Buy-Give-Get is here!

Northeast winters can be fiercely cold, and together, we can help tens of thousands of veterans in need keep warm this winter by donating new winter coats through our Buy-Give-Get program.

Come into any Ocean State Job Lot store and:

  1. Buy a winter coat for just $40 (regularly $120 or more).
  2. Give the coat you purchased back to the cashier, and we’ll make sure it’s delivered to a veteran in need.
  3. Get a $40 Crazy Deal Gift Card – free!*

When you use the $40 Crazy Deal Gift Card, your final cost will be zero!
There’s no cost to you, and a veteran in need receives a brand new winter coat.

Through the Buy-Give-Get programs we’ve run over the past seven years, we’ve donated nearly 250,000 winter coats to veterans in need.

Thank you for helping us make an impact for veterans throughout the Northeast!

Restrictions apply for the redemption/use of Crazy Deal Gift Cards. Click here for full details.

Click here to learn more about the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation and our programs.

Buy-Give-Get Backpacks for Children in Need

Our summertime Buy-Give-Get backpack program, in partnership with USA Veterans and Military Support Foundation is made possible in part by our generous customers through their in-store and online donations. Since the program’s inception, over 200,000 backpacks have been donated to children in need, including children of military families. In 2023, in just 15 short days our customers purchased nearly 35,000 backpacks to be donated to support children in need. Since the program’s inception, this is the fastest one of our Buy-Give-Get programs has ever concluded! In 2022, our Ocean State Job Lot summer interns gathered at our headquarters in North Kingstown, Rhode Island to help fill 1,500 backpacks with donated school supplies. From there, nearly 34,000 filled backpacks were distributed to children across all nine states where Ocean State Job Lot stores are located in New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Backpacks and school supplies for over 200,000 children in need, including military families

Our Buy-Give-Get Programs

At Ocean State Job Lot, one way we honor our veteran and military families is through our Buy-Give-Get coats and Buy-Give-Get backpacks programs. Through our Buy-Give-Get programs, our customers play a pivotal role when they give back to those in need. When a customer buys a warm winter coat or a new backpack, they receive a Crazy Deal Gift Card in exchange for the price of the item – essentially making the donation free. It’s a win-win for everyone involved!

Buy-Give-Get Coats for Veterans in Need

Northeast winters can be harsh and bitterly cold, and the need for warm winter coats continues to be great.

On October 23, 2023, Officers from the Westerly, Rhode Island Police Department stopped by the Westerly Ocean State Job Lot store and purchased 34 Buy-Give-Get coats for the community. The officers used the gift cards they received for the donation for their annual toy drive to help families in Westerly. 

On November 16, 2023, we partnered with Massachusetts Military Support Foundation for their annual Coats4Vets program at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Four thousand  winter coats were distributed to Massachusetts State Police, and local police departments, including Foxborough Police and Fire Departments, to assist their communities.
Earlier that same month, we handed out 700 coats in Lewiston, Maine, to assist veterans and their families in partnership with Disabled American Veterans and the local Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter. 

On November 18, 2023, a tractor-trailer filled with Buy-Give-Get coats went to local veterans and families in need at the Chapel of the Four Chaplains in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in partnership with Project Freedom Villages.

  • In 2023, our giving efforts began earlier than ever – delivering over 50,000 warm winter coats to veterans at the beginning of fall, so they were prepared for the colder winter months ahead. 
  • In 2022, we worked alongside our customers to donate more coats than ever before: 50,000 warm winter coats for veterans in the Northeast.
  • In 2021, we increased our giving from the previous year by 5,500 coats, totaling 47,500.

Over 300,000 winter coats for veterans since 2016

Buy-Give-Get Backpacks for Children in Need

Our summertime Buy-Give-Get backpack program, in partnership with USA Veterans and Military Support Foundation is made possible in part by our generous customers through their in-store and online donations. Since the program’s inception, over 200,000 backpacks have been donated to children in need, including children of military families. In 2023, in just 15 short days our customers purchased nearly 35,000 backpacks to be donated to support children in need. Since the program’s inception, this is the fastest one of our Buy-Give-Get programs has ever concluded! In 2022, our Ocean State Job Lot summer interns gathered at our headquarters in North Kingstown, Rhode Island to help fill 1,500 backpacks with donated school supplies. From there, nearly 34,000 filled backpacks were distributed to children across all nine states where Ocean State Job Lot stores are located in New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Backpacks and school supplies for over 200,000 children in need, including military families

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