A Savings Summit
June 29, 2009
Here is an event for our local people. If you like the idea maybe you can plan one in your area with your own local ‘experts’. 
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A Savings Summit
Summit -noun
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1. |
a meeting or conference of heads of state, esp. to conduct diplomatic negotiations and ease international tensions. |
2. any meeting or conference of top-level officials, executives, etc
Come hear from one wife who has 15 people living in their 2-story, 3,000 sq. ft. house and manages to keep an average power bill of around $65 a month!
We will hear from other experts that have cut their expenses considerably in areas of utilities, groceries, home maintenance, gift giving, homeschool supplies, and vacations.
A couple of our enterprising wives will share how they are making money from home.
This summit will be an open forum so be sure to bring some ideas to share.
Bring:
Lunch- We gotta eat! Bring something to share with everyone. We’ll provide paper goods and drinks.
Handouts with recipes, websites, and money saving suggestions that you’d like to share (bring about 20).
Something to write with.
The Bartering Table
Bring items that you would like to barter or a list of items or services that you or your family can barter.
Before we take our lunch break we will have a brief time to allow anyone who would like to tell what they have to barter, or tell what they are looking for.
Bartering can take place during lunch and after the summit.
Possible bartering items/services:
Anything Handmade J
Proofreading Services
Paper Grading Services
Tutoring
Music/Art Lessons
Frozen Meals
Fruits and Vegetables
Yard Work
Ironing
Plants/Herbs
Sewing
Jewelry
Items around the house you no longer use
Meat
Eggs
Chickens/Rabbits/ etc…
Babysitting
Books
Any skill you have
Anything can be bartered for!!!
Think about what you can do or make and how you can use that to benefit your family’s economy.
Where: The Cedar House
Ashville, AL
Date:
10:00 – 3:00
Please RSVP by
We will put out a basket for donations to cover the expense of the Ceder House.
Topics: Frugal Choices, Resourcefulness | 6 Comments »
Comments (6)
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oh my! that sounds fabulous!!
I wish you were too Kim!!! You’d fit right in!
To bad I live a couple states away.
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