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IBM – Transition To Teaching

February 24, 2009 Corporate

IBM has been offering a Transition to Teaching program since 2006 – the program is aimed at current IBM employees who are passionate about teaching and would like to make a change. IBM are focusing on Math and Science teachers for this program – this from their website: “Building a cadre of well-trained math and […]

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Grant A Wish at http://ewishingwell.com

January 15, 2009 Charity

Is your garage, shed, or closet overflowing with items you no longer want or need? www.ewishingwell.com is a new website that provides a platform for people to start helping each other out by posting these unwanted items. Granting a wish is as simple as posting new or used items no longer needed or wanted. A […]

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Use Your "LEGs" – Local Economy Generators

January 14, 2009 Business

I’m a freelancer in Phoenix and I recently wrote a column about my foodie group called LEGs – Local Economy Generators. We get a big group together once a month and go to an independently owned restaurant in our area of town. We all go out at other times individually, of course, but we think it […]

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Use Your Credit To Help Others

January 14, 2009 Financial

I just helped a friend of mine get by during no job and lean times by charging their public service bill so they could have heat/electricity for another month until they were in a position to pay me back.  They got the help they needed… I got extra miles on my credit card for the […]

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Help Your Local Teacher

January 14, 2009 Charity

I’d like to offer you a tip on how people can do something nice for their local school during touch economic times. Through Adopt-A-Classroom, the public and businesses can literally “adopt” a teacher of their choice and donate funds where 100% goes directly to the teacher. Donors receive an impact report exposing exactly what was […]

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Trade Services / Share Resources

January 14, 2009 General Advice

During the times of perceived crisis there are many things that people can do. Neighbors can join effort and share meals, clothes, new ideas, trade toys. Shared jobs can be organized instead of hiring out. For example: my husband can build things another friend’s husband can do taxes..so they trade services. Sharing of babysitting reduces […]

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Nikki Maxwell's Top Six Tips For Hard Times

January 14, 2009 At Home

I am a mom of three in the LA area. My husband spent most of 2008 out of work as a freelance video game writer. He nailed a contract through next January! Yay! Then I got laid off. Boo! In my attempts to not sit around and suck eggs, I’ve called on the memories of […]

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7 Tips To Reduce Financial Stress – by Jay Winner, M.D.

January 14, 2009 Medical and Health

Investing in Stress Reduction The Dow Jones Industrial Average just plunged to its lowest level since2004. The evening news scares us more each day. Expecting not to be stressed in such times is unrealistic. Yet stress is deadly; just a few of the conditions associated with high stress include heart disease, stroke,obesity, headaches and Alzheimer’s […]

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Treat Others Like Family

January 14, 2009 At Home

Our family, when faced with another family’s misfortune, offers food and comfort; for example: When a friend who is the only income-earner for his family was laid off, my family made lasagna for their family – we took over 2 large pans that they could eat when they chose, or freeze.  We have also shared […]

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Start Kitchen Table Coaching Groups In Your Community

January 14, 2009 At Home

Around a kitchen table in our homes, facing bleak times, my three friends and I brainstormed ways to drag ourselves out of debt, find new jobs, overcome obstacles and turn survive into thrive. As word got out about our kitchen table coaching sessions, we were asked to speak to women’s groups and other women encouraged us […]

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