I can remember sitting at the kitchen table with my Mom licking S & H Green Stamps and helping her paste them into redemption booklets. Mom would get the stamps from the grocery store, and Dad would only buy gas at stations issuing Green Stamps. Our toaster, can opener, blender, and coffee maker were all acquired with Green Stamps. I can even remember that Mom would get filled books of Green Stamps from friends as gifts. It sure was one of our family’s major savings’ plans. Whatever happened to S & H Green Stamps?
Would you believe that S & H Green Stamps are still around? Yes, they are now called S & H Greenpoints. Do you have any of the old S & H Green Stamps stored away in the closet? Don’t throw them away. They still have redemption value today. S & H Green Stamps have a 1 to 1 redemption value for S & H Greenpoints. You can mail them in to the following address and be awarded Greenpoints: S&H Solutions, ATTN: Green Stamps Processing Department, 1625 South Congress Avenue, Suite 200, Delray Beach, FL 33445. Okay, how do I redeem S & H Greenpoints? Well, they aren’t as much fun as going to the redemption center with Mom and going up and down the aisles picking out our rewards, but they can be redeemed for similar awards online. Yes, it is sad, but even S & H Green Stamps have gone to the web. Just go to www.greenpoints.com and sign up and start saving Greenpoints. Greenpoints are awarded for online purchases and at some grocery stores. See more information online on how to earn and redeem Greenpoints. Wait! Many of us don’t have computers, so we don’t shop online. Well, instead of going to the redemption center, go to the computer lab here at Sun City in the Recreation Center.
Join the Sun City Computer Club, and they will teach you how to connect to the web. Just so you know, I have no connection to S & H Greenpoints, but I am a member of the Sun City Computer Club.
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Oh yes, I still have 29 1/2 books! Trying to find out way to sell them. No luck so far. Green Stamp site not helpful. Not taking registrations. Early in my marriage (mid 60’s and on) I furnished my home with lamps, decorations, and children’s items with green stamps. They added a quality to my life with aesthetics that I would not have been able to enjoy otherwise.