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Friday, May 21, 2010

Could You Live On $511 A Month?

Hey everyone, this is where I live!!!

Harrison, Ark. -- Could you live on $511 a month? If you had to, how would you handle it?
More than 130 people found out a little bit about that when they went through a Poverty Simulation exercise at the L.E. "Gene" Durand Center inside the North Arkansas College Center Campus.

Spearheaded by the Boone County Resource Council, what was called "a virtual experience of life on the edge" led 135 people into a world most had never experienced firsthand.

Read on for more. . .
Exercise simulates poverty | News-Leader.com | Springfield News-Leader

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