Bankers invest in teaching children to save

April is National Financial Literacy month.
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So we're hearing about more efforts to teach children -- and adults -- how to be better savers.

In Michigan, the sixth annual Money Smart Week kicks off on Saturday. More than 300 free educational classes and seminars will take place around the state.

Bankers nationwide, for example, are joining hands with the American Bankers Association Education Foundation to use a new "Teach Children to Save" program to encourage at least 1 million young people to save. See www.aba.com.

"Adults aren't alone in feeling the pressure of the economy; our children are, too," said Laura Fisher, director of the ABA Education Foundation, in a statement. source>>>

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