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Financial literacy workshops for teens At the Jackson Branch of the Ocean County Library

This is one near and dear to my heart. For years I have been saying that our schools fail at teaching basic Money and Finances to our children. Here is an opportunity right at your local library to give your kids a head start on how to manage their money

Library

What: free financial workshops for teens

When: 2 Tuesdays, Sept. 22 & Sept 29 @ 7 p.m.

Where: Jackson branch, 2 Jackson Dr.

CONTACT: Freda Lehman, (732) 92804400, ext 3833

flehman@theoceancountylibrary.org

Financial literacy workshops for teens

JACKSON - The Jackson branch (2 Jackson Drive) of the Ocean County Library will present "Dollars and Sense: Financial Literacy for Teens" on Tuesdays September 22^nd and 29^th at 7 p.m.

The session will help students in grade 7 through 12 prepare for a lifetime of managing their money wisely.

Finance specialist Murray Blasz will present a two-part course on credit, savings, budgeting and more! Teaching materials will be provided by The National Endowment for Financial Education. The workbooks will be used during the two sessions of the program, and then given to the participants to keep, free of charge.

This program is free and open to the public but registration is required. Please register in-person, by phone 732-928-4400 or online at www.oceancountylibrary.org.

Have a great week

Rob

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Posted by Robert Rauf on 09/04/2009 10:00 AM

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7 Comments on Financial literacy workshops for teens At the Jackson Branch of the Ocean County Library

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What a great opportunity for our kids!

Yes, Looks like a great opportunity. I hope many in the area take advantage of the offer. Thanks for bringing additional awareness to the workshops.

Thanks Amy, I hope so too!

This has been a big pet peeve of mine since I got into the Mortgage biz back in the 80's... People just are not taught the basics of money in school!

[our schools fail at teaching basic Money and Finances to our children]

That is SO TRUE! Kids think in terms of intangibles rather than durability. Hey money grows on plastic trees, didn't you know?

I wonder where they learned this . . . hahahaha!

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Robert, this is a great concept! Why wait till things messed up to teach grown ups how to manage finances, they should be taught when they were young. Hope you have great success on this one!

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Hi Robert, I couldn't agree with you more! Oh if they had a seminar like that in our neighborhood, you can bet I would be there with both of my teenage daughters! Our schools fail to teach our children about money and finances, balancing a checkbook, shopping for a mortgage, buying a house, oh I could go on and on... Sounds like a great program!

Thanks for the comments everyone. I still wish this was a basic part of EVERY High School Students curriculum, Required to graduate! there was a Bill in NJ that has been floating around that wants to make it a requirement for Seniors, but it has not past because the schools cant figure out how to fit it in.

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