This blog is mentioned as an "Essential" Site on Richmond Goodlife

Richmond Goodlife is a guide to all things Richmond, VA that seems to have a techie slant. 
This blog is one of three 'essential' sites for locating anything used or for bargains in the Richmond, VA area.
http://richmondgoodlife.com/richmond_used.htm

HOW TO GET FREE OR CHEAP E-BOOKS & KINDLES

Want to read free or very low cost e-books? 

Try some of these sites:

Free Kindles Today
(Free Kindle books that are oriented towards online business and self-help)

Buck Books
(e-books for  a buck. Usually has at least one freebie per day.)

Book Bub 
(free and cheap e-books. Never over $2.99)

Free Computer/Tech Books

Open Culture
(Free E-books, e-textbooks, movies and more)

Forgotten Books 
(1 free book download per day. You can download as many as you want with a paid subscription. Read for free online.) 

Google Books
(some free, some not)

Project Gutenberg

Amazon 
(search for free Kindles in the Kindle shop)

OverDrive 
(Borrow e-books, etc. from your public library if you have a library card.)

Digital Books Today
(Lists the top 100 Free e-books)

FREE MAMMOGRAMS & PAP TESTS

If you are woman resident of Virginia between the ages of 50 and 64 and are uninsured or underinsured and meet certain income qualifications, you may qualify to receive a free MAMMOGRAM & PAP SMEAR TEST. Got to www.vahealth.org/breastcancer or call 1/866-395-4968.

Stock photo from: http://www.freedigitalphotos.net

FREE CLICKS TO DONATE

Click to donate to animals and others. The Animal Rescue site also has partners that you can access to click to donate free food to hungry people, for child health issues, breast cancer, the rain forests and for literacy.
These clicks are free to you & take only seconds of your time.
Spread the word: the more people that click everyday, the more donations.
The sites also have shops that give most of the proceeds of sales to their respective causes.

EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY WHILE GIVING FOOD TO THE HUNGRY!

Play FREE RICE and expand your vocabulary while giving free rice to needy, hungry people! It's fun, free to you and educational!

FREE ONLINE CLASSES FROM HP

HP(of computer and printer fame) offers some great free classes and learning tools at:

www.hp.com/go/learningcenter

HP offers a wide variety of computer and IT classes, as well as basic business and home office education. The classes are free, totally online and lead by working professionals. You can ask questions of the instructors and chat with your 'classmates' on the discussion boards.
After succesful completion of your class, you can print out a certificate for that class.
You won't get college credit (unless your college accepts these as life long learning credit. You could ask!) but you will get excellent information and training for free.
I've taken several of these courses and I learned some skills and information at HP that weren't included in the advanced IT courses I took at my community college!

ELEVATE AMERICA!

Microsoft is offering free certification to the growing ranks of unemployed and under-employed workers in America. The link is through a WWBT TV link.
http://www.nbc12.com/Global/Link.asp?L=392600

FREE ONLINE CLASSES FROM GOODWILL

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/

FREE ONLINE CLASSES FEATURING ACCREDITED INSTRUCTORS & CONTINUED LEARNING CREDITS & CERTIFICATES FROM GOODWILL.

The classes & skill levels are basic/beginner but I am sure many people could benefit from these classes. I could use the EXCEL classes myself.
The site even has some very basic Photoshop lessons! 

Virginia Co-operative Extension Services

Virginia Co-operative Extension Services programs were designed with rural folk and farmers in mind, but their education site has tons of free information on gardening, health, money management and other topics that we city slickers can also use.