Donate Money by Giving Your Time on Your Computer

The end of the year is a popular time to make donations. Not only is almost everyone feeling warm and fuzzy from the holiday season, but with tax season looming many would rather donate money to organizations than to pay a large tax bill. If you are feeling the warmth of the season and would [...]

Random Act of Kindness – November

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! I’d like to start off by pointing out that you all are responsible for $240 in Random Acts of Kindness since we started the $5 Left at the End of the Month challenge in September. Bravo! Think of the kindness impact this has had in Houston and elsewhere. Here’s our RAC: For November, I [...]

Our Random Act of Kindness (RAC): October

Are you new to this series? Check out the $5 Left at the End of the Month Challenge, and September’s RAC update articles. My readers and I are up to $160 in kindness impacts so far…let’s see where we can get to this month! Paul committed our RAC for October. We went to the Houston [...]

Let’s Brainstorm on the $5 Left at the End of the Month Challenge

RACs Update: Readers of Frugal Confessions committed $160 worth of Random Acts of Kindness in September. Are you with me for October? Life is all about making the best of the resources we are given despite a matrix of limitations. This is where effective brainstorming can really make a difference. While working for a marketing [...]

Random Act of Kindness – September

This is the first posting of the $5 at the End of the Month Challenge Random Act of Kindness for the month of September. There is a man who begs for money and sells chiclets at our Subway.  About once a week I pull into the Subway parking lot with a shameful thought running through [...]

Update – $5 Left at the End of the Month RAC (Random Act of Kindness)

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers! We’re almost at the end of September (Friday marks October 1st!), and I wanted to let everyone know I am excited to hear all of your RACs for this month. I will post mine on Thursday of this week, and I hope you come and post yours as well. We have [...]

How to Make Free Donations: Part II

In the spirit of the $5 Left at the End of the Month Challenge, I thought it’d be great to highlight some ways that you can donate without spending anything. I have delved into the world of free donations before, but I want to revisit and add onto the list to show everyone that it [...]

$5 Left at the End of the Month: A New Campaign

Winner of Christian Finance Carnival 2. I come from a divorced family. Wait, that doesn’t even tell half of the story. I come from a divorced family, who then divorced separately again and who are now on their third marriages. My familial connections seem to connect and divide like a sluggish strain of bacteria.                 [...]

New Year’s Resolution 2010: My Charity Black Hole

Lately I’ve been having a feeling of scarcity. It is a feeling that I am ashamed of, because my fiancé and I are so blessed. We make good money, we recently bought the home of our dreams, we have two vehicles, enough money to fund retirement and entertain ourselves…but it has not felt like enough. [...]