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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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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 item and donate it [...]

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Drop N Swap & Shared Purchases

January 12, 2009 Community

Here are two ideas that have been implemented in the neighborhood of Sawmill Lakes in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida http://www.sawmilllakes.org
Drop N Swap
Twice yearly, we have a big Drop N Swap at the neighborhood community center. All good-condition but unwanted/unneeded items are brought to the community center and put on display. You [...]

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Use the Latest Technology and Innovations to Help Your Business

December 22, 2008 Business

I have a website that lists and honors breakthrough technology and innovative thinking:
http://jumpintotomorrow.com
Everyday I update it, and everyday I hand out an award for the Technology of the Day. Our criteria for putting things on our pages is simply this: it has to be something that no one else is doing, or doing as well, [...]

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