School in our area begins in a couple of weeks. Many students will start the first day of school without any supplies. When they run out of any supplies they do manage to possess, their parents won’t replace them. Imagine how difficult it can be for children to have no materials for classwork or homework. You and your kids can help change that, have fun and you can teach your kids godly money skills at the same time.
Box retailers and school supply stores begin having special sales on limited items from mid-July until well into September. Have your kids pull the ads out of the Sunday paper each week. Get them to search the ads for special deals on school supplies. Can they find any coupons to use with the deals? Which stores have better deals? Are the deals worth it if you have to drive out of your way to purchase them? Do you have a budget for this service project? How many school supplies can they get with the amount budgeted? Use these questions and more to start teaching your kids godly money concepts of budgeting and being careful with our money so we can give more back to God and help other people.
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