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Money

Keep Calm and Treasure Hunt On!

I love garage sales and estate sales for different reasons. Garage sales are plentiful most weekends in the spring and summer, with the merchandise on sale priced pretty low.  As well, if you don’t like the price of an item, you can always ask the owner if “they can do better.”  However, items for sale […]

WRITTEN BY: Donna Green, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Erie County

REVIEWED BY: Candace J. Heer, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Morrow County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • http://search.creativecommons.org/

REFERENCES:

  • https://estatesales.org/what-is-an-estate-sale

Need Financial Support? Lean on Me!

“You just call on me brother, when you need a hand We all need somebody to lean on I just might have a problem that you’ll understand We all need somebody to lean on” Bill Withers I love reading the personal financial blogs written by a variety of people from all across the country. Young, […]

WRITTEN BY: Donna Green, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Erie County

REVIEWED BY: Candace Heer, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Morrow County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&q=reading%20a%20blog&tbs=sur:fc#imgrc=EXa899ZDUZYrVM:&spf=1498654076879

SOURCES:

  • http://rockstarfinance.com/

New Baby, New Plans

As if there isn’t enough to think about when planning for a baby’s arrival (major lifestyle changes, childcare, creating a safe and comforting environment, to name a few), parents-to-be or those planning to start a family should take a good, hard look at their financial circumstances. Since 1960, the USDA has been issuing a report […]

WRITTEN BY: Joanna Fifner, Extension Educator, Ohio State University, fifner.2@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Amanda Woods, M.Ed. Healthy Finances Program Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension

SOURCES:

  • https://www.cnpp.usda.gov/expenditures-children-families-annual-report
  • https://livesmartohio.osu.edu/money/extensionauthors/rainy-day-savings-how-are-your-skies-looking-today/
  • http://www.insurance.ohio.gov/Newsroom/Tips/Pages/Basics.aspx

REFERENCES:

  • http://www.insurance.ohio.gov/Newsroom/Tips/Pages/Basics.aspx
  • http://www.insurance.ohio.gov/Consumer/pages/LifeToolkit.aspx
  • http://njaes.rutgers.edu/money/ffquiz/

Waste Not, Want Not

In the United States, yearly food waste is estimated to range between 30-40 percent of the food supply. That translates to approximately 133 billion pounds of food per year, at a cost of $161 billion. Unfortunately, that wastefulness has far-reaching impacts on food security, resource conservation and climate change, according to the USDA. But why? […]

WRITTEN BY: Donna Green, M.A., Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Erie County, green.308@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Amanda Woods, M.Ed, Healthy Finances Program Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • www.creativecommons.com

SOURCES:

  • https://www.usda.gov/oce/foodwaste/faqs.htm
  • https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/sustainability/food-waste/food-waste-home/

REFERENCES:

  • https://www.usda.gov/oce/foodwaste/faqs.htm
  • https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/sustainability/food-waste/food-waste-home/

Are You the Family Bank?

Have you always been seen as the “responsible one” in your family? Did you save and invest responsibility through your 30s, 40s, and 50s, and now your grown children and other relatives are coming to you for money?  A study by Merrill Lynch in partnership with Age Wave reveals that three out of five people […]

SOURCES:

  • https://mlaem.fs.ml.com/content/dam/ML/Articles/pdf/family-and-retirement-elephant-in-the-room.pdf
  • http://crr.bc.edu/special-projects/national-retirement-risk-index/
  • http://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IB_17-4.pdf

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