Crystal Coast Unity Church will soon be giving away $2 bills to kick off its "Pay It Forward and Buy Local" campaign.

To receive the $2 bills you must agree to spend them locally - not save them, not mail then away - only spend them in Carteret County.

County Cooperative Extension Agent Ray Harris will share many stories of the rewards of paying it forward during a planned workshop at Crystal Coast Unity Church on Sunday, June 14, 1 to 4 pm. The workshop is free with love offerings accepted. Refreshments will be provided.

Those receiving a $2 bill are invited and encouraged to add their own $2 (or more) to it and pay it all forward to yet another local establishment or person. If you don't want to add money when receiving a $2 bill, add a kindness to another person.

Then report your stories to the church web site so they many be published. Some examples of "Paying It Forward" might include:

• Adding another $2 (or more) to the $2 received and giving it to another business or person
• Giving the $2 bill to another in line st the grocery store or elsewhere, for no reason at all
• Sharing kindness or a prayer whenever you see a $2 bill
• Giving a ride to someone you know "just because you care"

To assist in keeping these $2 bills circulating locally, organizers ask merchants who receive these bills to not put them in the daily deposit to the bank. Instead, allow employees to substitute two $1 bills so they can keep that $2 bill circulating to another Paying It Forward opportunity.

This campaign is sponsored by Crystal Coast Unity Church and has support from the Carteret Chamber of Commerce, Art Studio 500, and Mr. Harris.