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Money & Me is a hands-on experience that teaches teenagers the basics of money and how to make it work for them. The program covers budgeting, credit advantages and pitfalls, savings and checking accounts, how to save for a big purchase and investing for the future.
The brass|Student Program provides high schools with access to brass|Magazine, a personal finance publication written by young adults that delivers relevant content for classroom discussions and activities. The program also includes online resource centers for teachers and students, and the Credit Unions for College scholarship database.

LifeSmarts…the Ultimate Consumer Challenge is a game show style competition for teenagers designed to better prepare them as responsible consumers in today’s dynamic marketplace. Questions cover personal finance, consumer rights and responsibilities, health and safety, technology and the environment.

Biz Kid$ is a fun, 30-minute PBS television series for kids about making and managing money. It highlights young entrepreneurs who have turned hobbies into successful businesses, raised funds for good causes and much more.

The Kid’s Cash Kit & Caboodle includes practical, hands-on tools to teach children and their families the basics of money management using the concepts of saving, spending and sharing.

Who Are You? Identity Thieves Really Want to Know! is an educational program that utilizes marketing materials, train-the-trainer workshops and instructive sessions to help credit unions and community organizations inform their members about the dangers of identity theft.

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2009/2010 New York LifeSmarts Competition Results

A team of students from Irondequoit High School in Irondequoit, N.Y., captured the 2010 New York State LifeSmarts title after defeating 54 other teams in the online competition.

Coordinated in New York State by the New York Credit Union Foundation (NYCUF), LifeSmarts… the Ultimate Consumer Challenge is a financial education competition for students in grades 9-12 (varsity) and 6-8 (junior varsity) from any school, group or organization in the state. Participating students complete multiple online quizzes, tackling questions on real-life marketplace issues like personal finance, health and safety, the environment, technology, and consumer rights and responsibilities.

This year’s competition ran from September 2009 - February 2010, with the Irondequoit team obtaining the highest scores. The Irondequoit team is coached by Louis DeCesare and LaVon Bucciarelli and includes: Connor Enright, Samantha Jebbett, Alicia Kolaki, Daniel Lenzi and Muhammad Zahid.

Finishing in second place, only two-tenths of a point behind the Irondequoit team, was the Saranac Lake High School team from Saranac Lake, N.Y. The top twelve rankings were as follows:

  • Irondequoit West High School, Rochester
  • Saranac Lake High School, Saranac Lake
  • Pittsford Mendon High School, Fairport
  • Starpoint High School, Lockport
  • Brentwood High School, Brentwood
  • Hamburg High School, Hamburg
  • Pembroke High School, Corfu
  • Cairo-Durham High School, Cairo
  • Smithtown High School West, Smithtown
  • Smithtown High School East, Smithtown
  • Watervliet High School, Watervliet
  • Canandaigua Academy, Canandaigua

The Irondequoit team represented New York State at the National LifeSmarts Competition in Miami Beach, Fla., April 24-27, 2010.

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