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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck. If you can’t answer with the word, CASH , then please, set yourself up for success and build an emergency fund. Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund.

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It’s Not Too Late to Save for the Holidays

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If you’re hard pressed to find extra work, you could always donate some plasma for a month to make extra money that way. Are there any jobs you can work on the side like babysitting or freelance work from home? Can you work extra hours at your job? Would you consider taking a seasonal job at the mall? Generate free cash.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

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Nicole from Nicole and Maggie: Grumpy Rumblings of the Untenured tells her story about giving Self Serving Donations. In this case, they helped a school fund interactive learning activities. Squirrelers from Squirrelers presents The Case for a Bigger Emergency Fund. If we make effort we will succeed.

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#SavingsPledge: Hey America, Let’s Save $1 Billion

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Start an emergency fund? Donate it to your favorite charity? When you take the Savings Pledge you get to specify the amount of money you plan to save each week. Then leave a comment here to let me know what you plan to do with your savings. Use it to pay down debt?

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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emergency fund, so we started throwing what little extra we had straight. First, we will save our six-month emergency fund. trips, donating to our church, helping friends in need. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave. Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living? We already had a small. towards debt.

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