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Results for charitable giving
The Friends of the Hillsborough Food Pantry was formed in early 2008, before the economy really took a nosedive. This group decided to raise $100,000 to rebuild our old, dilapidated & moldy food pantry building. The goal seemed attainable & fundraising began. When the "downturn" hit, the group was afraid the donations might stop and the project might be put on hold. But DESPITE the job layoffs, business closings, home foreclosures, etc....the group has raised almost $125,000 and the new building is almost completed.
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Our household salary hasn't suffered, fortunately. But because we got married this year, we racked up far more expenses than usual. As we work to reverse the direction of money-flow in our home - paying the CC balances down and the savings acct balances up again, (it's slow, but the movement IS positive finally!), I find myself looking for tax-write-offs at every turn!
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Julia July 7, 2009 charitable giving
In the Upper Valley region many people are very fortunate and often the needs of low and moderate income families are less visible to the general public. The downturn in the economy has caused many to take pause and think about how others are struggling....many have reached out to help. I think that one of the positive effects of the downturn in the economy is that it has made people take a moment to consider what they need versus what they want and to choose to reduce their personal consumption to provide resources to others with real need. [more]
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The market for single family homes showed little change in February compared to the month before.
Just about exactly the same number of homes changed hands from one month to the next. January’s total was 529 and February’s was 536. The median price in February fell about 7% to stand at 200,000 dollars.
Homes stayed on the market a few days less but on average, it still took about four and half months to sell a house. Coupled with low interest rates, this remains a good time for buyers.
The February unemployment rate was 7.1% for NH. This is one tenth of a percent higher than in January, seasonally adjusted. The number of unemployed residents increased by 670 over-the-month to 52,880. This was 11,970 more unemployed than in February 2009. From January 2010 to February 2010, the total labor force increased by 3,190 to 746,400. This was an increase of 3,790 from February 2009.
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