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"I don't spend money that much. I like to keep it in the bank" (Mom says, "Nicolas has saved up about $100 in the last year")
-Nicolas, 6, Spokane
"I am saving 50% of my allowance to buy a remote control dinosaur."
-Owen, Post Falls
"I am saving to buy a Wii game."
-Ben, Post Falls
"I am saving my money to some day buy a lap top computer."
-Curtis, Spokane
"I get $2.00 every week and I put $1.80 into my savings. I'm saving all my money for an iPod."
-Emma, Spokane
"Most weeks I would put about 75-80% of my allowance into my savings account but a few weeks I only put 60-65% in becasue in my spending I was saving up for a 20 dollar item."
-Andrew, Spokane
"When I find money under the bleachers or on the street I save it in a cup."
-Turlan, Spokane
"I get ten dollars every month for allowance. I put all my allowance in my save section for 4 months. I think I will put it in the bank."
-Spencer, Spokane
"I put my birthday money in my savings account."
-Ethan, Spokane
"I give people presents for Christmas if they can't afford them." (Mom says, "Last Christmas Nicolas signed up and bought presents for 2 kids through Operation Christmas Child.")
-Nicolas, 6, Spokane
"I saved my charity money and went shopping at Albertsons. My mom and I picked out food and then we dropped it off at the fire station for the Spokane food bank."
-Kendall, Spokane
"I gave 15.00 dollars to support the Red Cross to help the fire fighters with the Dishman Hills fire."
-Curtis, Spokane
"Every week I kept 10% of my money and gave it to my church as tithes and offering."
-Andrew, Spokane
"Every week I get $2.00 and I put 10% in my sharing. On Sunday I give 10% to my church."
-Emma, Spokane
"I shared money with my mom when she needed some one day. I also shared with my friend Evan during a money hunt game."
-Turlan, Spokane
"Dear STCU Kids Club, I'm a member of the Kids Club. I save, spend and share. I jump rope for heart and I gave $10 of my money. I gave $2.57 of my money for church."
-Patrick, Cheney
"I put a lot of money in the envelopes at mass all the time and it makes me feel good."
-Heidi, Spokane
"Once, my best friend told me she didn't have very much money. Then, I just happened to have my money with me so I gave her some. She was happy!"
-Madison, Spokane
"I'm a good spender by going to garage sales and saving more money."
-Nicolas, 6, Spokane
"I spent my money I saved on a digital camera. I looked at Best Buy and found a camera. Then I looked at the computer at my house and saw a cheaper camera. So I bought the cheaper camera. It's awesome!"
-Kendall, Spokane
"I thought I had enough money to spend on an iPod but when I went to buy it I realized it wasn't the one I wanted so I put my money back in my savings until I had enough money to buy the one I wanted."
-Emma, Spokane
"I put a little bit of money at a time into my spending that way if I saw something a little cheaper than something I'd save for in savings I'd have enough built up that it wouldn't take me long to get it. I didn't just buy candy or something cheap, I'd save for something better."
-Andrew, Spokane
"This is about me saving up to buy my DS. This was very fun but some of it was not fun, most of it was fun though. It was kind of hard but not really, I did kind of hard work for my Nanny and chores at my house. It took a long time but my family helped me. In the end I saved up $137 and bought my DS. It took four whole months."
-Patrick, Cheney
"I was trying to save up for a Webkinz Panda. I had enough money, but I wanted to still have some left after I bought a Webkinz. To get that money, I emptied the dishwasher. Every time I did, I got a quarter. I finally had enough money. I went to the Mall. We went to different stores to see what one had the cheapest Webkinz. We decided on Market Place Gifts. I bought the Webkinz there."
-Madison, Spokane
