I’ve tried to find as many Thanksgiving freebies as possible this week. Gobble, gobble!
City-Specific Freebies
- Starting January 1, 2010 Washington, DC will charge residents 5 cents per plastic bag they take when shopping. (IKEA already does this.) To help Washingtonians stock up on reusable bags, the city will be giving away more than 120,000 free market bags in the next few months.
- Enjoy free ice skating at New York City’s Bryant Park!
- Detroit-area families that need coats for their kids, take note: Happy’s Pizza and Greater Grace Temple have joined forces in “Happy’s Coats For Kids” Winter Coat Giveaway. They’ll provide 4,000 “FREE” warm winter coats for Detroit-area youngsters on Wednesday, November 25, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the New Rogell Golf Course, 18601 Berg Road in Detroit. The coats are for youngsters 3 – 13 years of age. Financially strapped parents must present a voucher to receive a coat. These vouchers are absolutely FREE and can be picked up from any Happy’s Pizza location found throughout the Greater Detroit-area or at the Greater Grace Temple Bookstore, (City of David) 23500 W. 7 Mile Road in Detroit. Sizes (2T – 2X Large) based on availability. For information, just stop in at your local Happy’s Pizza and ask about “Happy’s Coats For Kids,” or call Greater Grace at 313-543-6000.
Free Flu Shots
- I wrote earlier this week about how/where to get free H1N1 flu shots in Pennsylvania November 20-22.
- Macomb (Michigan) County Health Department is offering two free H1N1 vaccine clinics, both at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights, MI. They are Saturday, November 21st from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Tuesday, November 24th from 12 noon to 7 p.m. Both clinics are for folks that fall into a high-risk catergory, such as school-aged children or those with chronic conditions (asthma, diabetes, etc.).
Free Food
- Enjoy a free hot chocolate or free coffee on November 26th until noon, courtesy of the Detroit People Mover. Look for the DPM “Family / Patron Station” inside Angelina Italian Bistro, 1565 Broadway in Detroit, on the first floor of the old Madison Theater Building and across from the Detroit Opera House.
- Double your pleasure, double your fun? How about double your freebies? Now Boston Market lets two kids eat for free on Saturday and Sunday. Good for kids 14 and younger (yeah, mine qualify) and until January 31, 2010. You know I’ll be repeating this freebie in Freebie Friday postings for the next few months–you know, just in case you forget and all.
- Don’t forget that kids eat for free at Denny’s on Tuesday nights–and in some locations on Saturday, too.
- If you join the Dairy Queen DQ Blizzard fan club, you’ll get a coupon for a free DQ Blizzard. Yum. (My fave is the coffee Heath bar blizzard.)
Gratis Gift Cards
- You can earn free gifts cards to Sears when you participate in its new electronics recycling program with Gazelle.com. The new program is providing practical, responsible, rewarding ways for consumers to get value for used, working electronics, and gives customers the flexibility to trade-in unwanted gadgets from more than 20 product categories, including cell phones, laptops, MP3 players and digital cameras. Electronics items that no longer work will still be accepted at no cost for recycling, but consumers will not receive value for these items. That’s still cool since many stores charge you a service fee to recycle your electronics.
Wifi That Won’t Cost You Anything
- Delta Airlines has joined the free wifi fray. It announced an agreement with eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace, to provide complimentary Gogo Inflight Internet service to customers traveling on all Wi-Fi equipped flights from Nov. 24-30.
- Visiting Times Square over the holidays? Well, don’t worry about paying or Wifi service so you can check your email. Starting a few days ago (November 10th), Yahoo began offering free Wifi in Times Square and will do so for the next year.
- Google is sponsoring free Wifi in 46 airports nationwide. Unfortunately, Philadelphia, the main airport I use, is not included in the list of participating airports. You can check it out in this Gizmodo.com article. Maybe your nearby airport is?
Free Shipping
Lots of retailers are attempting to inspire shoppers to buy online by offering free shipping this holiday season.
- Pet-products website Drs. Fosters and Smith (from which I’ve purchased my dog’s pet meds) has eliminated standard shipping costs for all of its pet healthcare-related products.
- ShopatHome.com has put together a free shipping guide so that you’ll have an easier time figuring out which e-tailers are offering free shipping this year.
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Hi Leah,
Here is a Thanksgiving Freebie. Brookfield Zoo outside Chicago will have Free admission on Thanksgiving and between 12 – 1pm the children get to help feed some of the farm animals. After that they can watch some of the othe animals get feed.
Thanks. That’s a great suggestion.
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