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There are several ways & means to help others. Money is not the only solution & charities rejoice more than that. I am bursting with ideas which I think would be useful for everyone.
- First familiar concept – ofcourse from your pocket.
- Time dedication is vital. A couple of hours in a week will do wonders. There are so many charitable organisations out there that needs your help. Just pop into neighbouring organisations & volunteer yourself. They would never say no to you.
- You can also visit the people at their home. Visit them whenever you feel like, & celebrate your happy moments and occasions with them. Just pen them if you can’t make a visit. Your little note bears a pleasant warmth & it means a lot to them. You can read books for blind & partially sighted people, telling stories, taking them out for a walk & so on.
- Participate & Volunteer at events with them.
- Hair donation for the cancer patients. Seems silly, but it means a lot to them. If you want to get your hair cut, just donate rather than binning them.
- Nowadays, festivals are becoming more-like business & ofcourse charitable organisations make use of it. They sell various occasional greeting cards, gift items, etc, & they get benefitted when someone buys them.
- Donating unwanted clean used stuff like clothes, shoes,… to various recycling centres. Be sensible in sorting out.
- Fund-raising can be done to raise money for various charities.
Last but not the least, be careful while selecting charities. Focus on really functional charitable organisations. The onus is on us to decide the best ones that needs our help.

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Former NFL coach creates scholarship

Retired NFL coach and MTSU graduate Ken Shipp has established a new scholarship fund within The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to benefit Rutherford County public schools students attending his alma mater, MTSU.

Laborers 231 Pekin IL PAL Health strikers sing with Anne Feeney

Question: health club memberships?

Should congress make some/part/all of health club memberships tax-deductible?
Would that increase the price of memberships?
Would the person be required to goto the gym 3 times a week?

Answer: The entire fee should be tax deductible. I don’t understand why after working out five times a week, eating healthy, getting a once a year checkup, not smoking, not drinking, etc. I have to pay the same healthcare premiums as the guy to sits on the counch all day, drinks a 12-pack of beer, chomps down an entire bag of Doritos, smokes 2 packs a day, etc. Even auto insurance companies adjust premiumns based on risky bhehavior. Yeah, I know, how do you police it? But at least throw me a bone somewhere – tax Deductible Health club memberships is a start.

And no, the prices would not go up.

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In & Around Town

SATURDAY, Oct. 4 The second ‘Shop ‘n’ Rock’ will be hosted from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Budd Lake Firehouse, Route 46. The event is sponsored by the Mount Olive Kiwanis and Mount Olive Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 122. The family event will include food, activities, music, a kid’s play zone and vendors. Vendors and sponsors are sought and should visit www.mtolivekiwanis.org[[[SHIFTIN …