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Want Your Teens To Learn About Money

If you want your teens to learn about money, register them for my 5 day class at Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT

Teens and Money: Teen Personal Finance – 5 Day Class for Teens

This course is intended to help students develop an understanding of financial literacy and will inform students how individual choices directly influence occupational goals and future earnings potential. It is designed to prepare students to manage money and make informed financial decisions in their own lives. A focus of the course will be the effective use of mathematics as a tool in developing financial literacy skills. Real world topics covered will include income, money management, spending and credit, as well as saving and investing. Students will design personal and household budgets utilizing checking and saving accounts, gain knowledge in finance, debt and credit management, and evaluate and understand insurance and taxes. This course will provide a foundation for making informed decisions about money and gaining financial independence.

Monday to Friday 7/16/18 to 7/21/18 1:00PM – 4:00PM

To register: Telephone: (203) 857-7080 Email: extendedstudies@norwalk.edu

Get Rid Of …..

As April is typically a clean out month, I want to make you aware of two different opportunities to get rid of some items in your home.

First, this Saturday, April 28 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Now you can safely get old and unused prescriptions (and over the counter medicines) out of your home easily. For more details and locations, click here.

Next, do you have unused toys? Hasbro is offering a pilot recycling program to recycle your unwanted toys. You start at the website, register, print the free shipping label and drop off the package. It’s that simple and keeps the toys out of landfills, click here to start.

For more resources and suggestions, please visit my website to get rid of your unwanted items.

Spring Cleaning Your Finances & More

In honor of spring – which we will see today in the northeast – I will be posting about spring cleaning.

Today, let’s discuss your passwords and computer.

Have you done these things lately (if not, now is a good time):

Change your passwords – remember that they should be of strong strength and no two passwords should be the same. Worried that you will forget them, consider a password management system. If you are using a password management system, do a clean up. You should change your passwords often.
Make sure your software is up to date, run updates. And while your at it, when was the last time you ran your virus protection / malware scans. If you can’t remember, then it’s time to do this now.
No one likes to lose anything, do a back up today. Consider automatic back up both local and in a cloud. Many years ago, I had an office broken into and the computers were smashed as well as the local back ups (this was before clouds) were stolen. Luckily for me, my hard drive was recoverable after many weeks without the data and at a hefty price. I have learned from this experience, you should to.

Visit my resources page for suggestions of the products that we use.

More next week on spring cleaning in honor of the season.

Teens: Welcome To The Real World – Teens and Money

Got teenagers?

I will be doing a workshop at Norwalk Community College this Saturday, March 10 at 10 am for teens.

Do you want to learn about money and finances? We will discuss real world examples – buying a car and paying for col

lege scenarios – to understand what’s involved and the choices you make and how they affect your financial future. Learn lifelong skills now for a lifetime of

money management.

For more information and/or to register contact NCC Extended Studies at 203-857-7080.

Money Makes The World Go Round

Today, I am doing a workshop, Money Make The World go Round at Empower Her for kids ages 8 to 11. We are going to discuss budgeting, wants, needs with the help of a fun game!

It’s official

I am have been approved as a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association.

20% Off Books on Saturday, November 28

1 Day Only 20% Off Sale!

Saturday, November 28


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More About Thrive in Five

Each year do you resolve to improve your finances only to have something happen that pushes you back to the same place you were last year? Thrive In Five: Take Charge of Your Finances in 5 Minutes a Day will help you change that. With daily short tips that take five minutes or less, this book will help you improve your credit score, spend less, and save more money – all while getting organized!

“Thrive In Five: Take Charge of Your Finances In Five Minutes A Day” is a comprehensive, no nonsense book.

Jill’s direct, easy-to-understand style makes it Super Easy to take control of your finances TODAY. As someone who’s worked in a financial institution for 15 years, I’ve never seen everything so comprehensively laid out. This book should be required reading, and can be given to anyone at any age to help them save money. Jill truly understands that finances don’t have to be dull, boring and complicated. She even gives you days to ‘catch up’!

It sends chills up my spine to think about all of the people who don’t know these simple, doable steps.

READ this book and quickly take control of your finances. And get this— Each day the steps are written in a day-by-day, paint-by-numbers format, all EASY yet DOABLE!

Hey, it only takes five minutes or so each day — yet each step can take you one step closer to finally taking control of your finances!

I say get this book and get this book right NOW! It’s awesome!”

– Tracey Fieber, Retirement Transition Expert
New Face of Retirement
www.NewFaceofRetirement.com

More about Cash, Credit and Your Finances

The Perfect Teen Gift

Help your kids:

Cope with product advertising
Understand that credit isn’t magic money.
Develop strong short-term budgeting skills
Create a long-term financial plan

Cash, Credit, and Your Finances: The Teen Years looks at finances through the eyes of five different teenagers. They all have things they want and need, but they all handle their money differently. Some will succeed and some will give up… which one do you want your child to be?

Join Jill Russo Foster for a Special Event

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Take Charge of Your Personal Finances to Ensure Business Success!

Join WBDC for an evening of insight, guidance and networking. Hear from a successful entrepreneur who has lived with salary, commission and self-employed income streams and knows how to live and thrive.

Jill Russo Foster, author of Thrive in Five: Take Charge of Your Finances in 5 Minutes a Day, will share her professional guidance and personal wisdom to help you improve and better understand your finances. Every entrepreneur and those thinking of starting a business can benefit from learning the important steps to take to avoid over spending, improve credit scores and much more. Personal finances are the key to securing funding for any business.

First 10 registrants that attend the event will receive a FREE copy of Ms. Foster’s book at the event.

Waterbury

Wednesday, June 3
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Naugatuck Valley Community College

Newtown

Wednesday, June 10
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
C.H. Booth Library

Pre-Registration Required/No Charge

For more information contact Jen Hrbek at 203-925-0686 or email jhrbek@ctwbdc.org.

Brought to you through a partnership with the Department of Economic and Community Development

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Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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Happy 2015 from Jill Russo Foster

Do you love to travel? Do you wish you could travel but have trouble justifying the funds? In February, I’ll be starting a 4-week travel class called “Nearly Free Travel:
Lessons Learned from Jill’s European Vacation.” I’ll take you step-by-step through the actions I took to get a European vacation – nearly free!

If one of your New Year’s Resolutions is to travel, then watch here for updates or on Twitter for the hashtag #NearlyFreeTravel.

I have a travel bucket list, and my destinations range from very close to home to halfway around the world. Here’s a photo from a destination close to home, but that’s been on my wish list for a while – The Holiday Lights at Lake Compounce, Connecticut.

Happy New Year!

Say Bon Voyage to Your Debt Part 6: Make Note of Your Successes

I keep a Gratitude Journal. Every night before bed I write down 5 things I am grateful for. Here are some financial examples from over the years:

I was able to pay more than the minimum on my credit card bill
I sold an item and put the $40 towards an extra payment on my student loan
I worked an extra hour and that money will go toward my car loan
Got a flat tire today. Was able to pay for the repair with my emergency savings and not with my credit card
The store credit card bill was lower than I expected
I paid the bill before the bill arrived

Acknowledging my successes kept me motivated. It was no small effort and I needed all the help I could get.

You are on the path to paying off your debt. This is a long journey and there will be many challenges. You may want to quit before you get there. Don’t.

Congratulate yourself for taking the first steps. Celebrate all the good work you are doing and will do. Remember to celebrate with something that isn’t going to give you more debt. For example, we love to treat ourselves with summer picnics in the park where they show free movies or concerts.

We want to hear from you! Tell us how it’s going. What you share may inspire others to keep going.