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Teen Financial Literacy Program Receives Grant from Experian
2009 State Champion LifeSmarts Teams en Route to St. Louis
National Consumers League Press Release, April 22, 2009
Contact: Carol McKay, carolm@nclnet.org
“We are grateful for Experian’s support as we help to prepare a new generation of consumers for the challenges of the marketplace,” said Sally Greenberg, NCL Executive Director. “LifeSmarts is a fun, fast, and educational program, and a great vehicle for educating young consumers.”
LifeSmarts is a competitive educational program, in which
teams of students begin online. Top-scorers progress to state competitions, and
state champion teams meet each April to compete in the National LifeSmarts
Championship. This year’s national event will be hosted by NCL, the nation’s
oldest consumer advocacy organization, in
The Experian grant will allow NCL’s LifeSmarts program to forge a new partnership with Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) to bring LifeSmarts to its 220,000 student members nationwide. Also, for the first time this year, NCL will award each of the five students from the 2009 National LifeSmarts champion team—to be determined in St. Louis—a $1,000 academic scholarship, thanks to the grant from Experian.
“Experian is proud to support LifeSmarts and to help NCL expand the program through partnership with FCCLA,” said Rod Griffin, Director of Public Education for Experian. “LifeSmarts competitors will soon be heading off to college or into the workplace where they will be faced with critical financial decisions that can affect the rest of their lives. The LifeSmarts program sets them on the path to a lifetime of success by equipping them with the financial knowledge and consumer skills they need to make informed, responsible choices.”
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