Re: A Promise Made is a Debt unpaid.

[Guest guest]

An excellent message and very well written. Thanks for taking the time

to do it.

Debby

A Promise Made is a Debt unpaid.

> Dear RSS Family,

>

> I am going to write about something today that might offend you.

> The topic is money and how to save it. Please know that I am not

> intentionally trying to pick on anyone's choices or lifestyle. I am

> merely pointing out some options that you all may have not heard of

> or tried before. My motivation is simple. THe more people we get

> on board with the Magic Foundation as members, the greater pay off

> we all will have in the long run - especially for our precious

> children. As has said in the past, the more members we

> have, the more funding we are likely to get from the major

> pharmaceuticals who help our kids. This would lead to research

> which someday will help prevent RSS. Call me a dreamer, but if they

> can find the cause of Progeria (the aging disease that affects so

> few people in our country), why not find the cause of RSS which

> affects thousands?

>

> A few months ago when my fund raising efforts were done, I was

> talking to Salem on the phone. We were both lamenting the

> fact that membership in Magic is no where near the level it is here

> on the list serve. I told her, that as I am a consumate tightwad

> (thrifty, frugal, penny watcher and pincher) getting information

> (medical, educational and emotional) for free is just to good to

> pass up. She agreed, and then we started talking about how hard it

> is to raise a family when there are so many lay offs and down sizing

> not to mention, primary care givers giving up jobs and benefits to

> stay at home and care for their sick children. Speaking of sick

> children, we all know how expensive it is to care for our RSS kids.

> Some of us get government help. Other's can't. I've often joked

> with my husband that by the time Connor reaches college years, we

> will have already financed an Ivy League education with his medical

> exspenses. I'm sure many of you are in the same boat. But, beleive

> it or not, we have still managed to save money every month even

> though I am a stay at home mom now. It can be done. asked

> me to write an article about how to save money painlessly so that

> the option of Magic membership would not seem oo daunting to our

> list serve families.

>

> With the next few tips that I have collected over the past few

> months I hope to educate you all on some alternatives to spending

> which can create savings in your checkbook and thus income for the

> 30.00 membership fee or whatever you may fancy. Everybody repeat

> after me, " Saving money is not a bad thing. "

>

> Knowledge is power - let us proceed.

>

> 1. Purchase 10 articles of clothing at thrift shops and yard sales

> this year instead of paying department store prices. I'm really not

> bragging but many of you commented on how nice I dressed Connor and

> myself at convention. Please let me inform you, every article on my

> back (including underwear) was purchased at Goodwill or a thrift

> shop. It's not uncommon to find Liz Claiborne and Ralph at

> these places. You're saving huge amounts of money buying second

> hand.

>

> 2. Hang four loads of laundry per week instead of using your

> dryer. Your dryer is the hugest energy sucker of wattage in your

> home. Cutting back will show up in savings on your monthly bill.

>

> 3. Wash your own car this month and save the $ 15.00 - $20.00

> charge per wash for the car wash. That's a savings of 30.00 -40.00

> dollars in one month.

>

> 4. Mow your own lawn. Not only will you save money, you'll burn

> calories!!!!

>

> 5. Once a month, make a pizza from scratch and buy the soda on

> sale. The average family of 5 spends $25-40.00 on this meal. I can

> get the soda for .69 cents a liter and make the pizza (meat included

> for 5.00. Total savings $22.00.

>

> 6. Drop down your cable to broadcast stations only. We went from a

> 47.00 a month bill to 13.00. The savings were invested in some

> reader rabbit software to help the children learn to read. Yes, I

> miss HGTV, but I have found that the public library has a ton of

> home interiors how to books which I can check out for free.

> Speaking of the Library...

>

> 7. Start using the Library five times more than you have. Books,

> best sellers, how to, crafts, history, videos, books on tape, free

> internet access, children's literacy programs. Etc. Etc.Etc.

> Folk's the public library is a stay at home mother's salvation for

> entertainment value for the kids!

>

> 8. Buy the generic lable of food rather than the name brand. THere

> is no difference between Del Monte canned veggies and the store

> brand except .25 a can in price. Same goes for coffee, flour, eggs,

> cereal, etc. Yes, I know, choosy mother's choose Jiff. But, if you

> buy generic on 80% of your groceries and leave 20% for those special

> items you simply can't do without your savings will be substantial.

>

> 9. Learn the receipe for a lattee and make your own at home. Need

> help? 1 can of sweetened condensed milk. Instant coffee to taste.

> Heat, the milk, beat in a blender add coffee and them smooth with

> milk. Viola. Lattee for .49 cents rather than $5.00 . Do this for

> one week and you can mail in your saving to Magic for your

> membership before school starts.

>

> 10. This last tip will involve a mind over matter reorganization in

> your thought process. In anthropology, we call it a paradigm shift.

> Understand Time and the importance of patience. Today's new release

> at the movie theater will eventually be on video. Total savings for

> the family 22.00. Same goes with best sellers. Our culture has

> programmed us to want everything right away. Instant gratification

> sells. Folks, buck the system!!!!! Wait. Everything goes on

> sale. Everything goes off the market. Everything, and I mean

> everything ends up in a yard sale!!!!! Time is your friend when

> saving money. Exercise patience and you will reap the benefits.

>

> Money is a trick subject with many emotional strings attatched. My

> greatest hope is that anyone today reading these points can feel

> empowered to be a member of Magic and reap those benefits as well.

> My membership has helped me educate the care team who works on

> Connor. How many of you have had to contradict Dr.'s with the

> latest research from the Journal of Endocrinolgy because you've read

> the article and they haven't? Thank Magic for that. Thank Magic

> for gathering the information and organizing it so that you can get

> it to your doctor. Thank Magic for that Handy Dandy brochure which

> could save your child's life in an emergency room when some idiot

> Dr. wants to send you child home in a full blown Hypo-g drop in

> their blood sugar. Thank Magic for creating a community of caring

> individuals who help each other out in every aspect of life. Thank

> Magic for the convention where we can gather and the people staring

> at your child look just like him, and then they smile because they

> have found a friend.

>

> Hope is a powerful motivator. I can't put a price tag on it. But I

> know that in July, I left the Magic convention with buckets of hope

> to report back home with and to live on for the rest of the year.

> If we all work together, joining Magic and continuing to help each

> other on this list serve, no one will be able to put a price tag on

> our collective achievements. But, we will have living proof in our

> children and our friends.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Kearns

> Mom to Graham 7, Cameron 4, Connor IUGR, RSS, Periactin, Zantac,

> Prevacid ST, PT, NT, Ciphosis.

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

hey mary!!

well said!! i live by these words myself and that is how i am able

to stay home with our three kids. i also babysit for extra cash.

and dont forget the coupons!! i have saved $100 before on my

grocery bill just from clipping coupons and i shop usually once a

month (except for milk and such). and i push mow over 1 1/2 acreas

of lawn 2 x a week at home and believe me it is a great work out as

well as a saving!!! i have friends that spend $30 every 2 weeks on

a cleaning lady (mind you some of them are at home moms) i would

rather have that money for other things!! good tips mary!!! and i

hope all is well with connor!!

jodie c.

> Dear RSS Family,

>

> I am going to write about something today that might offend you.

> The topic is money and how to save it. Please know that I am not

> intentionally trying to pick on anyone's choices or lifestyle. I

am

> merely pointing out some options that you all may have not heard

of

> or tried before. My motivation is simple. THe more people we get

> on board with the Magic Foundation as members, the greater pay off

> we all will have in the long run - especially for our precious

> children. As has said in the past, the more members we

> have, the more funding we are likely to get from the major

> pharmaceuticals who help our kids. This would lead to research

> which someday will help prevent RSS. Call me a dreamer, but if

they

> can find the cause of Progeria (the aging disease that affects so

> few people in our country), why not find the cause of RSS which

> affects thousands?

>

> A few months ago when my fund raising efforts were done, I was

> talking to Salem on the phone. We were both lamenting

the

> fact that membership in Magic is no where near the level it is

here

> on the list serve. I told her, that as I am a consumate tightwad

> (thrifty, frugal, penny watcher and pincher) getting information

> (medical, educational and emotional) for free is just to good to

> pass up. She agreed, and then we started talking about how hard

it

> is to raise a family when there are so many lay offs and down

sizing

> not to mention, primary care givers giving up jobs and benefits to

> stay at home and care for their sick children. Speaking of sick

> children, we all know how expensive it is to care for our RSS

kids.

> Some of us get government help. Other's can't. I've often joked

> with my husband that by the time Connor reaches college years, we

> will have already financed an Ivy League education with his

medical

> exspenses. I'm sure many of you are in the same boat. But,

beleive

> it or not, we have still managed to save money every month even

> though I am a stay at home mom now. It can be done.

asked

> me to write an article about how to save money painlessly so that

> the option of Magic membership would not seem oo daunting to our

> list serve families.

>

> With the next few tips that I have collected over the past few

> months I hope to educate you all on some alternatives to spending

> which can create savings in your checkbook and thus income for the

> 30.00 membership fee or whatever you may fancy. Everybody repeat

> after me, " Saving money is not a bad thing. "

>

> Knowledge is power - let us proceed.

>

> 1. Purchase 10 articles of clothing at thrift shops and yard sales

> this year instead of paying department store prices. I'm really

not

> bragging but many of you commented on how nice I dressed Connor

and

> myself at convention. Please let me inform you, every article on

my

> back (including underwear) was purchased at Goodwill or a thrift

> shop. It's not uncommon to find Liz Claiborne and Ralph at

> these places. You're saving huge amounts of money buying second

> hand.

>

> 2. Hang four loads of laundry per week instead of using your

> dryer. Your dryer is the hugest energy sucker of wattage in your

> home. Cutting back will show up in savings on your monthly bill.

>

> 3. Wash your own car this month and save the $ 15.00 - $20.00

> charge per wash for the car wash. That's a savings of 30.00 -

40.00

> dollars in one month.

>

> 4. Mow your own lawn. Not only will you save money, you'll burn

> calories!!!!

>

> 5. Once a month, make a pizza from scratch and buy the soda on

> sale. The average family of 5 spends $25-40.00 on this meal. I

can

> get the soda for .69 cents a liter and make the pizza (meat

included

> for 5.00. Total savings $22.00.

>

> 6. Drop down your cable to broadcast stations only. We went from

a

> 47.00 a month bill to 13.00. The savings were invested in some

> reader rabbit software to help the children learn to read. Yes, I

> miss HGTV, but I have found that the public library has a ton of

> home interiors how to books which I can check out for free.

> Speaking of the Library...

>

> 7. Start using the Library five times more than you have. Books,

> best sellers, how to, crafts, history, videos, books on tape, free

> internet access, children's literacy programs. Etc. Etc.Etc.

> Folk's the public library is a stay at home mother's salvation for

> entertainment value for the kids!

>

> 8. Buy the generic lable of food rather than the name brand.

THere

> is no difference between Del Monte canned veggies and the store

> brand except .25 a can in price. Same goes for coffee, flour,

eggs,

> cereal, etc. Yes, I know, choosy mother's choose Jiff. But, if

you

> buy generic on 80% of your groceries and leave 20% for those

special

> items you simply can't do without your savings will be substantial.

>

> 9. Learn the receipe for a lattee and make your own at home.

Need

> help? 1 can of sweetened condensed milk. Instant coffee to

taste.

> Heat, the milk, beat in a blender add coffee and them smooth with

> milk. Viola. Lattee for .49 cents rather than $5.00 . Do this

for

> one week and you can mail in your saving to Magic for your

> membership before school starts.

>

> 10. This last tip will involve a mind over matter reorganization

in

> your thought process. In anthropology, we call it a paradigm

shift.

> Understand Time and the importance of patience. Today's new

release

> at the movie theater will eventually be on video. Total savings

for

> the family 22.00. Same goes with best sellers. Our culture has

> programmed us to want everything right away. Instant

gratification

> sells. Folks, buck the system!!!!! Wait. Everything goes on

> sale. Everything goes off the market. Everything, and I mean

> everything ends up in a yard sale!!!!! Time is your friend when

> saving money. Exercise patience and you will reap the benefits.

>

> Money is a trick subject with many emotional strings attatched.

My

> greatest hope is that anyone today reading these points can feel

> empowered to be a member of Magic and reap those benefits as

well.

> My membership has helped me educate the care team who works on

> Connor. How many of you have had to contradict Dr.'s with the

> latest research from the Journal of Endocrinolgy because you've

read

> the article and they haven't? Thank Magic for that. Thank Magic

> for gathering the information and organizing it so that you can

get

> it to your doctor. Thank Magic for that Handy Dandy brochure

which

> could save your child's life in an emergency room when some idiot

> Dr. wants to send you child home in a full blown Hypo-g drop in

> their blood sugar. Thank Magic for creating a community of caring

> individuals who help each other out in every aspect of life.

Thank

> Magic for the convention where we can gather and the people

staring

> at your child look just like him, and then they smile because they

> have found a friend.

>

> Hope is a powerful motivator. I can't put a price tag on it. But

I

> know that in July, I left the Magic convention with buckets of

hope

> to report back home with and to live on for the rest of the year.

> If we all work together, joining Magic and continuing to help each

> other on this list serve, no one will be able to put a price tag

on

> our collective achievements. But, we will have living proof in

our

> children and our friends.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Kearns

> Mom to Graham 7, Cameron 4, Connor IUGR, RSS, Periactin, Zantac,

> Prevacid ST, PT, NT, Ciphosis.

[Guest guest]

- you are a truly amazing woman. Thank you so much for the

wonderful tips. I have actually been considering quitting my job

($75,000 plus a year) to stay at home and take care of my kids and

give them (both) the attention they need and deserve (fortunately

grandma is okay as second best). I struggle with this all the time.

I take no offense to what you have said and agree that we might be

able to do wonders if more money was available through Magic. I am

willing to pay more for membership as well, though I am still in a

working status so it's not as MUCH of an issue.

Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for your time and efforts and for

sharing such great ideas. I will use some of them myself and maybe

next year I can help assist someone else with their membership or by

getting them to the convention.

God Bless.

5

1 (RSS)

[Guest guest]

I hate to be the " negative " response to your post but some of us do

ALL of those things and still come up short. Between the mortgage

payment, the car lease that you can't get out of, the cost of

formula, diapers, medications, dr's copays..it adds up. I can't tell

you the last time I bought anything at all for myself or even ate

out. We haven't been to or even rented a movie since I was 2 mos

pregnant. I clip coupons, I have tried to get WIC but we are barely

over the cutoff line. We were told that children we would not have

children and 5 years later.. we have Mr. Isaac..

That being said...I do agree that $30 is not much to ask for all that

MAGIC does. The information, convention, doctors..it has changed our

lives for ever. The people I have met on here have been such a

comfort and a blessing.

My one indulgence is Diet Coke...I drink one a day. I would gladly

give them up for a month to pay the membership fees

Just my 2 cents..

Mimi

(mom to Isaac RSS, hypothyroid...7 mos next week)

[Guest guest]

,

Thank you for that reminder! I too do most of the things you

suggested, I also am a member of MAGIC. But I must say, if there is

no income, there is no savings, and that is true for some people, BUT

those are the people MAGIC has scholarships for. So, all in all,

there are no excuses! Even for us, we paid the $30.00, no jobs! It is

SOOOOO worth it! I don't know where we would be without MAGIC.

Besides our yearly trip to " normal " MAGIC has been Godsend, full of

support, friendships and encouragement! WHAT A BLESSING!!!!

THANK YOU MAGIC!!!!!

Carmen

[Guest guest]

- Dear , I love what you have wrote, It brought tears to my eyes

to, I am so much like you on the bargining and saving money, you

have to be when you are in my situation Thanks so much for posting

this, If I can think of some of my cheap savers then I will post

them to for you and others, you gave some great advice though and

some I didn't know thanks and hugs to you

-- In RSS-

Support , " Kearns " <maknjess@m...> wrote:

> Dear RSS Family,

>

> I am going to write about something today that might offend you.

> The topic is money and how to save it. Please know that I am not

> intentionally trying to pick on anyone's choices or lifestyle. I

am

> merely pointing out some options that you all may have not heard

of

> or tried before. My motivation is simple. THe more people we get

> on board with the Magic Foundation as members, the greater pay off

> we all will have in the long run - especially for our precious

> children. As has said in the past, the more members we

> have, the more funding we are likely to get from the major

> pharmaceuticals who help our kids. This would lead to research

> which someday will help prevent RSS. Call me a dreamer, but if

they

> can find the cause of Progeria (the aging disease that affects so

> few people in our country), why not find the cause of RSS which

> affects thousands?

>

> A few months ago when my fund raising efforts were done, I was

> talking to Salem on the phone. We were both lamenting

the

> fact that membership in Magic is no where near the level it is

here

> on the list serve. I told her, that as I am a consumate tightwad

> (thrifty, frugal, penny watcher and pincher) getting information

> (medical, educational and emotional) for free is just to good to

> pass up. She agreed, and then we started talking about how hard

it

> is to raise a family when there are so many lay offs and down

sizing

> not to mention, primary care givers giving up jobs and benefits to

> stay at home and care for their sick children. Speaking of sick

> children, we all know how expensive it is to care for our RSS

kids.

> Some of us get government help. Other's can't. I've often joked

> with my husband that by the time Connor reaches college years, we

> will have already financed an Ivy League education with his

medical

> exspenses. I'm sure many of you are in the same boat. But,

beleive

> it or not, we have still managed to save money every month even

> though I am a stay at home mom now. It can be done.

asked

> me to write an article about how to save money painlessly so that

> the option of Magic membership would not seem oo daunting to our

> list serve families.

>

> With the next few tips that I have collected over the past few

> months I hope to educate you all on some alternatives to spending

> which can create savings in your checkbook and thus income for the

> 30.00 membership fee or whatever you may fancy. Everybody repeat

> after me, " Saving money is not a bad thing. "

>

> Knowledge is power - let us proceed.

>

> 1. Purchase 10 articles of clothing at thrift shops and yard sales

> this year instead of paying department store prices. I'm really

not

> bragging but many of you commented on how nice I dressed Connor

and

> myself at convention. Please let me inform you, every article on

my

> back (including underwear) was purchased at Goodwill or a thrift

> shop. It's not uncommon to find Liz Claiborne and Ralph at

> these places. You're saving huge amounts of money buying second

> hand.

>

> 2. Hang four loads of laundry per week instead of using your

> dryer. Your dryer is the hugest energy sucker of wattage in your

> home. Cutting back will show up in savings on your monthly bill.

>

> 3. Wash your own car this month and save the $ 15.00 - $20.00

> charge per wash for the car wash. That's a savings of 30.00 -

40.00

> dollars in one month.

>

> 4. Mow your own lawn. Not only will you save money, you'll burn

> calories!!!!

>

> 5. Once a month, make a pizza from scratch and buy the soda on

> sale. The average family of 5 spends $25-40.00 on this meal. I

can

> get the soda for .69 cents a liter and make the pizza (meat

included

> for 5.00. Total savings $22.00.

>

> 6. Drop down your cable to broadcast stations only. We went from

a

> 47.00 a month bill to 13.00. The savings were invested in some

> reader rabbit software to help the children learn to read. Yes, I

> miss HGTV, but I have found that the public library has a ton of

> home interiors how to books which I can check out for free.

> Speaking of the Library...

>

> 7. Start using the Library five times more than you have. Books,

> best sellers, how to, crafts, history, videos, books on tape, free

> internet access, children's literacy programs. Etc. Etc.Etc.

> Folk's the public library is a stay at home mother's salvation for

> entertainment value for the kids!

>

> 8. Buy the generic lable of food rather than the name brand.

THere

> is no difference between Del Monte canned veggies and the store

> brand except .25 a can in price. Same goes for coffee, flour,

eggs,

> cereal, etc. Yes, I know, choosy mother's choose Jiff. But, if

you

> buy generic on 80% of your groceries and leave 20% for those

special

> items you simply can't do without your savings will be substantial.

>

> 9. Learn the receipe for a lattee and make your own at home.

Need

> help? 1 can of sweetened condensed milk. Instant coffee to

taste.

> Heat, the milk, beat in a blender add coffee and them smooth with

> milk. Viola. Lattee for .49 cents rather than $5.00 . Do this

for

> one week and you can mail in your saving to Magic for your

> membership before school starts.

>

> 10. This last tip will involve a mind over matter reorganization

in

> your thought process. In anthropology, we call it a paradigm

shift.

> Understand Time and the importance of patience. Today's new

release

> at the movie theater will eventually be on video. Total savings

for

> the family 22.00. Same goes with best sellers. Our culture has

> programmed us to want everything right away. Instant

gratification

> sells. Folks, buck the system!!!!! Wait. Everything goes on

> sale. Everything goes off the market. Everything, and I mean

> everything ends up in a yard sale!!!!! Time is your friend when

> saving money. Exercise patience and you will reap the benefits.

>

> Money is a trick subject with many emotional strings attatched.

My

> greatest hope is that anyone today reading these points can feel

> empowered to be a member of Magic and reap those benefits as

well.

> My membership has helped me educate the care team who works on

> Connor. How many of you have had to contradict Dr.'s with the

> latest research from the Journal of Endocrinolgy because you've

read

> the article and they haven't? Thank Magic for that. Thank Magic

> for gathering the information and organizing it so that you can

get

> it to your doctor. Thank Magic for that Handy Dandy brochure

which

> could save your child's life in an emergency room when some idiot

> Dr. wants to send you child home in a full blown Hypo-g drop in

> their blood sugar. Thank Magic for creating a community of caring

> individuals who help each other out in every aspect of life.

Thank

> Magic for the convention where we can gather and the people

staring

> at your child look just like him, and then they smile because they

> have found a friend.

>

> Hope is a powerful motivator. I can't put a price tag on it. But

I

> know that in July, I left the Magic convention with buckets of

hope

> to report back home with and to live on for the rest of the year.

> If we all work together, joining Magic and continuing to help each

> other on this list serve, no one will be able to put a price tag

on

> our collective achievements. But, we will have living proof in

our

> children and our friends.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Kearns

> Mom to Graham 7, Cameron 4, Connor IUGR, RSS, Periactin, Zantac,

> Prevacid ST, PT, NT, Ciphosis.

[Guest guest]

I am way behind on reading my email as you can tell with my late

response to this one. I just wanted to add one more money saving tip.

Wal-Mart will honor all ads from all other stores. If apples are on sale

at Kroger, Wal-Mart honors the ad. Just take the ads in with you and

show the cashier. They will not be UNDERSOLD. This is a great saver

(money and time) a Christmas when you are toy shopping too....and

remember to save those receipts. If an item comes on sale within 30

days, I think is the limit, you can get the refund too. If they balk,

just tell them you want to return it and then repurchase it (I have

never had to do this because they have always honored it - at least for

the past 13 years). This goes beyond guaranteeing their own prices, they

match the other ads for 30 days too.

I hope this tip helps!!

Regards,

Re: A Promise Made is a Debt unpaid.

,

Thank you for that reminder! I too do most of the things you suggested,

I also am a member of MAGIC. But I must say, if there is no income,

there is no savings, and that is true for some people, BUT those are the

people MAGIC has scholarships for. So, all in all, there are no excuses!

Even for us, we paid the $30.00, no jobs! It is SOOOOO worth it! I don't

know where we would be without MAGIC.

Besides our yearly trip to " normal " MAGIC has been Godsend, full of

support, friendships and encouragement! WHAT A BLESSING!!!!

THANK YOU MAGIC!!!!!

Carmen

[Guest guest]

This does only apply to stores they consider to be

their 'competitors'. I saw a woman's ad refused last week because

the store was too far away. I am not sure what the criteria are,

exactly, but they did refuse to honor the ad. Also, the product must

be exactly the same. The same brand, the same variety of apples, the

same size container, whatever.

Conny

> I am way behind on reading my email as you can tell with my late

> response to this one. I just wanted to add one more money saving

tip.

>

> Wal-Mart will honor all ads from all other stores. If apples are on

sale

> at Kroger, Wal-Mart honors the ad. Just take the ads in with you and

> show the cashier. They will not be UNDERSOLD. This is a great saver

> (money and time) a Christmas when you are toy shopping too....and

> remember to save those receipts. If an item comes on sale within 30

> days, I think is the limit, you can get the refund too. If they

balk,

> just tell them you want to return it and then repurchase it (I have

> never had to do this because they have always honored it - at least

for

> the past 13 years). This goes beyond guaranteeing their own prices,

they

> match the other ads for 30 days too.

>

> I hope this tip helps!!

>

> Regards,

>

>

>

> Re: A Promise Made is a Debt unpaid.

>

> ,

> Thank you for that reminder! I too do most of the things you

suggested,

> I also am a member of MAGIC. But I must say, if there is no income,

> there is no savings, and that is true for some people, BUT those

are the

> people MAGIC has scholarships for. So, all in all, there are no

excuses!

> Even for us, we paid the $30.00, no jobs! It is SOOOOO worth it! I

don't

> know where we would be without MAGIC.

> Besides our yearly trip to " normal " MAGIC has been Godsend, full of

> support, friendships and encouragement! WHAT A BLESSING!!!!

> THANK YOU MAGIC!!!!!

> Carmen

>

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