Resource Center hosts "Get Smart About Credit"

The East Jacksonville Neighborhood Resource Center hosted a financial literacy program for middle school and high school students Thursday evening. Representatives from Urban Trust Bank and the U.S. Department of Treasury spoke at the program, called "Get Smart About Credit," which was aimed at teaching children and young adults how to manage their money through the use of savings accounts, budgets and building credit properly.

"This is exactly the kind of thing we're trying to enable across the entire country," said The Rev. Dr. Robert V. Lee, chairman of FreshMinistries, who proposed making financial literacy classes a requirement in schools at the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy in Washington, D.C. Tuesday. "This program was a quick and effective way to educate the kids on saving, spending and credit cards before they get to the age where it could seriously harm them if they get it wrong."

Visit the PHOTO GALLERY from the event for photos of the speakers and children.

Read the story by Heather Lovejoy of the Florida Times-Union here.

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