[CAF Note: A wonderful Solari Circle leader played King Cash for Halloween. She gave out 160 dollar bills to the trick-or-treators. Quite a response!]
– I told all the kids to ‘remember to pay with cash, not credit card’ when I gave them their dollar bill with message. They went running back to their parents “Mommy, I can pay with cash!” It’s hilarious to watch a 4-year-old tell their parent to pay with cash.
– I gave them an extra quarter with the same message taped to it IF they could name the presidents on the various bills. One kid told me that Joe Biden was on the $5 bill. YIKES!
– Word got around and we ended up reaching 160 kids with the Cash is King message on Halloween night.
– One random parent tracked me down and messaged me a picture of the dollar bill with message and thanked me for the message.
– I got into a really hilarious screaming match with neighbor/friend across the street who works in the credit card industry. This made all the trick-or-treaters on the street stop to listen to the cash vs. credit debate!!
Overall a bigger success than I imagined.
I only wish I could reproduce the picture with the note from Catherine. I would spread it around everywhere.
I can’t attach the file on this website. If you give me your email address I can send it over. You can email me at sdacy@alum.mit.edu
Here is the text if you want to re-create.
Cash is King: Why Pay With Cash?
1. To save your favorite businesses money on transaction fees.
2. So no one can track your purchases.
3. To keep your location anonymous.
4. So no one can control what you buy.
5. To make it easier to only spend what you have!
Fabulous! I have taken “use cash” as my personal mission. So much appreciate this ingenuity.
Idea for next year: I could give out Pocket Constitutions, only $0.60 per:
https://nccs.net/products/pocket-constitution-of-united-states
Ingenious transmutation of a ritual tradition!
(and thanks for the Debug Your Health website)
That’s a fabulous idea! Thanks for posting.
I translated the printable flyers from keepcashalive . com into French and is handing it out in Geneva when I pay cash.
The Swiss like cash but also need a petition to actively try to save it! https://fbschweiz.ch/de/bargeld-de
I let my kids insert the cash at the grocery store machines and when we get lots of coins change, we pretend to win a lottery. Higher vibrations. ?
That is wonderful!!
Have any of you noticed how kids don’t seem to know what to do with cash? I tutor and I’m shocked that they have no idea about it. I ask, “Do you have a wallet?” The answer is “No”. Do you have a piggybank? The answer is “No”. We need to bring back “penny candy”!! That would teach them many things. They would develop great math skills, along with how to budget and save.These very basic skills are not used by kids today because of cards. Also, one needs to raise their kids “to go” not to forever stay under our overly protective watch. So parents could create a bonus for goodies, whereas the kids get to go for a treat when they have saved up enough money. I love the CASH is KING message. Immigrants realize the value of cash as many of them are what I call “pick-up workers”. They stand on their respective corners with their tools every morning with the hope of work for the day. Cleaning ladies fall into this category as well. I love LEGAL immigrants. They are a valuable part of our society.