Buddy System

ANCHOR LEAD IN:
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF INVESTMENT CLUBS.
BUT HERE'S A HEADS UP! ON A DIFFERENT KIND OF FINANCIAL SELF HELP GROUP FORMING IN COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY...
IT MIGHT NOT MAKE YOU WEALTHY, BUT IT WILL MAKE YOU SMARTER ABOUT MONEY.
AS________EXPLAINS, IT'S SORT OF LIKE THE BUDDY SYSTEM TO HELP SOLVE ALL YOUR BUDGETARY BINDS.

TRACK ONE Length: 06
SHARLYN (SHARE-lynn) SPATE (SPAYT) FOUND HERSELF FACING THE PROSPECT OF RETIREMENT WITH NOT A PENNY IN THE BANK...AND SHE THOUGHT:

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Length: 02(Sharlyn Spate, Money Club Member)
"I have no financial future."

TRACK TWO Length: 08
THAT'S WHY SHE JOINED A FREE FINANCIAL SUPPORT GROUP THAT HELPS MEMBERS MANAGE THEIR MONEY AND ANSWER WHAT EXPERTS CALL THE BIG FINANCIAL QUESTIONS.

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KEY @: 18 Candace Bahr, Financial Planner (or Money Club Co-founder)
"How much money do I need to retire? How can I pay down consumer debt? How can I pay for my children's education?"

TRACK THREE Length: 12
CANDACE BAHR FOUNDED THE MONEY CLUB AND SAYS... UNLIKE INVESTING CLUBS WHICH POOL ASSETS, MONEY DISCUSSION GROUPS POOL KNOWLEDGE.... HELPING YOU SOLVE FINANCIAL DILEMMAS, AND PROVIDING ACCOUNTABLITY TO A GROUP.

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Length: 02(Candace Bahr, Financial Planner (or Money Club Co-founder))
"Money discussion groups ARE a trend."

TRACK FOUR Length: 19
THE MONEY CLUB CATERS TO WOMEN WITH 175 CLUBS WHERE MEMBERS MEET IN PERSON...AND 30-THOUSAND PARTICIPANTS THAT USE THE WEBSITE. YOU CAN GET INFORMATION ON DOZENS OF MONEY SUBJECTS...21 DAY MONEY MAKEOVERS...HOW TO ATTRACT MONEY INTO YOUR LIFE...AND DAILY SMALL STEPS... LIKE THE ONE SHARLYN TOOK WITH COUPONS.

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KEY @: 59 Sharlyn Spate, Money Club Member
"I would take the savings now from what I save from the grocery store. That automatically goes into my savings account."

TRACK FIVE Length: 08
SITES LIKE MEET-UP-DOT-COM HELP YOU FIND MONEY GROUPS IN YOUR AREA...AND MORE-THAN-MONEY-DOT-ORG GIVES YOU A FREE TRIAL OF THE MAGAZINE USED IN MANY GROUPS....

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KEY @: 1:13 Candace Bahr, Financial Planner (or Money Club Co-founder)
"We have now seen more and more people getting together and talking about money and using that power of the group."

TRACK SIX Length: 07
NOW...SHARLYN HAS STARTED A MONEY CLUB IN HER OWN FAMILY, SHARING THE FINANCIAL SAVVY SHE SWEARS HAS LITERALLY CHANGED HER LIFE. .

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KEY @: 1:27 Sharlyn Spate, Money Club Member
"I paid off my new car because of Money Club. I refinanced my home and I paid off all my debt. It's the first time I've been out of debt in my entire life."

ANCHOR TAG:
MOST MONEY CLUBS ARE MADE UP OF 4 TO TEN MEMBERS AND MEET ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS.

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IF YOU'D LIKE TO START YOUR OWN, JUST CLICK ON MONEYCLUBS.COM.

SOURCE LIST

Candace Bahr, CEA, CDFA
Co-founder, Women's Institute for Financial Education (WIFE)
www.WIFE.org
www.moneyclubs.com
760-431-9288
Fax 760-431-8631
e-mail:candace@wife.org

Co-Author of It's More Than Money--It's Your Life! (Wiley, 2004)