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“I am a single mother, and I make ends meet for me and my daughter, but I wanted to put money away for my daughter for a college fund. So I started saving 20 percent of my paycheck every month to put it away in a savings account with a high Annual Percentage Yield (APY). By the time my daughter is 18, I will have saved nearly $90,000.”

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Virginia Saves saver, Brittany, decided to start saving again when she became a single mother. She thinks...

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Kelly has made saving a family effort. She started her boys saving early. “Probably 3,” Kelly told us, “w...

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Nohemi found out about America Saves a few years ago as an undergraduate at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She remembers attending a University of Illinois Saves event where she decorated a piggy bank and took the Pledge, but college life made her put the thought of saving at the back of her mind.

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Saving is truly a family affair for Jeff’s household. During America Saves Week 2019, he pledged to save ...

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When Kiara Hardin, now a junior at Western Illinois University, became an intern with the Chicago Summer ...

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Inspired to Build Savings By Starting Small

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With little-to-no money in the bank and living on a limited income with her adult daughter, Sharon wasn’t sure if building up savings for her future was even possible.

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In 2004, Tonya Shelton was facing financial ruin. Barely making more than minimum wage and having lost he...

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