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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

Family Balance Sheet

Check your local community calendar, library, parks & recreation department, church, and parks. Many local towns, libraries, malls, and fire halls host carnivals and festivals as fundraisers. Find a free court, borrow or buy rackets and balls, and go play some tennis. Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC.

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Free or Inexpensive Holiday Activities

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you live in a close knit neighborhood, or have a special group of friends, you can get together and host a shopping experience for the children to buy gifts to give. Collect items from each participating household, whether they be new or gently used, food, toys or adult type items and price them so the little ones can afford to buy.

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Summer Fun Guide 2019

Family Balance Sheet

Check your local community calendar, library, parks & recreation department, church, parks. Local towns, libraries, malls and fire halls also host carnivals and festivals as fundraisers. Find a free court, borrow or buy rackets and balls, and go play some tennis. Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC.

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Frugal Fun

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There are endless things that you can buy with money, but if you look around you will find that there are many ways to have fun without spending much at all. We usually buy food though so it’s not that free. Concerts at the zoo. Our zoo puts on summer concerts. Free books, DVDs, and music from the Library.

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The Easiest Ways to Save Money on Household Expenses

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Don’t buy anything that is not on the list unless you forgot something truly important. It is always costlier than eating at home, and it makes you fat, no matter whether you are buying a quick snack at a fast food restaurant, vending machine or a convenience store. That’s impulse shopping and most of us do that. Do the same for books.

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20 Fun & Budget-Friendly Summer Activities

Family Balance Sheet

Find a free court, borrow or buy rackets and go play some tennis. Several local orchards in our area are fun playtime destinations with playground equipment, petting zoos, mazes, butterfly house, picnic areas, and u-pick fruit patches, such as strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries. Play miniature golf. Visit an orchard.

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Music Minute - Ants on a Log: Make it Myself

Motherhood Moments

The songs ask questions like, what can we make instead of buy? Performance credits include Wolf Trap, Cabot Theater, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Philadelphia Zoo, Strand Theater, World Cafe Live, and Provincetown Family Week. How can we grow our emotional skills? Who can we stand up for?

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