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Build Your Home Food Storage Without Breaking the Bank

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

One of the best things you can do for the sake of your own self reliance is to build up your home food storage. You can start building your home food storage little by little — without a huge capital outlay. Look at your spending plan, and determine how much money you have each week to put toward building your food storage.

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How Growing Your Finances Is Like Gardening

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you give the same care to you finances that you give your garden, both should grow. If your country has laws that allow seizure of personal property or laws that encourage excessive taxation, you will have trouble growing your finances. Plants grow better with fertilizer and require water to tap into the earth’s nutrients.

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Savings Calculator – NerdWallet

Savings Corner

Use this free savings calculator to understand how your money can grow over time. By Margarette Burnette   Margarette Burnette Senior Writer | Savings accounts, money market accounts, banking Margarette Burnette is a NerdWallet authority on savings, who has been writing about bank accounts since before the Great Recession.

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Dec 1 & 2 | FREE or Low Cost Events for Families

Family Balance Sheet

Saturday, Dec 1, 9 AM - Noon | Build a picture frame. Lowe's Build and Grow. Saturday, Dec 1, 10 AM | Build Sandman's Plane from DreamWorks Animation's new movie, Rise of the Guardians. Bank of America's Musuems on Us. Bank of America's Musuems on Us. Bass Pro Shops. Now thru Dec.

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Free Kid’s Activities – Weekend of 12/1

Couponing 101

Free Museum Admission from Bank of America – Bank of America card holders get free general admission to participating museums , zoos, science centers, and more on the first full weekend of every month. Home Depot – Build a Picture Frame at Home Depot’s Kid Workshop this Saturday (12/1) between 9 am – 12 pm.

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May 4 & 5 | FREE or Low Cost Events for the Whole Family

Family Balance Sheet

Bank of America Museums on Us. Saturday & Sunday, May 4 & 5 | Each Bank of America or Merrill Lynch cardholder gets FREE general admission to 150 museums nationwide. Saturday, May 4, 9 am - Noon | Build an herb planter. Click the links below for more information at the respective web sites. List of participating museums.

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Why Save Money in a Low Interest Rate Environment?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Both are now old enough to open a bank savings account. I would go into the bank with my stubby little hands clutching my months worth of allowance (total of $1), deposit it and see the results right off printed in my book. Instead of saving, we could take some bigger risks to try to grow our money. Back then I had a passbook.

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