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| Thursday, April 28 |
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| 05:30 AM |
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Contact: Gina Martinez |
| Working with Checking and Savings Accounts |
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Organization: Cherokee Nation IDA Program |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (918) 456-0671 |
| The training will cover the basics of owning a checking and savings account such as how to balance your checkbook, making deposits, using a debit card and writing a check. |
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Email: gmartinez@cherokee.org |
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Website: http://www.cherokee.org |
| Where: Cherokee Nation Head Start Jis-qua Room, Highway 62 South, Tahlequah, OK 74464 |
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| 07:30 AM - 02:00 PM |
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Contact: Dr. Sue Lynn Sasser |
| Financial Education Capitol Day |
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Organization: Oklahoma Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (405) 974-5627 |
| Representatives of Oklahoma organizations will display information on financial education programs and resources in the Fourth Floor Rotunda. |
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Email: ssasser@ucok.edu |
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Website: http://www.jumpstart.org |
| Where: Oklahoma State Capitol, 2501 North Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105 |
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| 07:30 AM - 05:00 PM |
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Contact: David Russell |
| Children in the Workplace Day |
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Organization: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Oklahoma City Branch |
| By Invitation Only. The cost is free |
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Phone: (405) 270-8619 |
| A financial literacy lesson and a tour of the Federal Reserve facility will be incorporated into the day's events. |
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Email: david.w.russell@kc.frb.org |
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Website: http://www.kc.frb.org |
| Where: Federal Reserve Bank, 226 Dean A. McGee Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73125 |
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| 08:00 AM |
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Contact: Karen Vines |
| Financial Education Information Sharing and Promotion |
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Organization: Central Oklahoma Community Action Agency, Inc. |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (405) 275-6060 |
| Information tables will be set-up at our local libraries. We have also asked our local mayors to proclaim the week of April 25th as "Jump$tart Your Money Week." |
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Email: kvines@cocaa.org |
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Website: http://www.cocaa.org |
| Where: City Libraries, , Shawnee, OK |
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| 08:00 AM |
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Contact: Glenda Dever |
| National Teach a Child to Save |
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Organization: Shamrock Bank, N.A. |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (580) 927-2311 |
| Bank employees will provide information on money management concepts and skills to students in four local elementary schools. |
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Email: gdever@shamrockbank.com |
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Website: http://www.shamrockbank.com |
| Where: Coal County Elementary Schools, Coalgate, Coalgate, OK 74538 |
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| 08:00 AM |
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Contact: Steve Tucker |
| Teaching Children How To Save |
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Organization: UMB Bank |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (405) 239-5800 |
| Fifth and sixth grade students will learn how to creat a budget through creating a list of possible expenses and catergorizing them as "wants" or "needs."
Students will also be introduced to savings and checking accounts, and the concept of interest. |
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Email: steve.tucker@umb.com |
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Website: http://www.umb.com |
| Where: Columbus Elementary, 2402 S Pennsylvania Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73108 |
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| 08:00 AM |
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Contact: Steve Tucker |
| Teaching Children How to Save |
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Organization: UMB Bank |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (405) 239-5800 |
| Third grade students will learn about savings and collecting through a class project. Each activity deals with one or more aspects of saving. The activities rely on a variety of interactive and visual formats designed to be interesting and fun for young students. |
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Email: steve.tucker@umb.com |
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Website: http://www.umb.com |
| Where: Dunbar Elementary, 1432 NE 7th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73177 |
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| 08:00 AM - 03:00 PM |
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Contact: Diana Behm |
| Money Makes the World Go Around |
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Organization: Northeast Oklahoma Community Action Agency |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (918) 253-4683 |
| Grand Savings Bank, one of the EITC VITA Banking partners, and NEOCAA will team up to provide Money Smart information to each of the Head Start classrooms. The idea is to use a clown to get the financial message out to the children so they will share the excitement with their families. We will also use press releases to tie in the financial impact made by earned income tax credit in the communities we serve. |
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Email: dbehmr@aol.com |
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Website: |
| Where: NEOCAA's 19 Head Start Classrooms, 1014 N. Main or PO Box 603, Jay, OK 74344 |
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| 08:00 AM - 03:00 PM |
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Contact: Stephanie Spruiell |
| Take Your Son or Daughter to Work Day |
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Organization: First Bank & Trust Co. |
| By Invitation Only. The cost is free |
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Phone: (580) 255-1810 |
| Employees of First Bank & Trust Co. will bring their children, or other relatives to work. The children will interview employees about their job duties as well as participate in various presentations. Employees will participate in Duncan, Ardmore, Healdton and Norman. |
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Email: sspruiell@1stbanknet.com |
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Website: http://www.1stbanknet.com |
| Where: First Bank & Trust Co., 923 W. Main, Duncan, OK 73533 |
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| 08:00 AM - 03:30 PM |
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Contact: Sue Lynn Sasser |
| KidsEcon Poster Displays |
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Organization: Oklahoma Council on Economic Education |
| By Invitation Only. The cost is free |
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Phone: (405) 974-5627 |
| KidsEcon Posters will be distributed to Putman City Elementary schools. These posters will help the students learn economic and personal finance terms, like opportunity cost and capitol resources. |
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Email: ssasser@ucok.edu |
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Website: http://www.ocee-ok.org |
| Where: Putman City Elementary Schools, , Oklahoma City, OK |
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| 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM |
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Contact: Amy L. Welch |
| The OSCPA Financially Fit Five-Minute Drill |
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Organization: Oklahoma Society of CPAs |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (405) 841-3800 |
| No time to "work out" and get financially fit at an event? Then take five minutes and call the OSCPA at 1-800-522-8261 or e-mail awelch@oscpa.com and we will provide FREE Financial Fitness Kits. |
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Email: awelch@oscpa.com |
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Website: http://www.oscpa.com |
| Where: Where you want and when you want!, , , OK |
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| 08:30 AM |
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Contact: Jackie Shultz |
| Financial Survival |
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Organization: Red River Technology Center |
| By Invitation Only. The cost is free |
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Phone: (580) 255-2903 |
| Video and PowerPoint presentation composed of five different money management scenarios, each intended to initiate discussion among the students about the best course of action for responding to each scenario. |
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Email: jshultz@redriver.tec.ok.us |
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Website: http://www.redriver.tec.ok.us |
| Where: Red River Technology Center, 2300 W. Bois D'Arc, Duncan, OK 73533 |
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| 08:30 AM - 10:40 AM |
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Contact: Shannon Contreras |
| Reality Store |
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Organization: MoneyWise |
| By Invitation Only. The cost is free |
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Phone: (580) 255-1810 |
| The program teaches real life career and income choices to high school students. The topics covered by the program (once students have decided on a career and the net income associated with it) include housing, transportation, leisure and entertainment, money tree, and family life. Once students see how much lifestyle decisions in each of these areas will cost them, they have a better picture of life in the real world. |
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Email: scontreras@1stbanknet.com |
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Website: |
| Where: Comanche H.S., , Comanche, OK |
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| 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM |
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Contact: Sarah Wheatley, CFCS |
| Consumer Current Events |
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Organization: Carney High School Family and Consumer Science Consumer Education Class |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (405) 865-2344 |
| Students will create displays concerning topics of “ID Theft,” “Understanding Credit Reports,” and “How to handle credit cards effectively.” Each display will have free materials available.
These will be on display in the lobby of Carney State Bank April 27-29.
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Email: canreyfacs@hotmail.com |
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Website: |
| Where: Carney State Bank, 112 Highway 177, Carney, OK 74832 |
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| 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM |
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Contact: Sue Lynn Sasser |
| Financial Literacy through Children's Literature |
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Organization: Oklahoma Council on Economic Education |
| By Invitation Only. The cost is free |
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Phone: (405) 974-5627 |
| OCEE and UCO board members and wolunteers will be available to visit classrooms to read children's stories related to money management and decision-making during the times and dates listed. |
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Email: ssasser@ucok.edu |
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Website: http://www.ocee-ok.org |
| Where: Classrooms in Central Oklahoma, , , OK |
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| 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM |
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Contact: David Russell |
| JA Done in a Day |
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Organization: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Oklahoma City Branch |
| By Invitation Only. The cost is free |
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Phone: (405) 270-8619 |
| Junior Achievement's "Done in a Day" program, an activity-based, relevant and fun curriculum, will be used by Federal Reserve Bank volunteers to educate elementary students on how business works. |
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Email: david.w.russell@kc.frb.org |
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Website: http://www.kc.frb.org |
| Where: Gatewood Elementary School, 1821 N. W. 21st, Oklahoma City, OK 73108 |
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| 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM |
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Contact: Dana Trent |
| Financial Tax Awareness for Seniors |
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Organization: INCA Community Services, Inc. |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (580) 889-5193 |
| The training will provide information on the Oklahoma Tax Credit Refund to senior citizens that do not normally file income tax returns. |
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Email: dana.trent@prodigy.net |
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| Where: INCA Community Services, Inc., 301 West 10th Street, Atoka, OK 74525 |
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| 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM |
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Contact: Linda Marcotte |
| Interactive Display of Girl Scout Resources |
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Organization: Girl Scouts - Red Lands Council |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (405) 528-3535 |
| An interactive display to showcase Girl Scout resources for financial literacy programs will be presented at the council shop. Resources will include books, badges, charms and activities such as “How much is Dollar worth”? Girls and adults will learn what the exchange rate for this week is in China for yuan, Pesos in Mexico, lira from Italy and rupees in India. They can then price shop items according to other currency. Another activity will be “Cash Or Credit?” How much will camp cost if paid for with a credit card with 12% interest. How much with 18% interest? How can you tell counterfeit money? Compare the buying power of $5,000 over the past 40 years and for Daisy Girl Scouts; “Cool Ways to Count”. |
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Email: lindam@redlandscouncil.org |
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Website: http://www.redlandscouncil.org |
| Where: Girl Scouts - Red Lands Council Service Center, 121 NE 50th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105 |
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| 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
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Contact: Sue Lynn Sasser |
| Credit Cards 101: What you need to know before you "Charge It!" |
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Organization: Oklahoma Council on Economic Education |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (405) 974-5627 |
| Information about credit cards, such as interest rates and compounding interest, will be presented to UCO college students and others in attendance. |
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Email: ssasser@ucok.edu |
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Website: http://www.ocee-ok.org |
| Where: University of Central Oklahoma, Max Chambers Library - Room 226, 100 N. University Dr., Edmond, OK 73034 |
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| 09:30 AM - 04:30 PM |
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Contact: Leticia Tyler |
| "Show Me the Money" |
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Organization: Girl Scouts of Magic Empire Council |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (918) 745-5216 |
| We will provide a display table showcasing all of our resources available to teach girls about finances. This display table will be up from April 25 - 28 for anyone to view and learn from. |
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Email: Leticia@mecgs.org |
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Website: http://www.mecgs.org |
| Where: Girl Scout Service Center, 2432 E. 51st Street, Tulsa, OK 74105 |
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| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
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Contact: Bev Taylor |
| Get Smart About Credit |
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Organization: Armstrong Bank |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (918) 680-6900 |
| Bank presenters will deliver 1 hour credit training sessions for 6 consecutive weeks in the high school business classroom. |
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Email: taylorbev@armstrongbank.com |
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Website: http://www.armstrongbank.com |
| Where: Gore High School, North Highway 10, Gore, OK 74435 |
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| 10:30 AM |
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Contact: David Russell |
| 2005 Jump$tart Your Money Week Essay Contest |
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Organization: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Oklahoma City Branch |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (405) 270-8619 |
| The winner of the 2005 Jump$tqart Your Money Essay Contest will be announced. The essay contest, for OKC metropolitan Juniors and Seniors Students, is focused on describing three financial literacy skills needed to make better decisions about earning income, saving, borrowing, investing and managing money. The essay is also to explain why the skills are important and discuss how the skills can be acquired. The winner will receive a $500 savings bond. |
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Email: david.w.russell@kc.frb.org |
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Website: http://www.kc.frb.org |
| Where: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Oklahoma City Bank, 226 Dean A. McGee Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73102-3463 |
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| 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM |
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Contact: Monica Armstrong |
| Be MoneySmart with Bank of Oklahoma |
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Organization: Bank of Oklahoma |
| By Invitation Only. The cost is free |
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Phone: (918) 588-8648 |
| Bank of Oklahoma Branch Managers will receive training on delivering the MoneySmart financial education curriculum. |
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Email: marmstrong@bokf.com |
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Website: http://www.bok.com |
| Where: BOk Plaza and Commerce Banking Center, , Oklahoma City, OK |
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| 12:15 PM |
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Contact: Jackie Shultz |
| Financial Survival |
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Organization: Red River Technology Center |
| Open to Public. The cost is free |
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Phone: (580) 255-2903 |
| Video and PowerPoint presentation composed of five different money management scenarios, each intended to initiate discussion among the students about the best course of action for responding to each scenario. |
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Email: jshultz@redriver.tec.ok.us |
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Website: http://www.redriver.tec.ok.us |
| Where: Red River Technology Center, 3300 W. Bois D'Arc, Duncan, OK 73533 |
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| 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM |
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Contact: Cindy Sims |
| Saving Money Wisely Program |
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