{"id":9678,"date":"2016-08-11T11:11:54","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T15:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/?p=9678"},"modified":"2021-05-21T13:00:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:00:28","slug":"where-when-and-how-to-get-free-stuff-all-year-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/where-when-and-how-to-get-free-stuff-all-year-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Where, When and How to Get Free Stuff All Year Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Yes ladies and gentlemen, you heard correctly, free stuff! Mark your calendars because I am about to give you the run down on all the\u00a0days you can get free stuff!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Marketing stunt or not, I&#8217;m not complaining because who doesn&#8217;t love free stuff?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17091 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/freebies.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"2000\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u279b January<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Third Monday of January):\u00a0<\/strong>At\u00a0National Parks and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, admission is free!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u279b February<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National bagel day AND National pizza day<\/strong> (<strong>February 9):\u00a0<\/strong>Free bagels and pizza, it&#8217;s the best of both worlds!\u00a0#wow<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Valentine&#8217;s Day (February 14):\u00a0<\/strong> Many participating stores offer buy-one, get one-free type deals, so check out your local stores. For example, Shake Shack gave a free milkshake to your date if you bought one.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u279b March<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>IHOP National Pancake Day (Early March):\u00a0<\/strong>Each customer can get a short stack of regular buttermilk pancakes for free. IHOP does this in the hopes that customers will make donations to charity upon arrival at each IHOP location.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ed9e4e;\"><a style=\"color: #ed9e4e;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/pi-day-big-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pi Day<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">(March 14):<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0Many\u00a0bakeries and pizzerias offer\u00a0various creative (&amp; some nerdy) Pi Day freebies\u00a0&amp; deals!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Free Cone Day at Dairy Queen (Mid March):\u00a0<\/strong>One free small vanilla cone per customer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>First Day of Spring (<strong>March 20<\/strong>):\u00a0<\/strong>To celebrate the coming spring season, Rita&#8217;s gives out free Italian Ices all day long!<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u279b April<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s Free Cone Day (Mid April):\u00a0<\/strong>They don&#8217;t skimp out on the servings here let me tell you that&#8230; take full advantage of this day if you have a Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s near you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Wawa Day (Mid April):\u00a0<\/strong>Unfortunately I never discovered this heavenly placed called Wawa until college, but now that I know they give out free coffee on Wawa Day, I&#8217;m there!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ed9e4e;\"><a style=\"color: #ed9e4e;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/2016-tax-day-freebies-and-discounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tax Day<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">(April 17):<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Filing taxes can be stressful and annoying, but Tax Day is another day for\u00a0freebies!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Earth Day (April 22):\u00a0<\/strong>Companies like Target, Whole Foods, and Best Buy give out free samples of sustainable products + they offer\u00a0other discounts!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National Parks Day (Late April)<\/strong>: Free entrance to\u00a0National Parks on this day! If we&#8217;re lucky, it\u00a0will happen for an entire week (as it did this year)!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Free Cone Day at Carvel (Late April):\u00a0<\/strong>Get a free ice cream cone between the hours of 3pm and 8pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National Pretzel Day (April 26):\u00a0<\/strong>Get free pretzels at Auntie Anne&#8217;s, Wetzel&#8217;s Pretzels, Pretzelmaker, and other participating locations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Super Hero Day (April 28):\u00a0<\/strong>Krispy Kreme uses this day to honor the everyday heroes in our lives by giving out a free dozen donuts when you purchase a dozen.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u279b May\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Free Comic Book Day (First Saturday in May):\u00a0<\/strong>Comic book shops give out free comic books on this day!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Free Cone Day at Haagen-Dazs (Early May):\u00a0<\/strong>Pretty self explanatory &#8211; free ice cream yay \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National Public Gardens Day (Friday Before Mother&#8217;s Day):\u00a0<\/strong>Admission to public gardens is waived.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Mother&#8217;s Day (Second Sunday of May):<\/strong> Mothers are always treated to free food!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National Burger Day (May 28):\u00a0<\/strong>Participating restaurants will offer deals or freebies &#8211; check your local stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Memorial Day (May 29): <\/strong>If you have a military ID, you and your family can get free food or free admission into parks, zoos, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u279b June<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National Donut Day (First Friday in June):\u00a0<\/strong>Free donuts from places like Krispy Kreme, Dunkin&#8217; Donuts, and Entenmann&#8217;s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Free Fishing Days (First Weekend of June): <\/strong>You can fish in public bodies of water without a permit or a fee (in some states).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National Iced Tea Day (June 10):\u00a0<\/strong>Places like Starbucks and Wendy&#8217;s give out free Iced Teas. The perfect way to beat the summer heat!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Father&#8217;s Day (Second Sunday in June):\u00a0<\/strong>Fathers get free food and free admission to aquariums, museums, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National Flip Flop Day (Third Friday in June):\u00a0<\/strong>Tropical Smoothie Caf\u00e9 gives out free smoothies to anyone that comes in wearing flip flops. They also collect donations throughout the day to support <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.campsunshine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camp Sunshine<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u279b July\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>7-Eleven Day (July 11):\u00a0<\/strong>7-Eleven gives out free Slurpee&#8217;s because it&#8217;s 7\/11!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National Hot Dog Day (Third Wednesday in July):\u00a0<\/strong>$1 or less deals on hot dogs!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National Ice Cream Day (Third Sunday in July):\u00a0<\/strong>It doesn&#8217;t fall on a &#8220;Sundae&#8221; coincidentally&#8230; Participating ice cream stores will give out freebies and deals ;]<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u279b August\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National Rootbeer Float Day (August 6):\u00a0<\/strong>Each customer at A&amp;W gets a free Rootbeer Float.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National Bowling Day (Second Saturday in August):\u00a0<\/strong>Bowling Alley&#8217;s offer free items and discounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National Parks Birthday (August 25):\u00a0<\/strong>This year we are celebrating National Park&#8217;s 100 year birthday so all fees are waived from August 25-28.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u279b September<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National Cheeseburger Day (September 18): <\/strong>Literally giving away free cheeseburgers!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Talk Like A Pirate Day (September 19):\u00a0<\/strong>Krispy Kreme&#8217;s and Long John Silver&#8217;s give out free food\u00a0to anyone that talks like a pirate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Museum Day Live (Late September):\u00a0<\/strong>You can thank Smithsonian Magazine for sponsoring this day\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0free admission into participating museums!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National Public Land Day (Late September):\u00a0<\/strong>Another day where admission into National Parks is free, wow!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>National Coffee Day (September 29):\u00a0<\/strong>Participating coffee shops will give out free coffee. Thank goodness this falls on a school day because I am going to need that\u00a0free\u00a0coffee desperately!<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u279b October<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Halloween (October 31):\u00a0<\/strong>These deals are usually for the kids, but you never know! Free kids meals and candy, it can&#8217;t hurt to try to get some free\u00a0food.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u279b November<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Veterans Day (November 11):\u00a0<\/strong>free food, haircuts, admissions into parks, etc. if you show your military ID.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u279b December<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Free Shipping Day (December 18):\u00a0<\/strong>There is no minimum purchase amount required on this day! As well as free shipping, online stores may offer other discounts too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>New Years Eve (December 31):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Many places offer free coffee + \u00a0free rides home to ensure that everyone gets home safely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[divider]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Aren&#8217;t you glad you stumbled across this article? Who knew you could get this many free things each year! If you know about a day that I left out, leave it in the comments below!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/birthday-freebies-and-discounts-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birthday Freebies &amp; Discounts<\/a> \/\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/student-discounts-every-student-needs-to-know-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">50+ Student Discounts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes ladies and gentlemen, you heard correctly, free stuff! Mark your calendars because I am about to give you the run down on all the\u00a0days you can get free stuff! Marketing stunt or not, I&#8217;m not complaining because who doesn&#8217;t love free stuff? \u279b January Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Third Monday of January):\u00a0At\u00a0National Parks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":16519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,598],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-discount","category-student-life","category-save-on-everything"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Free-Stuff.png",830,533,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Free-Stuff-224x144.png",224,144,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Free-Stuff-300x193.png",300,193,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Free-Stuff.png",830,533,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Free-Stuff.png",830,533,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Free-Stuff.png",830,533,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Free-Stuff.png",830,533,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Victoria Vallone","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/author\/victoria-vallone\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Yes ladies and gentlemen, you heard correctly, free stuff! 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