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On May 17th, 2013, ACCC will be holding it’s first ever company 5K. Many of our employees will run, some will walk, and some will volunteer for the event which will be held in the neighborhood surrounding our office in Auburndale, MA. It should be a beautiful day full of exercise, fun, and matching t-shirts.
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As a big fan of buying used and currently tasked with purchasing a whole new spring/summer wardrobe, I have been spending a lot of time shopping lately. I started out my mission by purchasing some spring and summer basics such as dresses, sandals, and tanks in plain colors and prints so I could get the [...]
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Every month ACCC holds a poll question over at ConsumerCredit.com. In April we asked: How Financially Fit Are You? We asked about what basic personal finance skills people feel capable or incapable of. Here’s what we found out…
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In the digital era we live in, it seems like everything we do is being recorded somewhere from our phone calls to our web activity to our purchases and banking. Do you know who is tracking you? May 1st kicks off Choose Privacy Week 2013, a national campaign that seeks to deepen public awareness about [...]
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April is Fair Housing Month, a campaign brought to you by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA). The goal is to educate the public and housing providers about their rights and responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act. We’d like to do our part by posting a [...]
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This Tuesday, April 23rd, marks the American Bankers Association’s Teach Children to Save Day. Teach Children to Save is a national program that organizes banker volunteers to help young people develop a savings habit early in life. The goal of this initiative is to educate children (students aged 5-18) on saving, budgeting, recognizing needs and [...]
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April is Fair Housing Month, a campaign brought to you by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA). The goal is to educate the public and housing providers about their rights and responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act. We’d like to do our part by posting a [...]
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No one looks forward to filing taxes (except maybe some tax professionals who get paid to do so). Either way, at a time when we are focused on what we gave away, it’s nice to also know we are getting something back. I’m not talking about your refund. I’m talking about FREE STUFF! On Monday [...]
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Although I’m not one for extravagant weekend-long birthday celebrations, many of my close friends are. Over the last few years, the celebrations seem to be getting more and more elaborate. Weekend trips to Atlantic City, expensive bars downtown, fancy dinners, days filled with shopping and pampering, beach houses, concerts, the list goes on. Having lived [...]
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This past week I attended a seminar about the psychology of money. A lot of “ah ha” moments were experienced at this seminar, especially when we were asked to write down how our parents and grandparents handled their money and how we handle our money. There was definitely a direct correlation between the two. For me, I have the exact [...]
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