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What have you done to help the economy?

Besides being a consumer and paying taxes, have you gone above and beyond to help your community during this crisis?

I donated a CLEP study guide to our local library and some classic children's books that wound up in the permanent collection. The VFW was having a hard time raising enough money to send a few kids to college and I'm hoping that the CLEP study guide has helped fill the gap somewhat.

I made a decision after Roy passed away that I no longer wanted to drive and traded the car to the cab co for rides and payments. The owner of the cab co is a single mom working 3 jobs. They know the area really well and fill me in on whatever I need to know. Plus I don't have repair bills, insurance payments , snow plowing fees, worry over gas prices and I know that the community which only has one cab co and not enough jobs has a reliable vehicle. Hey , you never know making sure that the community has a decent cab service might have saved a few lives to boot.

My Dad always said; "Pitch in and help out."

Funny how a mentality can stick in your head.

Tags: community, crisis, economy

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Permalink Reply by Merry on July 25, 2011 at 5:16pm

Very cool, I'm sure they apreciate that!

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Permalink Reply by Aggie on July 25, 2011 at 5:23pm

One guy keeps telling people in front of me "Nobody wants to hire a 59 year old unemployed guy." I keep telling him to quit calling me nobody. Some people now call me Mr. Nobody.

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Permalink Reply by Merry on July 25, 2011 at 5:26pm

((((Mr Nobody))) Awesome , to lose money is one thing in life and that happens to just about everyone but to lose hope and dignity is to be truly impovershed.