Maximizing Your Credit Score, Minimizing Your Debt (press release)

March 26, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Robyn Truslow

410-535-0291

 

 

Ah, that magical number, the credit score! Do you wish you knew all the secrets to having a good one? As part of Money Smart Week, Calvert Library Prince Frederick is hosting Maryland Cash Campaign on Thursday, April 23 at 7:00pm to present a workshop, Maximizing Your Credit Score, Minimizing Your Debt. Credit reporting and credit scores will be unmasked. Attendees will learn how to build credit and how to choose the best credit cards, car loans, student loans and mortgages.  This session will be perfect for teens heading off to college, those looking to enter the housing market and anyone looking to increase their “money smarts!”  Registration requested at CalvertLibrary.info or call Robyn Truslow at 410-535-091 or 301-855-1862.

 

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Money Smart Week is a public awareness campaign to promote financial education across all age groups. Launched in 2002 by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the program is now active in more than 45 states through national partnerships with the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) Cooperative Extension and the American Library Association.

 

“Money Smart Week began as a coordinated effort among a small group of Chicago-area organizations working to promote financial literacy,” says Alejo Torres, Senior Outreach Manager at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. “Today, Money Smart Week continues to expand nationally, providing greater awareness of, and access to, personal finance resources for all.”

 

Money Smart Week events are open to the public at businesses, financial institutions, schools, libraries, nonprofits and government agencies throughout the country on topics including kids and money, unemployment, managing student debt and retirement. To learn more about Money Smart Week^® visit, www.moneysmartweek.org  

 

 

Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

410-535-0291

410-535-3022 (fax)

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