If you haven’t yet heard about Happy Valley Eats for Good, you’re missing out. With a $10+ donation to a variety of Penn State and State College non-profits, charities, and community organizations (including your favorite blog) you receive 100 deal vouchers to different local restaurants and stores. For now, the deals total $1,264, though that number is bound to rise as the number of participating businesses increases.

Happy Valley Eats for Good is the brainchild of Joe McCarthy, a Penn State graduate.

“Eats for Good is a pioneer startup at the crossroads of restaurant marketing and fundraising,” said McCarthy. “Through Happy Valley Eats for Good, nonprofits, schools, teams, and good causes can offer their donors and friends more than $1,000 of exclusive Groupon-like discounts at popular restaurants and shops in exchange for a donation of $10 or more.”

With that in mind, our staff decided to take a closer look at the various deals offered, and selected our favorites.

Ben Berkman: One Free Healthy Meal Off Mentor Cuisine’s Lunch Menu. 

Mentor Cuisine is a local business owned by a chef and a gym owner. “Recognizing that food and fitness go hand and hand,” its website reads, “we merged our love for top-notch fitness and healthy, high-quality food into what we feel is the key component to living a healthier lifestyle through diet and fitness.” You can place an order online, and you receive healthy meals throughout the week.

The Happy Valley Eats for Good deal allows one free meal, with no additional purchase necessary. Anything from a pan seared steak to a baked salmon is available. It’s an $11 value, so it already pays back the minimum cost of the 100 vouchers. It’s an incredibly easy and cost-free way to try a little-known State College service, benefit the community, and eat healthily all at once.

David Abruzzese: Buy One Panini, Get One Free At Sower’s Harvest Café. 

Of all the deals included in Eats For Good’s vast selection, the value found at Sowers Harvest Café trumps all. The café, which opened in September on 421 E. Beaver Ave, features a variety of fantastic options for every meal of the day. The highlight of its menu? Paninis.

Mike Reisman: Two Large Cheese Pizzas Only $10. 

Lexi Shimkonis: Any Calzone For $4.99 At D.P. Dough.

Doug Leeson: Free Small Fries With Any Purchase At McDonald’s.

I’m a simple man. I don’t know what my future holds, but I don’t see myself driving a fancy car or living in a big house, or even going out to eat often when there are so many better ways to spend money. I do know one thing though, and that’s that McDonald’s french fries are food for any time of day, any state of being, and any weight of wallet. A deal for free fries is just what I need all of the time, and this deal requires a purchase of any other item to get the fries. Any other item includes milkshakes, or as I like to think of them, the best condiment available for fast-food fries. Heck, I just went to McDonald’s last night for fries and a shake and I’m probably going again tonight — this deal just makes it that much easier.