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Poverty Awareness Exercise

Follow the challenging journey of a family trying to make ends meet on a monthly paycheck, facing various financial obstacles and life circumstances. Gain awareness about the struggles of poverty and the importance of supporting those in need.

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Poverty Awareness Exercise

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  1. Poverty Awareness Exercise By Rev. J.J. Whitney, AR United Methodist Church 200K Reasons Childhood Hunger Initiative

  2. DAY 1 Payday!---you receive $1398 from the man’s employer.

  3. DAY 2 THE FOLLOWING IS DUE NOW: Rent $550 Car payment $250 Car insurance $75 Utilities $100 Health Insurance $328 for family of 4

  4. Weekly bills Groceries: $134. 50 average for the leanest bills Daycare: part-time, $50 Gas for the week: $40

  5. DAY 3 LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES

  6. DAY 4 Do you need to seek social services? See JJ

  7. Day 5 CASH available!

  8. DAY 6-7 The weekend—how will you spend it?? How will you fill it??

  9. DAY 8 Weekly bills: Part-time childcare $50 Full-time childcare $125 After school childcare $30 Gas $40 Laundromat: $20

  10. Day 9 Cell phone bill $60

  11. Day 10 Life happens UPDATE

  12. DAY 11 You need toiletries and household items: toilet paper, dish soap, deoderant, toothpaste, soap, makeup, laundry detergent---$100

  13. DAY 13-14 The weekend 

  14. DAY 15 Payday! Woman’s job: $465 AND child support for the single mom: $200—IT IS LATE Bills: child-care & gas & groceries

  15. DAY 16 A note was sent home from school about your 5-year old’s clothes that “jeans with holes” are not permitted. You need at least 3 pairs to get through the week until you can go to the laundromat.

  16. DAY 18 If you got the payday loan, interest is DUE

  17. DAY 19 SOCIAL SERVICES DAY

  18. DAY 20-21 Weekend

  19. DAY 22 LIFE HAPPENS UPDATE

  20. WEEKLY BILLS Groceries, gas, childcare

  21. DAY 23 School supplies needed for 3-year old’s preschool: $25

  22. DAY 24 Your 5-year old is invited to a birthday party. You need to get a gift --$20

  23. DAY 25 You are sick from going to the birthday party with all of those kids. Miss a day of work and lose pay. Medication $15

  24. DAY 26 Social services day

  25. DAY 27-28 Weekend

  26. DAY 29 Holiday! Mom can’t work to stay home with kids. Loses pay and still has to pay for a week of daycare. BILLS: groceries, gas

  27. DAY 30 Payday! Dad, if working: $1398 Single Mom: $465

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