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"Jar Savings Account"

Following up from the post from yesterday, I am excited to share some news with you. 4, My Kids, Inc is starting a "Jar Savings Account" through C.K.Q. Gifts This "Jar Savings Account" will allow any person to donate an in kind donation to 4, My Kids, Inc to help establish any and all programs. This non-profit organization is still in the process of making an impact in the Wisconsin area, but impact just the same. The concept behind the "Jar Savings Account" goes hand in hand with the original concept for starting 4MK,inc...giving the way the Lord intended. Giving is from the heart and soul...a soul inhabited by the Holy Spirit. Even in the tough economic times we are in, .25 cents a day to help a family who can't help themselves, right now ,is a great incentive for them to get going.

If you had .25 cents, what would you do with?

No, this is not a joke. What would you do with .25 cents right now? I would put it in my purse until I had another quarter for soda at work. I might give it to the little girl down the street so she can have a bag of chips. Or I might start a "cabinet" savings account. No, it is still not a joke. I was just reading TD Jakes' book Reposition Yourself: Living Life without Limits. In this particular chapter, Bishop Jakes reminded us of how our grandmothers had a savings account on a shelf in the cabinet in the kitchen. Most of you may be familiar with that type of banking. With whatever spare change, left over grocery money, etc., Granny would put it in a jar for a rainy day emergency. Some of us have rainy days and emergencies every hour of every day. For me it is a coca-cola, for you it might be advertising cost or gas money. Either way, if you had .25 cents, everyday, to put in a "cabinet" savings account, would you? If so, what would keep you from going into th

Taking the kids by the horn!

Children are a blessing in our lives and need to be considered and treated as such. They are the helpers of our futures. They are IT ladies and gentlemen, what are you doing to help them grow? If you are not doing anything, take the kid by the horn and start something new! (end of the school year is approaching) 1. Purchase educational books. **have them work on them daily, either in the morning or in the night. 2. Take creative field trips. ** either walks in a park you have never been to ** museums in another city ** or city hall (take a trip somewhere that provides education and creativity of the mind) 3. Give them projects to do daily. **younger children can make cards for any body, any theme **younger children can start a scrap book to be finished by the end of summer doing one page at a time. **older kids can join clubs (especially investment clubs, etc) 4. Have them watch a news channel on cable they have never watched before. **ask them to give a report about what they heard is