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Free Stuff: Chicken and TV

By admin • May 6th, 2009 • Category: Giving, frugal

Here’s a very quick post about an absolute giveaway and a contest:

The Giveaway: Oprah, the generous multi-millionarire has teamed up with KFC to get everyone a free lunch.  The site has been overwhelmed with traffic and it’s quite the sensation on Twitter. What’s the catch?  Well, I don’t think there is one.  Oprah, is being [...]



4 Charities That Help During Hard Times

By admin • Feb 10th, 2009 • Category: Giving

Things are tough all over.  We’ve got winter storms, a war that continues and unemployment on the rise.  Unfortunately natural disasters and life’s problems don’t take a break when stocks slip, so its as good a time as any to find ways to help our communities.  With that in mind, I rounded up some resources [...]



Donate Phone Cards to US Troops

By admin • Jan 28th, 2009 • Category: Giving

It’s amazing what a phone call can do. It can keep a family bond alive over distances, help take care of personal matters from miles away and just give us someone to talk to on the road. The holidays have may have passed and we have a new president, but the US troops are still stationed overseas and facing danger away from family. Here’s how you can help.



What is Peer-to-Peer Lending?

By admin • Jan 27th, 2009 • Category: Debt, Giving, Investing, credit

The global credit crunch may mean an opportunity for new lending strategies, such as peer to peer lending.  Banks are facing huge losses and the lack of transparency has made it hard for banks to lend between each other, opening the door for a newer, more direct type of lending, known as peer to peer [...]



Great Last-Minute Christmas Deals (and more)

By admin • Dec 24th, 2008 • Category: Giving, frugal, thrift

With just hours of shopping left, there are some great deals out there.  That’s good news if you’re like me and still have a few things to get.  Apparently a combination of bad weather and a bad economy have kept shoppers out of the stores, so merchants are getting serious about cutting prices to lure [...]



Five Great Ways To Give (Back) During The Holidays

By admin • Dec 18th, 2008 • Category: Giving, Reflections

In the midst of hunting down those final gifts, I thought I’d pause to remember the deeper meaning of the season.  We are out to give of ourselves to make the world a better place.  Sometimes the commercial overload is a bit much, so I wanted to talk about charitable gifts.

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