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Uncovering Hidden Back-to-School Costs can help Save your Family Budget

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Back-to-school shopping can be one of the family’s biggest retail expenditures every year, outside of Halloween and Christmas, especially when kids are heading off to college. Money is often set aside for the published school list of pencils, folders, notebooks, highlighters and such; but rarely do parents count the total cost of expenditures in terms of books, student fees, electronics, clothing, communications, food/beverages/meals, housing, transportation and more. Last year $75.8 Billion was spent on school and college costs! Sixty-five percent of back-to-school shoppers begin more than a month before school starts. Clothing, electronic and supplies are in high demand the final weeks before classes begin. This can leave parents asking, "Where exactly does all of that money go? Has it always been like this? And where can I find some relief in my wallet?" These questions are answered by the data crunchers at http://www.moneychoice.org/school-budget/ along with some ba

:DENTALPLANS CONNECTS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS

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Pictured here from left to right is Stephanie Pagan, customer loyalty mgr. and Bill Chase, VP of marketing,  both from :DentalPlans, who visited  Mirror Lake Elementary School to welcome back students with smiles and backpacks.   Pictured here are students from Central Park Elementary wearing backpacks from :DentalPlans. Company Donates Backpacks Filled with Dental Supplies for 3,000 Plantation Elementary Students PLANTATION, FL (Aug.18, 2014)— :DentalPlans, the largest dental savings plan marketplace, partnered with Plantation Elementary, Central Park Elementary, Mirror Lake Elementary and Plantation Park Elementary schools in Plantation, Florida to provide students with free backpacks filled with oral care products and oral hygiene information. Six :DentalPlans employees attended the Meet & Greet Day at Central Park and Mirror Lake Elementary schools, handing out the backpacks to students and talking to parents about the importance of oral hygiene. Backpacks

U.S. Cellular Hosts Back-to-School Community Ice Cream Social in Farmville

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U.S. Cellular will host a back-to-school ice cream social Thurs., Aug. 30, from 12 noon to 8 p.m. at the Farmville retail store located at 227 Sunchase Blvd., Farmville, Va. 23901. This event is free and open to the public. At the event, U.S. Cellular will host an ice cream sundae party for children, parents, and everyone else that enjoys sweets. The store will set up an ice cream bar with a variety of candy and toppings. This will be a great way to beat the heat and celebrate the first days of school. Grownups and those young at heart are also invited to take a break from work or come for happy hour to eat ice cream and visit with friends, neighbors and other businesses. “U.S. Cellular is pleased to host this ice cream social, which is just one of the ways we provide the best customer experience,” said Dana Dorcas, director of sales for U.S. Cellular in the Mid-Atlantic. “From offering the only points-based reward program in the industry to new devices faster without re-signing