Start saving for your child's education by buying groceries and dining out ?

Nov 2008
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Posted In:  family

Okay, sounds funny, right? Saving money for college by purchasing groceries, dining out, shopping at department stores? Does sound funny, but it's true. There's a free service called Upromise that will save a portion of the money (up to 8%) you spend on these things aside for you. They have a ton of partners, including:

  • 600 online stores ( target.com, apple.com, sears.com, homedepot.com, etc)
  • 8000+ restaurants ( fast food to five star restaurants )
  • 21,000+ grocery and drugstores

How It Works:

  1. Join Upromise. It's free. Register your grocery loyalty cards, credit cards, and other basic information that allows them to track your eligible spending
  2. Shop for the participating products and services.
  3. They will save a portion of your qualified spending for college automatically in your Upromise account.

More information is available at the Upromise website.

 

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