Running the Marine Corps Marathon for BeatingDebt.org September 11, 2009
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On Oct 25th, 2009 I will head to Washington, DC to run in the Marine Corps Marathon for BeatingDebt.org. I will join Team BDO and run 26.2 miles.
I ran this marathon in 2007 and now I will try to run it benefiting a nonprofit organization. All monies donated will go to support BDO’s mission in providing public service announcements to caution people away from personal debt.
Will you sponsor me for this marathon?
To check out my marathon training, please go to RunningAHEAD.
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Debt exhibit receives warm welcome August 31, 2009
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Unlike last time, we had a more receptive morning at the Jacksonville, NC flea market encouraging people to stay away from debt on 29 Aug 09.
Our two new instructors for the Keeping Pace study also joined us. Together we were able to pass out a lot of educational materials. Many people stopped and talked with us about what we were doing, how their finances were impacted by debt, and how they can get involved.
The other goal of this debt exhibit was to advertise the new class that will be starting in Jacksonville, NC. We passed out flyers and encouraged those stuck in debt to come to the free class and learn more about staying away from debt.
Overall, it was a great success. We hope we influenced some people to second guess the normal marketing message that it is “American” to acquire everything we want through debt.
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Show others how much you’ve beaten debt
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Independence Day Debt Protest 09 Report June 29, 2009
Posted by BDO in Debt is Slavery, Organizational.Tags: activism, beating, Debt, educational, overspending, protest
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From 9am – 10am on Saturday, June 27th, I took my “Debt does not lead to happiness” poster and silently protested the addiction of overspending and personal debt. I would say there were about 1000 cars that travelled by that intersection of Raleigh, NC. I got one honk, two thumbs up, many curious stares, and much more deliberate ignoring. The last time I did a protest in February in Jacksonville, NC I got many more smiles and thumbs up. There could be two reasons for the lack of enthusiasm for this message. Either the truth of “Debt does not lead to happiness.” stung too hurtful for people in this area to give me a positive reaction or the recent surge in political dialogue in the government’s decisions to spend overshadowed the personal intent of this protest which lead to people not give me a positive reaction. Either way, the message was put out there and the receivers had to take it and deal with it in their own way. My hope is that it helped influence some decisions that day to not overspend or go into debt or at least raised the level of conversation within the car about personal finances.
I plan on doing another protest in August for the Back to School season. My intent is to caution people from overspending and going into excessive debt during the “Back to School Sales”.
Will you join me in your community and protest personal debt to help educate people about the dangers of overspending?
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Show others how much you’ve beaten debt
for the price of one latte a year. – – Beating Debt Charts
Great Raleigh Road Race – 4 July June 24, 2009
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I just signed up for the 4 mile Great Raleigh Road Race on 4 July. I will be running for BDO in conjunction with their Independence Day campaign. Hopefully, through this run we can convince more people to stay away from debt.
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Show others how much you’ve beaten debt
for the price of one latte a year. – – Beating Debt Charts
Independence Day 09 June 22, 2009
Posted by BDO in Organizational.Tags: 2009, ads, consumer, day, Debt, donate, educational, fundraiser, independence, july, june, protest, run, walk
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BeatingDebt.org is raising money for its Educational Ads Project. This money will create more public service announcements to help teach people to stay away from debt and overspending.
You can help by:
Posting your Debt-Free Independence Day Date online.
Donating a minimum of $5 a month.
Participate in a Independence Day Protest.
Participate in a Independence Day Walk/Run
Learn more here: http://www.beatingdebt.org/IndependenceDay09.php
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Volunteer or Donate to Help Convince More People To Stay Away From Debt.
Show others how much you’ve beaten debt
for the price of one latte a year. – – Beating Debt Charts
New BDO Educational Ad Sticker June 11, 2009
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For our upcoming Independence Day 09 celebration, we will be sending the following sticker to our snail mail mailing list. It is a vinyl 4×6 sticker that has our latest Educational Ad. If you would like to receive one of these stickers, please email me.
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Things break, get old, and need to be replaced September 19, 2008
Posted by BDO in Multimedia.Tags: account, beat, broken, cards, credit, Debt, educational, emergency, loans, old, replace, tube, video, you
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BeatingDebt.org created a new YouTube ID to begin producing short educational videos about personal finance. The message from this video comes from our educational brochure “The Three Things That Will Happen To You“.
Please review this video and let us know how we can make it better and what subjects you would like to see for the next video.
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Non-Profit Group Begins Educational Ads July 22, 2008
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Consumers owe $13.8 trillion dollars to loan companies. 54% of workers worry about how much they owe. Consumer debt is growing 6% annually. Facts like these do not get circulated enough. Starting August 1st, BeatingDebt.org will begin a new project of buying internet advertising space to gain more exposure that details the growing negative effects of debt.
Many consumers do not know about the debt epidemic that is growing in our households. Collectively, consumers are contributing more to the nation’s debt than its own government is. Many organizations advertise the government’s irresponsibility with finances by creating their version of a “National Deficit Clock.” However, looking at it more broadly, consumers are borrowing more at a greater percentage than the federal government is, according to the Federal Reserve (http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/Z1/Current/z1r-2.pdf). From August 1st, BeatingDebt.org will sponsor educational advertisements to alert consumers of this growing problem and the many problems it creates in their personal finances.
Many social problems stem from the mismanagement of personal finances. BeatingDebt.org is dedicated to bringing this knowledge to consumers to help turn the tide of growing debt. Through these educational advertisements, BeatingDebt.org will help raise awareness of the growing negative effects of debt.
If you would like to more information on this project please contact us at: http://www.beatingdebt.org/EducationalAds.htm.
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