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DOLLAR WI$E WEEK
Dollar Wi$e Week is celebrated the last week of September every year. It is designed to provide Dollar Wi$e communities an opportunity to focus on the importance of personal and family financial literacy and to highlight their ongoing, year-round financial education programs. Last year, cities across the country marked Dollar Wi$e Week with mayoral proclamations, press conferences, and community events.
This year, Dollar Wi$e Week will be September 20–27 and center around the theme Savings for Kids and Families. The Conference of Mayors and the Mayors' National Dollar Wi$e Campaign encourage their mayors to use Dollar Wi$e Week as a time to emphasize the importance of personal savings and to begin teaching their youngest citizens the benefits of saving money from an early age. In particular, we encourage you to team up with local financial institutions to invite families to help their children open savings and/or investment accounts.
THE GOAL
To sign up as many kids as possible for savings and/or investment accounts.
- Parents and grandparents can help children open accounts.
- Families can establish a "savings goal" for the coming year.
- Citizens of all ages can learn about savings as a way to secure and invest in the future-college, homeownership, retirement, and emergencies.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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