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"In the Black"
Join Capital Area Asset Builders for its annual benefit from
6 - 8 p.m. on October 7 at the True Reformer Building at 1200 U Street, NW. Tickets to the reception are $100, and include free food and drink (beer and wine), live jazz music, and a silent auction. Click here for more information or to purchase a ticket.
Claim Your Economic Stimulus Payment
The DC EITC Campaign is holding a free Economic Stimulus Payment filing day at the MLK Library (901 G Street, NW) on October 11 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
If you earned more than $3,000 in 2007 wages, Social Security or SSDI, or Survivor's, Veteran's, or Retired Railroad Benefits, you may be eligible for a Stimulus Payment of $300-$600 or more from the government!
Click here for eligibility info and required documents.
Money Management 101 to fit your schedule
CAAB's popular Money Management Classes will now be held on both Saturday mornings and Tuesday/Wednesday evenings. Saturday classes will meet once a week from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. starting on October 4, and weekday evening classes will be held from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. starting on October 22.
This FREE 5-week financial education workshop series will help you learn how to save and invest now for your future. For more information, including a schedule of classes, click here.
Homebuying Workshop
This free evening workshop will be led by Patricia Davis of Davis Financial Services on October 21 from 6:30 - 8 p.m. at 1801 K Street NW, Suite M100.
Come learn:
- How to prepare for this huge investment;
- How buying a home can increase your net worth (and how it can't!); and
- The various financing and funding options available for purchasing a home.
Refreshments will be provided, and participants will receive a ticket for a GMAC raffle where two GM cars will be given away on March 31, 2009!
Click here for more details and registration information.
Protect Yourself from Identity Theft
Free seminar presented by Rosemary Hill from Consumer Credit Counseling Services on October 27 from 6 - 8 p.m. at 1801 K Street NW, Suite M100.
Participants will learn:
- How to guard personal information;
- What assistance is available
for victims of identity theft; and
- How to use the law as a
strategic weapon against
unscrupulous identity thieves.
Email seminars@caab.org for more information.
The Psychological Strain of
Poor Money Management
This free seminar and brown-bag lunch will be presented by Licensed Professional Counselor Pamela Hiler on October 29 from 12 - 1 p.m. at 1801 K Street NW, Suite M100.
Attendees will learn:
- How to evaluate money
messages;
- The effects of poor money
management on personal lives and careers; and
- Behavioral approaches to help
shape a better relationship with
money.
Email seminars@caab.org for more information.
How to Become an Entrepreneur
Free seminar presented by Evelyn Bandoh of EAB Creative Planning Services on November 5 from 6:30 - 8 p.m. at 1801 K Street NW, Suite M100.
Participants will:
- Learn what it really means to be self-employed and an
entrepreneur;
- Learn how to use EAB’s seven key questions to help determine if entrepreneurship is right for them; and
- Discuss business ideas and get feedback and
strategies to help start their businesses.
Email seminars@caab.org for more information.
Ways to Stretch Your Money
This free seminar will be presented by The Vernon Williams Company on November 8 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. at 1801 K Street NW, Suite M100.
Take charge of your financial future and sign up for this free seminar where you will learn how to make your paycheck go much farther.
Email seminars@caab.org for more information.
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On September 13th, it held its second youth financial seminar at the Department of Agriculture Building in Southwest DC. More than 30 children and their parents spent the day learning about savings and money management with AFCU’s Super Savers and Young Millionaires Club members. Free lunches were served to the children and parents, and three children won gift cards in a raffle. Children and their parents learned valuable lessons about saving, and each child left with an AFCU T-shirt and a back-pack filled with goodies.