GARY – Indiana’s 10th annual Money Smart Week (MSW) will be announced at Indiana University Northwest School of Business Lobby, 3400 Broadway, Gary, IN on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm. Parking passes are available upon request by emailing Dian Reyome at dreyome@centier.com. The deadline for requesting is April 14, 2016.
Participants in the press conference will be:
* Dian Reyome, Northwest Indiana Money Smart Week Chairperson
* Chancellor William J. Lowe, Ph.D., Indiana University Northwest
* East Chicago Campus, Ivy Tech Community College representative
* Gary Campus, Ivy Tech Community College representative
* Michigan City Campus, Ivy Tech Community College representative
* Valparaiso Campus President, Ivy Tech Community College representative
* Kelly Griese, Investor Education Coordinator, Indiana Secretary of State’s office
* Lauren P. Trumbo, Finance Supervisor St. Catherine Hospital
Highlights of the press conference will be:
* Kelly Griese, Investor Education Coordinator, Indiana Secretary of State will address the need for sound financial practices for individuals and families.
* The Northwest Indiana Money Fair Council, Money Smart Week® partners, will award GeoCache for College Cash checks to Indiana University Northwest ($1,000) and the four Ivy Tech Community College campuses ($500 each campus). The money will be awarded in the form of a scholarship to the winners by the individual campuses.
* GeoCache for College Cash is a contest, which is set up as a hosted MSW event on campus. It’s based on the outdoor geocache concept; participants play a scavenger-hunt game, and instead of taking objects, they leave proof they saw them.
* This year we are also proud to announce a partnership with Bank On NWI and St. Catherine Hospital through a financial literacy committee convened by St. Catherine Hospital. Presentations will begin during MSW and are scheduled every other month; Spanish translators will be available.
Interviews and photos will be available at the conclusion of the press conference.
Northwest Indiana Money Fair Council partners and sponsors are: Centier Bank, First Midwest Bank, Indiana University Northwest, Ivy Tech Community College, Lake Area United Way, Lakeshore Public Media, NIPSCO, Northwest Indiana Community Action and Peoples Bank.
Money Smart Week is a public awareness campaign designed to help consumers better manage their personal finances. This is achieved through the collaboration and coordinated effort of hundreds of organizations across the country including businesses, financial institutions, schools, libraries, not-for-profits, government agencies and the media. These groups come together once a year to stress the importance of financial literacy, inform consumers about where they can get help and provide free educational seminars and activities throughout the week. Programming is offered to all demographics and income levels and covers all facets of personal finance from establishing a budget to first time home buying to estate planning. The effort was created by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in 2002. Northwest Indiana began the effort in 2006. All Money Smart Week partners will be hosting their events this year during Money Smart Week which is April 23 – 30, 2016.
For more information contact Dian Reyome, Northwest Indiana Money Smart Week Chair and Centier Financial Capabilities Officer, at dreyome@centier.com or 219-755-6140 x 1832.
