Financial Literacy

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Financial Literacy
BSHS Students
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DID YOU KNOW?
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• The average teen spends 104 per week.

Family Education Network Website
http//life.familyeducation.com/teen/allowance/365
46.html
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First Friday at Coffee Planet
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• Almost 60 of all millionaires use a budget to
  manage their money

-Check It Out, How Can You Achieve Your
Financial Dreams? PNC Directions, Vol 1, 2003
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• Putting aside every coin you touch usually
  results in saving about 50 a month. Thats a
  saving of 600 per year!

-Check It Out, How Can You Achieve Your
Financial Dreams? PNC Directions, Vol 1, 2003
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Tracking FANs Fundraising Efforts OBrien
Pharmacy
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• ARE YOU AWARE THAT..

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• 14 of NYs 13-17 year olds (193,000) are at
  risk to develop gambling problems!

- New York Council on Problem Gambling and the
research of Jeffery L. Derevensky Ph. D McGill
University
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Gambling Presentation by Saratoga Prevention
Council
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• While most gamblers are male, female gamblers
  are on the increase.

- New York Council on Problem Gambling and the
research of Jeffery L. Derevensky Ph. D McGill
University
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• 4-5 of teens have a serious gambling problem
  which can limit their financial futures.

- New York Council on Problem Gambling and the
research of Jeffery L. Derevensky Ph. D McGill
University
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• 80 of adolescents say they have gambled
  before graduating from high school.

- New York Council on Problem Gambling and the
research of Jeffery L. Derevensky Ph. D McGill
University
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Gambling Presentation by Saratoga Prevention
Council
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• 41,000 youth in NY already are problem gamblers

- New York Council on Problem Gambling and the
research of Jeffery L. Derevensky Ph. D McGill
University
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Tracking FANs Fundraising Efforts OBrien
Pharmacy
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• The average age people start gambling is 12
  years old!

- New York Council on Problem Gambling and the
research of Jeffery L. Derevensky Ph. D McGill
University
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Financial Literacy Coloring at Friday Night Fever
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• CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT.

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• Approximately 8.3 million U.S adults
  discovered that they were victims of some form
  of ID theft in 2005.

FTC 2005 Identity Theft Survey Report
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• U.S Government statistics estimate it takes
  about 600 hours and 1,200 to counter identity
  theft and restore your good name and credit.

FTC 2005 Identity Theft Survey Report
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Financial Literacy Coloring at Friday Night Fever
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• About 60 of credit card holders carry
  individual balances of more than 1,000.

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• More than half of all people with credit cards
  are using less than 30 of the total credit limit.

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• 52 of consumers individually carry more than
  5,000 of debt (not including mortgage loans).

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Freshman Seminar Students Working on Financial
Literacy Grant
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Financial Fair
Save the Date!! Monday, November 24, 2008
Everyone Welcome!

• Managing Your Credit
• TCT Credit Union
• Gambling Prevention
• Saratoga Prevention Council/ BSHS Students
• Personal Lines Insurance
• Keith Stewart, State Farm Agent

• The ABCs of
• Managing Your Money
• Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Albany
• Saving for College
• Bill Canty, CPA, CFP
• Saving for Retirement
• TCT Credit Union

Sponsored by the Freshmen Seminar class and BS
PTA Council