Military Saves Text Messages

Now there’s a new way to sign up to receive goal-based text messages from Military Saves! You can either sign up when you take the Pledge online, or you can simply

Text MilitarySaves to 877877

Through these goal-based text messages tips and reminders, you will be encouraged, supported, and motivated to save toward your goal!

Our research shows that individuals who receive regular goal-based text message reminders save more money than people who do not.

Top saving goals Military Savers choose:

Emergency Fund
Retirement
Reducing Debt
Education
General (All other goals)

: Written by Reid Frankhauser; Category: Uncategorised; Published: 01 May 2019

Tip of the Day

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How Smart Financial Decisions Can Create Opportunities

Written by Stephen Ross, America Saves Program Coordinator | November 22, 2019

Of the many stories Military Saves shares, most describe how someone was in dire straits financially and worked their way out of it with the help of Military Saves. This time we want to highlight a different kind of story. This is a story about how responsible financial decisions can build on one another to create opportunities you thought only the super-rich enjoy.

Setting a Goal Leads to Success

Written by Super User | May 24, 2019

Growing up, Marisa’s dad had always talked about saving first, but she said she didn’t really internalize it until much later. “I was drifting along with no plan, carrying a little bit of revolving debt, saving some money here and there, but without a real plan for it.”

When You Start Small, Saving is Easy

When Attiyya first got married, she and her Marine husband had just graduated from college and were focused on paying off student loan debt. They had both attended private schools and had sizeable loans. Then three months after the wedding, the couple found out they were pregnant with their first child.

The first year of their marriage, says Attiyya, was a balancing act between paying down debt and saving for the future.