How to Score Free Stuff

• For a free autographed photo of a Disney character:  write to the Walt Disney Company.
ATTN:  Fan Mail
Dept., 500 South Buena Vista St.
Burbank, California
91521


• For a free birthday greetings from Mickey Mouse and pals: 
Go to Disney.Go

• For a free interactive game:
Go to Disney.Go

• For a free two-year subscription to LEGO Magazine:
Go to LEGO

• For the mom who's talented in art, writing or music, youcan enter the Cultural and Creative Arts Competition, sponsiored by AmericanMothers, Inc.  National awards Range from a few hundered dollars to $1,000.  For more information visit American Mothers.

• If you are a Spider-Man fan or know someone who is, get a free comic with an anti-smoking message from the American Cancer Society:
Call 800-227-2345

• For the expectant or new parents, get a free online journal or memery book, plus a free calendar and week-by-week updates that chronicle the baby's growth:
Go to Baby Zone

• For a free welcome-to-the-world greeting from the President of the United States. 
Got to the White House Main Page.

• For a wedding greeting, anniversary wish (for 50+ years married) and a birthday hello (for those 80+), send a postcard with:
You Name
Your Telephone Number
Recipient's Information to the White House
ATTN:  Greetings Office
Washington, DC
20502 or fax the information to 202-395-1232


• To attend free live tapings of your favorite talk shows like The Late Show With David Letterman (New York) or The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (Burbank, California):
Go to the shows' websites for ticket information, or visist the theaters in person.

• For tickets to game shows or itcoms taped in Low Angeles,
Got to TV Tix

• For a free factory tour of the Miller Brewing Company in Milwaukee.  Guest have to be 21+ and you can also get a free sample while you're there. 
Go to Miller Brewing

• For a free day of fishing in your own state (the day when a fishing licenses are waived.)
Got to Take Me Fishing (Alaska, Connecticut and Montana don't apply)

•  For free passes to screenings of big Hollywood movies:
Go to Capus Circle; or Wild About Movies (passes are first come first-served or by lottery.)

• Watch plays and concertsfor free at your local theaters by becoming an usher.  The historic Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., relies on volunteer ushers.

• iTunes has podcasts that are free.  At Reader's Digest, you can hear entertaining informative programs for free.

• If you're ambulatory and don't require medical care en route, you may nbe eligible for free air transportation through Angel Fligh America (proof of financial need may be required)
Call 877-621-7177 or go to Angel Flight America.

• Ronald McDonas Houses offer a place for families who are going through medical treatment at a local hospital to stay for free.  They do ask for a daily donation of $5-$20, if the family can make the donation, if not the stay is free. 
Go to Ronald McDonald House Charity for more information.

Costco offers members 18 and up a free hearing evaluation at nearly 200 locations.  The service is preformed by audiologists or by licensed hearing air professionsla.
Call:  800-774-2678

The Merck Manual Second Home Edition Online Version offers up-to-date information on medical conditions and diagnoses-plus audio, video and animations.
Go toMerck Online

• Get your hair cur or styled for free by being a hair model at the Bumble and Bumble University in New York.  To apply:
Go to BBU Model Project

L'oreal, provides links to all its brands, such as Maybelline, at Loreal USA. 

• At Lancome USA, members can snag a free sample with every purchase.

Clinique offers a live chat with a makeup consultant. You can also get a free sample with every purchase, plus great skin-care infomation.

Sephora, offers visitors three free makeup or perfume sample with every order.

Dove, you get free product samples and expert skin care tips when you share your contact information and answer a simple survery.

Oil of Olay, also gives free skin consultations weekdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST.

Project Gutenberg, is a great source for free e-books with thousands of titaltye in its catalog (nearly all of their U.S. copyrights have expired).  Or try Google Book Search

• For every eligible ink or laser toner cartridge you collect in the Staples Recycle for Education program, Sign up (using your school's tax ID).

• Kids can learn flags and capitols and get a free poster at NATO.

• Send both twins to college for the price of one through the Lake Erie College in Painesville , Ohio. 
Call 800-916-0904 or email (admissions@lec.edu).

• If you live in Sacramento County, California and want to aid the enviroment, you can get ten shade trees for free from the Sacremento Municipal Utility District and te Sacremento Tree Foundation.  Some conditionas apply, and you mus pledge to care for the trees.
Call 916-924-8733 or visit the main page.

• Need a home but lack the down payment?  The solution may be the down-payment assistance program from AmeriDream.

• Take a tax deduction for your old computers, printers and fax machines when the National Cristina Foundationpairs your donation with nonprofits, schools and public agencies.
Call 203-863-9100 or visit their main page.

FedEx, DHL and UPS all provide free boxes, padded pounches and other packingmaterial at their websites or stores (you must register on their sites.)

• Register your nonprofit for free top-qality paint from the National Council on Paint Disposition.  The group will try to connect you with a local retailer who has excess inventory.

• Does the U.S. government owe you any money?  Visit First Gov to see if you have an undelivered tax refund, or unclamined pension funds or credit union shares.  They also provide you with information on grants and free or discounted services such as supplemental secutity income, free ot low-cost health insurance for kids, and free job-skills training.

 

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