Unusual Ways to Save for
College
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Upromise is a savings club that rewards members
for using participating stores and brands of goods.
By shopping at approved thousand restaurants, retail
stores and online merchants members earn from 1 percent
to 25 percent per purchase. The plan works by registering
credit cards and debit cards that record the purchases.
Rebates are directed into a 529 college savings plan.
Register
for Upromise and save money for college. 
The Old Pocket Change Routine - While it's not
the most efficient way to save and your piggy bank doesn't
pay interest there's some mental benefit to saving pocket
change. By emptying out your pockets on a daily basis
it reinforces the habit of saving. Once a year, or whenever
the jar gets filled up count the change and take to
the bank to deposit into the savings account.
Getting the kids involved will help teach them about
the value of saving. Each time you add
money to the jar recall what the money will do - provide
a college education for your kids.
Save on Family Vacations - instead of Disneyworld,
how about a camping trip, volunteer trek or hometown
vacation? The trick is to put the amount of money that
would have been spent on the vacation into the college
fund.
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