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How We’re Using Upromise to Save for College

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I don’t recall why I never used the account, but I guess it just slipped my mind. Right before the pandemic started, I opened 529 College Savings Accounts for our daughters. My oldest was in eighth grade and one of my goals for 2020 was to start saving consistently for both daughters’ college education.

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Christmas Savings Club | July 2019

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I added the check to our savings. In March, I added $70 in $1 bills that I had been setting aside for the past year. Last year, a friend of mine on Facebook shared that she saves $1 bills that have Federal Reserve letters that match the first letter of her kids’ names. It was a pretty easy month to find the cash.

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Christmas Savings Club | November 2019

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I added the check to our savings. In March, I added $70 in $1 bills that I had been setting aside for the past year. Last year, a friend of mine on Facebook shared that she saves $1 bills that have Federal Reserve letters that match the first letter of her kids’ names. It was a pretty easy month to find the cash.

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Our 2019 Financial Goal

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Save $10k in a savings account, specifically earmarked for medical expenses. In March of 2018, we had our wills, medical directives, and powers of attorney completed by an attorney. I have yet to write a Medi-Share recap for 2018, but our goal was to replenish the healthcare savings account that we depleted in 2017.

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Christmas Savings Club | May 2019

Family Balance Sheet

I added the check to our savings. In March, I added $70 in $1 bills that I had been setting aside for the past year. Last year, a friend of mine on Facebook shared that she saves $1 bills that have Federal Reserve letters that match the first letter of her kids’ names. It was a pretty easy month to find the cash.

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Christmas Savings Club | June 2019

Family Balance Sheet

I added the check to our savings. In March, I added $70 in $1 bills that I had been setting aside for the past year. Last year, a friend of mine on Facebook shared that she saves $1 bills that have Federal Reserve letters that match the first letter of her kids’ names. It was a pretty easy month to find the cash.

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Christmas Savings Club April 2019

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I added the check to our savings. In March, I added $70 in $1 bills that I had been setting aside for the past year. Last year, a friend of mine on Facebook shared that she saves $1 bills that have Federal Reserve letters that match the first letter of her kids’ names. Easy peasy! May’s Assignments: 1.

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