In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20 Season 4, Lindsey interviews Katelyn Tinsley of Homefront Room Revival.

Katelyn Tinsley is an Air Force veteran and the founder of Homefront Room Revival. This nonprofit was created to help enhance the military life cycle by creating home comfort. Katelyn is also a military spouse at Seymour Johnson AFB. She was awarded the AFI Air Force Spouse of the Year in 2019.

Homefront Room Revival is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a mission to provide military families with creative outlets to improve resiliency and enrich the military life cycle. In this episode, Katelyn talks about the purpose and mission of their organization and how they built a community of volunteers.

Highlights:

• [02:27] Katelyn's background and how she started her organization
• [04:05] Dec’ the Deployment Program
• [06:55] Importance of having a presence on base
• [09:30] Building a community of volunteers and showing appreciation
• [12:20] The reason she created the organization
• [13:00] How Katelyn got key leadership spouses to support her

Quote:

• [11:20] “ . . . it’s the sisterhood, the brotherhood, and camaraderie that comes out of the studio and out of the collaboration of the projects . . . ”

Links:

Homefront Room Revival
Homefront Room Revival on Facebook 
Homefront Room Revival on Instagram
Email Address: kate@homefrontroomrevival.org

In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20 Season 4, Lindsey interviews Lacey Langford of The Military Money Show.

Lacey Langford is a U.S. Air Force veteran, military spouse, financial coach, speaker, and writer. Lacey is an accredited financial counselor with over 15 years of experience in financial planning, counseling, and coaching.

Lacey is also the military money expert and the founder of LaceyLangford.com, a personal finance blog specializing in the unique world of the U.S. military. She is the creator and host of “The Military Money Show,” a podcast dedicated to helping the military community with personal finance.

In this episode, Lacey shared how her interest and passion for personal finance developed, how she got frustrated and felt like she has lost her identity, and how she saves time and plans ahead.

Highlights:

• [02:24] Why Lacey started her business
• [03:13] On feeling like losing her own identity as a military spouse
• [04:49] On figuring out her business and learning to blog and podcast
• [05:53] The importance of saving time and planning ahead
• [09:00] The process of setting goals
• [18:35] On creating strategic partnerships

Quote:

• [07: 35] "To get it in your budget, you need to get in their budget."

Link:

Airtable

Profile:

Lacey's website
Military Money Show by Lacey Langford
Lacey on Twitter