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]]> Poverty - let’s eradicate it.
Poverty. It is a terrible thing. As thrifty people, many of us aren’t rolling in dough, but hopefully none of my readers go to bed hungry or live out of their cars. Hopefully, you all have fresh water to drink and bathe in. Hopefully, your children can get the medical care they need.

The more I focus on wasting less, the more I feel troubled at the waste all around me. That cardboard box from a new appliance the guy up the street just folded into his trash can? A person in a warmer climate would have moved into it. That lunch that a mom threw away after her child took two bites of a hamburger? A whole family in a nation suffering from famine would have shared it and felt incredibly blessed. Obviously, I can’t change the way other people live, but I can look for more ways to reduce waste in my own home and perhaps I can free up some cash while I’m doing it to help someone living in poverty. 

Even if I don’t manage to find extra cash to donate, there are some things I am doing to help fight poverty and I’d like to ask you to join me. Did you know that you can simply click on a link through The Hunger Site every day to help feed someone who is starving? You can find this tip and 87 other ways to fight poverty at the Blog Action Day site.

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