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Thank you to all who made our Common $ense Conference such a success! The VT Jump$tart Coalition's Board of Directors and volunteers wish to thank everyone who made our 4th Annual Common $ense Conference a great learning experience. Once again, we had wonderful presenters who graciously shared their knowledge and experience on financial literacy topics with the teachers, parents and students who attended the conference. Our presenters were: Art Woolf, University of Vermont Shirley Mason, Consumer Credit Credit Counseling Service of NH and VT Kip Child, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Wendy Rea, Merchants Bank Larry Booker, Windsor High School Gregg Mousley, Vermont Student Assistance Corp. Lisa Helme, Office of the Vermont State Treasurer Laura Dobos, VT Attorney General's Office Zuzana Brochu, Chittenden Bank Judy Branch, University of Vermont Extension Service Hannah Hulbert, Vermont Student Assistance Corp. Jerry Cassels, Vermont Student Assistance Corp. We also want to offer a special thanks to our keynote speaker, Dr. Karen Gross, president of Southern Vermont College, and Jeb Spaulding, Treasurer for the State of Vermont, who served as moderator for our media panel. Thank you to our media panel, who shared their insights on ways to make financial topics interesting and relevant: Kate Duffy, WCAX-TV Dan McLean, Burlington Free Press Jane Lindholm, Vermont Public Radio Timothy McQuiston, Vermont Business Magazine Thanks also go to the Sheraton Hotel and staff who made the accomodations for our conference comfortable and convenient. OUR SPONSORSMany thanks to our sponsors, who have graciously supported our efforts to promote youth
financial literacy, particularly the Common $ense Conference. Our sponsors include the following: Silver Level Sponsors Vermont Student Assistance Corp. VSECU Bronze Level Sponsor New England Federal Credit Union Sponsors American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Keybank North Country Federal Credit Union Northfield Savings Bank Passumpsic Savings Bank Supporters Brattleboro Savings and Loan Credit Union of Vermont Grippin, Donlan & Roche JMM & Associates The Vermont Agency
VISIT THE FINANCIAL LITERACY WEB SITE AT WWW.MONEYED.VERMONT.GOV The Vermont Treasurer's Office has a great web site with a growing list of financial literacy resources. Treasurer Jeb Spaulding and Lisa Helme, Director of Financial Education and Communications, are working hard to help educate Vermonters to improve their financial literacy. See more information under "Activities-Projects."
LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Working together we can improve the financial literacy of Vermont's youth. If you're involved with or concerned about students learning how to handle money successfully - you've come to the right place. The Vermont Jump$tart Coalition is a non-profit organization with a number of individuals and organizations representing business, government and education who have joined together to improve the personal financial literacy of Vermont's youth. Vermont Jump$tart Coalition's goals: ·To support educators in bringing financial literacy to the classrooms ·To actively recruit members and sponsors The Vermont Jump$tart Coalition is a proud affiliate of the National Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. The National Jump$tart Coalition, based in Washington, D.C., was first convened in 1995 and consists of over 200 organizations committed to improving the financial literacy of America's youth. For more information, visit their website at http://www.jumpstart.org
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