Best Money Tips: 7 Ways to Help a Family Member Financially
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Thank you for this wonderfully helpful post! I have been having a dilemma with helping a family member without hurting their pride and this really gives me some great ideas about how to do that. One way I have already tried is collecting unwanted gift cards from friends and family and giving them to the struggling family member. They can either use them or sell them on a site like mercardi.com/home