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Stretching Dollars For A Charitable Contribution

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I have a young cousin who will face numerous heart surgeries. A lot of her medical procedures are provided through Medicare/Medicaid, but the expense for her young parents and little brother to stay in the area [3 hours away from home] are very hard for the family to come up with. Wishing to make a donation, but with my own funds being tight, I took books in my house that I deemed non-necessary to a used book store to start a fund so that I can provide the young family with at least a day's

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worth of expenses prior to the surgery. I have rolled pennies and nickels, and will be finding other things to do so as to meet my goal by the end of January. It also will help to take care of some of the clutter in my house!

- Submitted by CHALLENGER75 1/17/2013 in Saving Money | 1 Comments

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Don't pass up 401k accounts. Most companies match your contributions. If a company matches up to 6% of gross salary, if one earns $2000/mo you could put in $120 & the company would put in $120. That's free money. With pretax contributions you'll see less than $120 subtracted from your paycheck.

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Never short-cut Stretching!!

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