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Saving on a Shoestring Update: Project Well Complete and Cha-Ching! Christmas Club Update

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 As I promised last month, I plan to hold a Monthly Saving Checkup here to help keep all of us accountable and motivated to reach our savings goals.

But first…an Update on Project Well.

I shared last year that my family had a goal to save enough money to donate a well that will bring clean water to a community of up to 150 people through World Vision.

I am happy to share that last month, our dream became a reality.

After several years of setting aside money each month, it was a joy to finally be able to accomplish our mission.

We gave our two older boys the opportunity to join us by adding some of their chore money each week to our ‘Project Well Jar’.  They often surprised me by adding more than our suggested amount.  We could all learn a lot from our kids, don’t you think?

Thanks for letting us share this Giving Journey with you.  It’s easy to focus on how much more needs to be done, but today I’m celebrating!

Cha-Ching! Christmas Club Update:

If you are just starting on your Cha-Ching! Christmas Club Savings (or any other savings), don’t feel bad. I am too!

Totals:

Swagbucks: $35 in Amazon Gift Cards

Ibotta: $30 in PayPal Cash

Crowdtap: $15 in Amazon Gift Cards

Total: $80

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How about you? So what are you saving for right now? 

Be sure to check out my series on earning extra cash online to help you reach your goals!

Saving on a Shoestring Update: I Didn’t Forget!

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Learn more about our Savings Goals for this year here and here.

You all thought I forgot about this month’s Saving on a Shoestring update, didn’t you?

Well now.  I totally didn’t forget.

I am simply fashionably late.  (Sounds better, doesn’t it?)

In all seriousness, here is our recent update.  I just shared with my husband where we are at with our Project Well savings and he said, “That is SO cool.”  Multiple times.

I’ll admit that I’m behind where I should be for the Cha-Ching! Christmas Club (since Christmas is only about 3 months away…yikes!).  Time to get motivated!

So here our our current totals for our Saving on a Shoestring projects:


Project Well: 88%


Cha-Ching! Christmas Club: 29%.

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How about you? Have you been saving and scrimping toward a reward or are you a part of the Cha-Ching! Christmas Club?  Then leave a comment or a link below telling us about it.

AND just to add to all the fun going on around here, I will give a $5 Amazon gift code to one person who leaves a direct link to their savings post or a comment sharing an update on their savings.  (I figure it’s just one more way to help you save on that shoestring!)

The giveaway will end Monday, September 17, 2012  at  11:59 pm EST. I’ll randomly select the winning comment or link. Winner will be notified by email and listed on this site.

Saving on a Shoestring Update: Back on the Savings Wagon!

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Learn more about our Savings Goals for this year here and here.

I really fell off the wagon with sharing our latest Saving on a Shoestring updates over the past few months.  I think we got a little distracted with our new little guy’s arrival.  He’s 3 months old now though, so I’m slowly starting to gain a little bit more normalcy around here!

We have still been putting our dollars aside for our two big goals this year, so I wanted to update you all on how much money we’ve set aside for each. 

The good news is that it’s been so long since I updated that we have made a BIG jump in our savings goal toward Project Well.  At this rate, I’m hoping we will be able to donate a well by the end of the year.  So exciting!

So here our our current totals for our Saving on a Shoestring projects:


Project Well: 84%


Cha-Ching! Christmas Club: 19%.

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How about you? Have you been saving and scrimping toward a reward or are you a part of the Cha-Ching! Christmas Club?  Then leave a comment or a link below telling us about it.

AND just to add to all the fun going on around here, I will give a $5 Amazon gift code to one person who leaves a direct link to their savings post or a comment sharing an update on their savings.  (I figure it’s just one more way to help you save on that shoestring!)

The giveaway will end Friday, August 10, 2012  at  11:59 pm EST. I’ll randomly select the winning comment or link. Winner will be notified by email and listed on this site.

Saving on a Shoestring Update Tomorrow!

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Just wanted to let you all know that I haven’t forgotten about my monthly Saving on a Shoestring update and link-up.  If you have a monthly update on how you’ve saving and scrimping toward a future goal, stop by tomorrow to leave a link or a comment.  Just for fun, I’ll be giving a $5 Amazon gift code to one person who does!