New! October 9th - 12th, 2009- Sales Tax Holiday on Energy Star and Watersense Products   You may also be able to combine this sales tax holiday with the Virginia Rebate Program for Energy Efficiency Projects!

Visit your local Loudoun County Public Library branch for books, music, movies (including feature films and popular television shows), audio books, and programs.  Plus, Loudoun County Public Library offers audio books, e-books, and movies and television that you can download straight to your computer.

 

Explore what Loudoun County has to offer for programs, events, fairs, etc.

• At the library
• In the county
• Loudoun County Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
• LoudounPedia's Arts and Leisure Page and Sports and Recreation Page

 

Finds ways to make your gas money go further.

• Find the cheapest gas prices around
• How your driving habits effect your mileage
• Keep your car in good shape (You can find more information online about car maintenance at LCPL's Chilton Library Database or click here for Chilton Books at the Loudoun Public Library)
• Combine trips and consider carpooling more information here from the Loudoun Office of Transportation Services
• Consider using public transportation (Loudoun Bus Service and Washington DC Metro)
• Other tips

 

Print coupons from several websites including, but limited to:

• Coupons.com
• Mycoupons.com
• Valpak.com
• FreeStuff.com 

 

Compare grocery store prices.

• groceryguide.com

 

Food Co-ops

Quail Cove Farms http://www.quailcovefarms.com/ - A family owned and operated organic farm specializing in natural and organic foods. Our natural foods farm and warehouse located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia delivers regularly to multiple drop points in Loudoun County.  Farm contact: (800) 286-1452.  

 

Polyface Farms http://www.polyfacefarms.com/ - a family owned, multi-generational, pasture-based, beyond organic, local-market farm and informational outreach in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.   Leesburg delivery every 8 weeks. Farm contact: 540-885-3590

 

United Buying Clubs http://www.unitedbuyingclubs.com/ - Warehouse-based distribution system provides natural and organic foods in bulk & packaged at wholesale prices. Hungry Mothers is a Purcellville-based buying club ordering from the United catalog and receiving deliveries monthly.  Local contact: 540 338-2574

 

United Buying Clubs http://www.unitedbuyingclubs.com/ - Warehouse-based distribution system provides natural and organic foods in bulk & packaged at wholesale prices. Herdon-based buying club ordering from the United catalog and receiving deliveries monthly. Local contact: Lee Ann Lovgren lalovgren@msn.com

 

Zooks Organics http://home.comcast.net/~farmorders/farmorders.html Grass-fed organic animal products (beef, chickens and eggs, dairy, cheeses) and seasonal produce from Christiana, PA. Leesburg delivery every 2 weeks. Farm contact: Hillary Little at 443-912-4688, farmorders@farmorders.com.

 

Garden Mountain Farm http://www.gardenmountain.com/ - a diversified family farm offering pasture raised, grass finished, hormone and antibiotic free poultry and eggs, lamb, pork and beef from Burke's Garden VA.  Hamilton delivery approx 4x/year. Farm contact: 276-472-2511 rhubbard@gardenmountain.com

 

 

 

Consider being a Secret Shopper.  Many organizations reimburse you for restaurant visits.

• Secret Shopper

• Read more from the Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Alert

• Read more at the Secret Shopping Blog

 

Recycle

• Visit Lodoun's Office of Solid Waste Management for more information

• View the Loudoun County Recycling Guide

• Click here to find materials at the Loudoun County Public Library about recycling (including craft ideas)

 

Visit the Federal Citizen Information Center for 66 Ways to Save Money

• Transportation

• Housing

• Utilities

• Banking/Credit

• Insurance

• Food and Prescription Drugs

 

Visit the Federal Citizen Information Center for your Consumer's Almanac

• Organize your expenses

• Save for the future

• Manage your credit

• Shopping tips

• Travel budget and tips

• Children and money

• Holiday spending tips

 

Consignment Shops and Thrift Stores

• Loudoun Abused Women's Shelter (Leesburg)

• Goodwill (Sterling)

• Salvation Army (Leesburg)

• Good Shepherd Alliance Thrift Store (Sterling until the end of 2008.  Visit their new location opening soon in Ashburn.  Stay up to date at the Good Shepherd Alliance Thrift Store blog)

• Twice is Nice Thrift Shop (Leesburg)

• Capital Hospice Thrift Store (Opening soon in Leesburg.  Click here for the Leesburg Today article) 

• Xchange Consignment Boutique (Leesburg)

• Twice Upon A Star (Purcellville)

• Just Between Friends of Loudoun/Dulles (Sterling. Spring/Summer 2009 sale is April 25th & 26th, 2009)

• Fairy Tales Boutique (Opening soon in Lovettsville)

• Blue Ridge Hospice Thrift Shops (Berryville and Purcellville)

• Blossom and Bloom (Leesburg)

• Find more thrift stores and consignment shops with ReferenceUSA database available on Loudoun County Public Library's Database & Homework Help page.

 

 
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Loudoun Rewards discounts on restaurants, specialty shops, business services, and more.

 

Save on electricity with these tips (includes: insulation, heating & cooling, windows, lighting, appliances, renewable energy, etc.)

• U.S. Dept of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Energy Savers: Tips on Saving Energy & More at Home

• U.S. Dept of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Energysavers.gov Stay Warm, Save Money

• Federal Trade Commission: Energy & the Environment

• https://www.dom.com/customer/efficiency/res/tips_index.jsp">Conserving electricity (Dominion Virginia Power)

• Materials from the Loudoun County Public Library about Energy Conservation

• Energy saving products from EnergyStar

  • Appliances
  • Heating & Cooling
  • Home Envelope (home sealing, roof products, windows/doors/skylights)
  • Home Electronics
  • Office Equipment
  • Lighting
  • Commercial Food Service (dishwashers, fryers, ice machines, etc.)

• Energy saving tips for winter from Loudoun's Energy Efficiency & Conservation webpage

 

See if you qualify for a tax credit 

• Virginia Tax Credits

• Federal Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency (includes information on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008)

• Hybrid vehicles information from the IRS

• Fuel Efficient Vehicles  (hybrids, diesels, alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), electric vehicles)

• Virginia Sales Tax Holidays "A sales tax holiday is a temporary period during which purchases of certain items are exempt from the sales and use taxes"

  • Hurricane and Emergency Prreparedness Equipment
  • School Supplies and Clothing
  • EnergyStar and WaterSense Qualified Products

• EnergyStar also offers rebates on qualified products

 

Budget Plans and Personal Finance

• Washington Gas

• Dominion Virginia Power

• Find materials on personal finance at the Loudoun County Public Library

• Find books on saving money for kids

 

Free stuff

• Book: Free Software for Dummies

• Book: Free Money, Free Stuff: the Select Guide to Public and Private Deals, Steals, and Giveaways

• Totally Free Stuff and Yes All 4 Free (various free items)

• Free samples

• Books from the Loudoun County Public Library on free money and grants

 

Do It Yourself Books from the Loudoun County Public Library

 

Loudoun County Public Libary Databases

Find more information on recycling and money saving tips with these databases (contact your library for more information)

• Chilton

• GreenFILE

• Consumer Information in General One File