The Management Consulting Group

With taxes recently due in April, Mother’s Day in May, and now Father’s Day this month, the Spring can cost you a lot of money if you don’t keep a close eye on your spending. How can you pay tribute to Dad this Father’s Day while still sticking to your budget?

Here are a few money-saving suggestions:

-Look for greeting cards online. Why spend an extra two to five dollars for a brand name greeting card when there are many web sites that offer printable Father’s Day cards or e-cards for free?


-Make a Father’s Day Mix CD. Gather up all of your Dad’s favorite CDs and pick a few tracks from each to burn onto a blank CD and call it Dad’s Greatest Hits!


-Utilize your Dad’s favorite photos. Go through your family photo albums and find pictures of your dad’s favorite places, trips or parties. Enlarge a few and frame them for your father’s office. Nothing will motivate Dad more than looking at his vintage mustang or the golf course where he shot two under par!


-Customize a VHS/DVD. Instead of paying fifty to eighty dollars for an entire season of your dad’s favorite sitcom or TV drama, be resourceful and record an episode of his favorite show each night in syndication. After a few weeks you’d be surprised at how many episodes you’ll have accumulated.


-Give the gift of savings. Buy your father a book of gift certificates to the places that he goes to but always hates paying the bill. Your dad will be relieved when he can just reach for a gift certificate when he’s passing through the car wash, oil changing service or gas station.

ABOUT ACCC:
American Consumer Credit Counseling is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization dedicated to empowering consumers to regain control of their lives through financial education, counseling and debt management. ACCC provides individuals with practical solutions for solving financial problems and recognizes that consumers’ financial difficulties are often not the result of poor spending habits but more frequently from extenuating circumstances beyond their control. As one of the nation’s leading providers of financial education and credit counseling, ACCC works with consumers to help them with the best plan of action to reduce their debt and regain financial stability. For more information or to access financial education information, go to http://www.consumercredit.com

Tom Palange
Education Programs Specialist
American Consumer Credit Counseling