Redemption Time
A blast from the past! Most of you youngsters won’t remember S&H Green Stamps, but my peers will. We remember when would receive them at check-out counters of supermarkets, department stores and gasoline stations as rewards for shopping in their store. I well remember collecting as many books of 1200 stamps as possible. That would…
Blast From the Past – REDEEMING S&H Green Stamps
Most of you youngsters won’t remember S&H Green Stamps, but my peers will remember when we’d receive them at the check-out counter of supermarkets, department stores and gasoline stations. S&H Green Stamps were used as reward programs at merchants from the 1930s to late 1980s. I well remember collecting as many books of 1200 stamps…
Redeemed — Exchanged for Value
I loved the First Sunday of Advent message brought by Fr Bryan Brooks. He said, “This was before recycling. Many of you youngsters won’t remember when we took our glass soda pop bottles to the store to “redeem” them for some change. But you mature folks will remember.” And, I add to that thought —…