Watch this ABLE National Resource Center webinar to hear directly from ABLE account owners, including Penny Forward founder Chris Peterson, who will share their experience opening an ABLE account, why they knew ABLE was right for them, and how easy it was to get started. Learn from experienced account holders the significant opportunity for increased…
Since it’s launch on February 1st, 2022, the Penny Forward Podcast has been telling stories about blind people building bright futures one penny at a time. On Monday, August 15th, it received it’s 10,000th download for all time and it’s 5000th download for 2022. Looking forward, we’ll be continuing to feature stories about blind people.…
Tonight we continued talking about how to find money to save and invest. This week we’ll walk through a spreadsheet we developed to make it easy to create a budget. Many people like to use budgeting applications such as Quicken, Mint, or YNAB to keep track of their income and expenses, but spreadsheets are a…
Last Friday I was featured on Bob Branco’s In Perspective podcast where I talked about myself, my opinions on a number of blindness issues, and Penny Forward. The episode is now available at Bob’s web site, brancoevents.com. Click here to listen.
This week we begin a two-part interview with staff members from the APH Connect Center. The American Printing House for the Blind is a hundred and fifty-year-old organization that does a lot to promote the education of blind children and adults. The Connect Center is a branch of APH that maintains a series of websites…
Katie: I’m certain that many of us on this podcast have had jobs that were not what we thought at first. But, you know, we … we learn from those experiences, and we … we keep going, and we build upon our networks, we expand upon our networks, and we get to where we want…
Katie: I’m certain that many of us on this podcast have had jobs that were not what we thought at first. But, you know, we … we learn from those experiences, and we … we keep going, and we build upon our networks, we expand upon our networks, and we get to where we want…
This week we begin a two-part interview with staff members from the APH Connect Center. The American Printing House for the Blind is a hundred and fifty-year-old organization that does a lot to promote the education of blind children and adults. The Connect Center is a branch of APH that maintains a series of websites…
Tonight we talked about how to find extra money to save and invest. Investing can be a powerful tool for growing our savings, and having enough saved can give us peace of mind when something suddenly comes up. What do you do, though, if you don’t have any money left over to save? We’ll discuss…
Since I founded Penny Forward last September, I and the board have been working hard to build online courses, group chats, and one to one coaching to help our blind members improve their financial health. I’m very proud of what we’ve done so far, and the reaction from the blind community has been amazing! Thanks…