schneider Electric Knightdale, NC
Private Workshop NC Housing Finance Agency Raleigh, NC
Private Workshop Womble Carlyle Law Firm RTP, NC
Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Workshop Open to the Public Clayton, NC Location: Christ Community Church, 1082 Amelia Church Road, Clayton, NC 27520 May 15 Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Workshop Open to the Public Gibsonville, NC Location: Apples Chapel Christian Church 7345 NC Hwy 61 North Gibsonville, NC 27249 May 17 Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Workshop Open to the Public Garner, NC Location: Salon 42, 41D Technology Drive, Garner, May 22 and May 23 WRAL Wellness Weekend North Carolina State Fairgrounds Free and open to the public! There will be cooking demonstrations, rock climbing, health screenings and much more.
Private Workshop Sanford, NC June 15 Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Workshop Open to the Public Wilson Community College Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Cost: $20.00 per person Location: Wilson Community College, Wilson, NC 902 Herring Avenue, Wilson, NC 27893
lshreve@wilsoncc.edu June 23 Private Lunch and Learn GSK
Coupon Camp!
This brand new workshop is a more in-depth version of the regular class on cutting grocery bills in half. It includes a 6-hour adventure with lunch, a field trip to the grocery store and a copy of my book, The Smart Spending Guide! Time: 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM Cost: $40.00 per person Location: Wake Tech Comm. College, Western Wake Campus, 3434 Kildaire Farm Road, Cary, NC 27518 To Register: Go to http://conted.waketech.edu/, click on Continuing Education Schedules and Registration in the middle of the page, search for Course Code Number: CSP-4000G5-57604, check the Coupon Camp box and click submit to get to the registration page.
July 20 Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half Workshop Open to the Public Johnston Community College Cleveland Campus (located between Garner and Clayton, NC approx. 25 min. from Raleigh and Cary) Time: 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Cost: $15 per person Location: Johnston Community College 9046 Cleveland Road, Clayton, NC 27520 To Register: Call the JCC Cleveland Center at (919) 989-2128. Pre-registration is required. Directions to the JCC Cleveland Campus: http://www.johnstoncc.edu/clevelandcenter.aspx AUGUST 2010 WORKSHOPS
Private Lunch and Learn GSK-RTP, NC
September 21 Private Lunch and Learn GSK-RTP, NC OCTOBER 2010 WORKSHOPS October 29 Private Workshop Lee County, NC
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women's or men's group, religious organization, business, or school? Consider a Smart Spending Workshop offering proven techniques for lowering grocery bills and everyday expenses. Please contact Faye at (919) 818-9146 or E-mail for more information.
Discover how to cut your grocery bills in half using the Smart Spending System. You will learn to use coupons and many other effective techniques to ensure you never pay full price for groceries again! You will discover how to:
Course includes resource directory, course handout, freebies, and lots of fun! Most participants EASILY save the cost of the workshop and more during their first grocery trip using the Smart Spending System. This workshop will change the way you shop and teach you to save more than you ever imagined! Comments from Workshop Participants:
attended last weekend at WRAL. I cannot believe how much money I have been throwing out the window by not using coupons and playing the game. I took a quick trip out tonight for a few items and ended up saving 45% on my final bill. All I can say is WOW. One other cool thing that happened while I was out shopping, three different people stopped to ask me about how the coupons I had were arranged in my binder. I think I spent more time explaining what I had learned than I did shopping. Once again, thank you for such a great class and I can’t wait to see how much money I can save in the coming months!!! Just to add, I've saved $50 in the last two days thanks to you!” -Chirs J., Raleigh, NC, April 15, 2010
attention? That’s what I saved last year on my grocery bills just using the lessons that I learned at one of your workshops in October of 2008 and reading your book. I honestly save AT LEAST 50% on my grocery bill and often even more. I don’t know if you remember me or not but I attended your workshop at a church in Wilson, NC. Before I left the workshop, I purchased your book, coupon organizer inserts and coupon insert pages. This small investment has saved me thousands on my grocery bill. With the down economy and slow work, the money that I have saved on my grocery bills has been used to pay other bills. It has really helped make ends meet. Thank You Again!!!” -Gwen P., Rocky Mount, NC, February 23, 2010 “My husband and I took your class at Vance Granville in March. We thoroughly enjoyed it and have been saving tons of money. The first month I bought $584.00 worth of stuff for $211.00. It was fun and easy. It also didn't take as much time as I thought it would. After organizing my notebook, it has been a breeze. My husband has even gotten into it. He is my coupon cutter on Sundays. Thanks for all you do. I check your WRAL weblink everyday.” -Kim C., Oxford, NC, April 16, 2010 "I recently attended one of your workshops. I loved it. I now have my coupons all organized. I am ready to go shopping." -Carolyn B., Raleigh, NC May 5, 2009 "Thank you so much for traveling to Greensboro for our lunch program on Tuesday. I have received great feedback. Our staff members really appreciated and enjoyed your program. As you and I discussed, our country needs to return to a "frugal" mindset and I think you are clearly a leader! Thanks again for your presentation." -Linda Bostick, Greensboro, NC February 12, 2009
so much, and I am figuring out more and more each day. Being married to a state employee, December and January are lean months for us. See my husband gets paid on the 15th of December and not again until the last day of January. The past couple of years were really hard. This year has been very different. With your class I was able to get stocked up in November and the first of December, to where we did not have to worry as much. Thank you so much! My hope is that by this time next year, we will be able to breeze through December and January and not even blink an eye." -Merle Corbin, Raleigh, NC January 2009 "I'm very thankful that we found your workshop for many reasons. Immediately, we saw the proof that Smart Spending System works. In the longer term, this system will help us eat and live better, stick to our family budget, and become debt free. My kids are enjoying learning about smart spending, saving, and giving. Thanks to Smart Spending, we no longer have any immediate need. Your information has been invaluable to my family. Smart Spending is a great way to live and teach my children. This is something we will continue to do! Thank you again for everything. I can never repay you for all that I have learned from you but if you ever need me for anything, please let me know." -Gwen Patricio, Rocky Mount, NC October 14, 2008
was this past Saturday. I made my first trip to HT on Sunday & came home so excited. I got $79 worth of groceries & pd $37. What a thrill! Thank you so much!!" -Liz Russell, Raleigh, NC November 4, 2008
at Nashville UMC on Sept. 20. We thought it was great! You are a really great speaker. Thank you for sharing your coupon wisdom with us." -Gloria Liles, Nashville, NC, September 24, 2008
energizing for everyone that was there. I have heard people talking about it every day since then. It has really spread like wildfire around the church. Everyone is comparing savings all the time. My next goal is to set up a coupon swap sometime during the summer. Your class is such a gold mine of information." -Chris Aman, Archer's Lodge, NC, May 22, 2008 "I know I've already thanked you for what I learned from your workshop, but I have to thank you again because now even my HUSBAND is hooked. "Mr. I-hate-grocery-shopping" has spent the past two Saturdays going to the grocery store w/our coupon binder and even VOLUNTEERED to go again this week! He stopped off at CVS on the way home and spent $8.00 on $50.00 worth of items! It's so funny - - he does this little song and dance thing when he gets home about how much money he saved - he's so proud of himself! Ha! It's almost like a game for him. We've saved so much more that we ever thought we would and are putting that savings into paying off our debts and then into our kids college accounts. I can't believe we used to pay full-price on everything! THANK YOU Sooooo much!" - Toni Trone, Raleigh, NC, April 5, 2008
and inspiring; I clipped, organized and saved oodles on noodles -- as well as lots of other pantry staples! You will be pleased to learn that I am sharing the knowledge with clients so they too can shop smarter and save money weekly. Great information. Great sense of humor. Great job!" -G e r a l i n T h o m a s, CPO-CD, owner of Metropolitan Organizing ®, Raleigh, NC October 19, 2007
TONS of information. You wouldn't believe how excited and amazed all of the participants have been since your presentation. Thank you, thank you for taking the time to talk to us." -Robin M. Haynes, February 19, 2008 ((Robin hosted a workshop for employees at the law firm where she works) Esteban attended a Smart Spending workshop on December 1, 2007. Here is what he had to say about the class and his savings that weekend: "That was he best $15 I've spent in a while. This weekend grocery shopping, I've saved $16 using coupons. For the CVS coupon (prescription transfer coupon) you gave me, I used that to buy toiletries at CVS worth $20 -- I still have $5 in the card. I used my doctor's discount card word $30. Instead of paying $45 for my medicine I paid $15. I used an Amazon coupon worth $25 at Amazon, so instead of paying $30 for the HP inkjet cartridges I paid $5. I got that free shipping Amazon prime ($75 yearly subscription) so its free shipping. A total of $90 savings this weekend. My wife and I love you and the work you are doing!!!" -Esteban Culiat, December 4, 2007
wonderful your class was, so you may get some requests for your yahoo groups. I am heading to Walgreens today to get a free Airwick air freshener thanks to all your helpful advice on Saturday. Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge on how to save money. You are a true blessing." "I LOVED taking your class last night in Clayton. You are such an inspiration! I am going to utilize coupons more than ever and follow as many of your moves as I can. I was thrilled to attend and can’t wait to get my binder all organized, save money and pay off DEBT!" -Laura Yates, NC, Raleigh, NC, November 2006 "I would like to let you know that I have taken Faye Prosser’s class and absolutely loved it. She taught us how to save at least 50% or more off of our grocery bill. With the money I saved, my husband and I were able to take our three children to Walt Disney World for 10 days!!!! I would put the difference of what the total bill was and what I actually paid in a savings account and in a little over a year’s time, we had enough to go for 10 days! And yes, even then I used her ideas to save even more money and still enjoy ourselves while down there. I use coupons every week and have had several stores even have to PAY ME to buy the items I have purchased. I know her system works because thanks to her I can stay at home with my three children(one of whom is disabled). For that, I am very grateful to her. She is a great inspiration to those of us who know her!" -Muriel Watson, Clayton, NC, May 2006 "My name is Melissa and I took your class a couple of weeks ago at JCC. I wanted to let you know that I have only been couponing for three weeks and have saved $211.43. We will be applying that savings towards the price of a freezer. Thanks so much." -Melissa, Clayton, NC, November 2006 " I wanted to thank you for such a great class, the overload of info and fantastic coupons. I have been personalizing my binder every spare minute and can't wait to use it. I have a feeling it will make the whole couponing process alot easier for me. And to anyone that is thinking about taking the class, it is definitely worth it. Definitely worth it for the laughs, knowledge and binder :) So thanks again Faye!" -Lisa Holden, Wake Forest, NC, November 2006 "I’ve taken Faye Prosser’s class on saving money when grocery shopping. I use her ideas for a coupon notebook and clip coupons each week. I’ve learned the importance of looking for the sale items on things I buy/need and using double coupons in conjunction with the sale. I’ve been able to save a lot of money through this process. I work full-time outside the home and it is worth my time to use the smart- spending system that I learned in Faye’s class. I would recommend this method to anyone…unless you prefer to pay full-price for all your groceries!" -Darlene, NC "Been couponing for 3 months now since taking Faye’s class. I used to spend approx $200 wk for my family - now I rarely spend $50. I make my grocery list/meal plan by what is on sale or what I already have (which is a lot, since I stock up when I find a good deal). I spend less than an hour a week clipping, organizing coupons & making my list. I figure I am paying myself $150 an hour for this service since that is what I now save each week." -Brenda, Clayton, NC "I want to thank Faye as well. It was SO nice to meet you and you were just as sweet in person as you seem on TV. Thanks again for all I have learned. I think the binder system is just the most incredible way to organize coupons, and I never could figure it out until I ordered one. SO glad I did." -Detra, Spartanburg, SC "Before I started couponing, I always felt like I was pouring money down the drain at the grocery store. Now seeing how much I can save is like a sport! I can't get over the fact that in one short month (I took Faye's class on Jan. 31), I am saving HUGE DOLLARS on groceries, toiletries and household products! I told my husband last night after getting $123.94 in groceries for $63.52, that I felt like I have been wasting so much money for so many years! Thanks again for your willingness to share all you've learned about couponing and smart shopping. I finally feel like I've got control over our spending." -Keicha Berzins, Willow Springs, NC "I saved 50% off on my first shop! I can't tell you how excited I am! My husband scoffed at the idea of me walking around with this binder full of coupons when I started this adventure. Now that he's seen the grocery receipts, he said he promises to never make another snide remark about my thriftiness again." -Excerpt from an article in the Cleveland Post, Garner, NC, November 3, 2005, by Jennifer Konkol. Jennifer attended a Smart Spending Workshop the week before writing her article.
Southern Women's Show Smart Shopper Booth
Faye had the opportunity to speak at the Clark Howard Pre-Show Program at the Durham Performing Arts Center in Durham, NC. Clark Howard (nationally syndicated radio host and consumer advocate) came to NC in an event hosted by Coastal Federal Credit Union. Faye, Dan of savvydollar.org and Karen of Thrifty Mommy all spoke about saving money in this difficult economy. 2008 Ovarian Cancer Research Fundraiser
Research at a Smart Spending Workshop held through Clayton Parks and Recreation. My mom, Marian, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in November 2006 and received treatment at Duke University Medical Center until she passed away in July 2009. For more information on the Duke Cancer Center and the annual Ovarian Awareness Walk in Raleigh, NC, click HERE. Our team has raised over $6000 in the last 3 years!
40/42 Area, Garner, NC, April 29 Thank you to everyone who visited our booth at The Strawberry Festival in April! The weather was perfect, we had a great turnout and I really enjoyed meeting other smart spenders! To the left is a picture of our little booth in all it's glory. |
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