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Money Matters: How to Prepare Your Finances for a Recession

Motherhood Moments

Nobody knows for sure whether we’ll see a recession or not,” said Amy Maliga, financial educator with Take Charge America, a nonprofit credit counseling and debt management agency. It has helped more than 2 million consumers nationwide manage their personal finances and debts. Prepare for the unexpected.

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Healthy Habits: The Push for Plant-Based Food in Hospitals

Motherhood Moments

Optimal hospital care includes serving plant - based foods to assist patients on their road to recovery while in the hospital and informing patients of the benefits of a plant - based diet beyond their hospital stay. In a hospital, the food provided to patients is a key part of their treatment. You can learn more in this interview.

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Meet a Reader | AF in Virginia

The Frugal Girl

My mother was loving and worked so hard to provide for us, but it was frequently a struggle to get food, keep heat on, and other necessities. It has been amazing for our finances and my mental health. It’s food that we have that I’ve cooked or otherwise acquired ? Out of necessity originally. What’s your best frugal win?

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Although my parents never specifically taught me about finances, they lived a frugal life by necessity. I learned from the best, but I believe that a personal finance course should be a requirement for both high school and college graduation. We, as a country, owe our young people a more comprehensive education.

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Being Intentional With My Time, Finances, and Food – My Goals for 2012

Couponing 101

Being Intentional About What We Eat – Goodbye fast food. Fast food is so convenient, and so tasty, but there really just isn’t room in our budget or diet for it. Hopefully by meal planning and staying home more, we’ll be able to curb our cravings for fast food and officially break up with Chick-fil-A.

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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

In my free time I enjoy canning and preserving food (well, I enjoy the results of it, ha!), The teachers and education are wonderful and our kids are thriving there so we will continue it as long as we can afford to. Did you ever receive any financial education in school or from your parents?

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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Forty-one percent of adults in the United States gave themselves a grade of C, D, or F on their knowledge of personal finance (according to the 2011 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey Final Report of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling). According to the resolution: Twenty-five.6