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7 Steps To Homelessness And What To Do If You Get There

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Although friends tried to help by offering part time employment, she was unable to keep a paying job. Have a way to make phone calls. There are several free options out there if you can connect to the internet (perhaps from the public library). She began to accumulate clutter. She gave large gifts to close friends.

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Graduates – Use Summer to Learn How to Avoid College Fail Points

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Current job postings for full-time and part-time opportunities. Career eBook Resource Library. High school grads today have seen parents using credit cards (or maybe even their cell phones) to charge everything from gas to groceries to online purchases. Career exploration opportunities. Resumé critiques.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Box are some of my favorite authors) and I use the library to borrow both regular books and electronic resources. A few years back, I hit my all-time high by borrowing 126 books over the course of one year. My dad was a blue-collar worker – a machine operator on the railroad who sometimes got laid off for periods of time in the winter.