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Set Up A Welfare Into Work Program

January 14, 2009 At Home

In Petaluma, California there is a movement of outreach to the community. As a way to alleviate fear of your own economic woes, reach into your community doing what you love to do and help someone else less fortunate than yourself. Specifically what we are doing is teaming up to help women in the local […]

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Do Something Nice For Others

January 14, 2009 At Home

I have a friend who is virtually alone suffering from severe cancer. Every morning I try to send her a brief “cheer leading” email, encouraging her to hang in there. Every year I select a “special friend” for an “extended holiday treat.” This “treat” happens to be a six month fun “yard sale” delivered to […]

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Local Business Advertising Help

January 14, 2009 Business

Our nonprofit organization, The Balmer Fund, publishes a monthly magazine, the Prairie Connection. We are especially concerned about the hard hit, dying small towns on the prairies of South Central Kansas and North Central Oklahoma, so we give free BUMP classified ads to small businesses in the region if they cannot afford to buy a […]

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Coupons For The Community

January 14, 2009 At Home

This isn’t a huge tip but just a little something I’ve been doing for the last few months. I save absolutely every coupon that comes my way. I then sort through ones that I will use and ones that are useless to me – baby supplies, products I don’t use, etc. When I’m shopping, I […]

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Start A Foraging Community

January 14, 2009 Uncategorized

A friend of mine came up with the idea to start a foraging community online here in Marin. There already is one in Oakland, CA: http://forageoakland.blogspot.com. Everyone will keep an eye out for fruit trees that are not being picked by the owners and ask the owners if we could pick the fruit. Then we […]

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Julie Bonn Heath's Top Three Tips To Be kind

January 14, 2009 At Home

1) When someone in your life is especially critical, hard to get along with or otherwise obnoxious, the chances are high that hurt and suffering has brought them to this point in their life. Remember this, and pave your relationship with kindness to break down the walls. 2) A kind word can not only make […]

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Gratitude Gatherings

January 14, 2009 At Home

I had gatherings at my home for ladies in the community. I did it because I was new to the area and needed some socialization. I asked everybody to bring something for show and tell – a great conversation starter – my favorite was Rose and the hanky she received from her idol Bing Crosby. […]

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Stay Positive – Start An Online Business

January 14, 2009 Web Sites

I’m a coach, and one of the most important precepts in coaching is: Wherever you put your attention, that’s what you get more of. When people say, “I refuse to participate in the recession!” they are actually double-reinforcing the negative — first, they reinforce the recession by focusing on it, and then by putting energy […]

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Be Tactfully Honest

January 14, 2009 At Home

In short what a person can do to help another is to be TACTFULLY HONEST with others. I have had multiple people approach me who have been laid off and are seeking to start anew. Their friends provide these people with support and encouragement, but are NOT being honest. I have had multiple unemployed folks, […]

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Shel Horowitz' Frugal Five

January 14, 2009 Budgeting

1) Offer your garden surplus to those in need 2) If you drive someplace regularly, see if there’s someone who needs a ride. Check out sites like: http://www.rideshareonline.com and http://www.erideshare.com. 3) Volunteer at a social service agency 4) Pay the toll or bus fare for the person behind you 5) Buy an extra high-protein food […]

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