The Quad Cities is celebrating Money Smart Week April 18-25th. Besides the multitude of informational programs being offered throughout the week, you can also get more in-depth suggestions from current materials at the library.
In this struggling economy, the Penny Pincher’s Almanac by Reader’s Digest may be just the ticket for many of us. Presented in the typically quick and clever digest style, it’s full of easily accessible ideas.
Who isn’t interested in money? In Greenback: the Almighty Dollar and the Invention of America by Jason Goodwin, the author explains how “money has always been at the heart of the American experience. ”
For practical points on getting out of debt, try Girl, Get Your Credit Straight! by Glinda Bridgforth. The book is organized to encourage readers to get their priorities straight and to plan their spending. It also has ideas on ways to increase one’s income.
Be sure to check out all the events sponsered by the Davenport Library this week including supermarket shopping and budgeting tips as well as a Community Shred Day at the Fairmount Library on Saturday, April 25.
Lincoln and Darwin had vastly different childhoods. We know that Lincoln was born dirt-poor and was largely self-educated, whereas Darwin was born to wealth and privilege, privy to the best education money could buy. Still, even 200 years later, both have left their mark upon our world. Unfortunately for both, that mark, or legacy, has become somewhat limited over time.
There are very few individuals who are famous enough for society to continue to celebrate them 200 years after their birth, but on February 12, 1809, two very famous men were born. One, Abraham Lincoln, is very familiar to Americans, as our 16th President.
Another influential individual, born across the Atlantic on the very same day, was Charles Darwin. Though most people know that Darwin wrote about evolution in his