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Christmas Savings Club | April Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

That number includes gifts for our kids, extended family members, teachers, friends, neighbors, bus drivers, service people, our Christmas cards, stamps, and our donations towards the Salvation Army''s Adopt-a-Family program. Find your monthly savings goal for May and any shortfall that you have from January through April.

April 100
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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more. Consider setting the money aside in a savings account that isn’t immediately accessible and doesn’t have an ATM attached to it This will help to avoid any impulsive non-emergency spending.

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Christmas Savings Club | August Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

Our monthly goal for Christmas savings is $100. That number includes gifts for our kids, extended family members, teachers, friends, neighbors, bus drivers, service people, our Christmas cards, stamps, and our donations towards the Salvation Army''s Adopt-a-Family program. September Assignments: 1. Thanks for reading.

August 100
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1st Meeting of the Christmas Savings Club

Family Balance Sheet

That number includes gifts for our kids, extended family members, teachers, friends, neighbors, bus drivers, service people, our Christmas cards, stamps, and our donations towards the Salvation Army's Adopt-a-Family program. I'm using a savings account that was used previously for another goal. My monthly goal is $100.

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Give Now, Save Later: How Charitable Giving Affects Taxes

Saving Cents With Sense

The end of the year brings festive feelings and a need to donate, considering it’s the holidays. LifeLock provides enhanced, online reporting of identity theft threats and advanced checking and savings account application alerts. So, the more charitable donations you make, the more tax money you save.

Giving 75
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Christmas Savings Club | February Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

That number includes gifts for our kids, extended family members, teachers, friends, neighbors, bus drivers, service people, our Christmas cards, stamps, and our donations towards the Salvation Army's Adopt-a-Family program. I'm closing the account and moving that money to my Christmas Savings account.

February 100