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Welcome to Vermont Jump$tart!
Last updated: January 14, 2012
Phone: 877-242-8550
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Website: www.vtjumpstart.org
The Vermont Jump$tart Coalition is a volunteer nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the financial
literacy of Vermont youth by providing advocacy, information, and educational resources. Vermont
Jump$tart strives to prepare young people for life-long successful financial decision making.
We Need Your Support!
As a nonprofit organization, the Vermont Jump$tart Coalition of volunteers depends on the generosity of Vermonters, those in the business community as well as individuals, to donate funds to support our work. Because we have no paid staff and are very careful with our money, we are able to operate on a very slim budget. However it does take funding from donors to offer our annual Common $ense Conference for Teachers and Parents, our LifeSmarts competition for high school students, and our other initiatives to educate our young people in Vermont about responsible personal money management.
Please consider a donation to Vermont Jump$tart. You may contact us about how to help at (toll free) 877-242-8550 or email us at Turn on JavaScript!.
Or you may donate online to us through the Network for Good. Please click on the "Network for Good" icon above.
Next Jump$tart Meeting Set for February 17
You are invited to our next Vermont Jump$tart meeting on Friday, February 17 , at 1:30-3:30 p.m. Location TBA. Please check back for updates.
Register Today for the 7th Annual Common $ense Conference
Earn 5 hours of continuing education credit!
You won't want to miss the 7th Annual Common $ense Conference on March 15 at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in South Burlington. We have some great new workshops for you this year! You will learn about educational--and fun--online games like Smartstock.com, the mathematics behind money management, how to teach your students to read a credit report . . . and more!
This year's keynote speaker is Murray Banks, educator, athlete and trainer. He is a well-known motivational speaker and brings his engaging humor to the topic, "The trouble with the future is, it's not what it used to be!" Murray draws on his teaching skills, athletic success and business savvy to engage an audience and weave a message that is easily applicable to your personal life. We're sure you'll enjoy his perspective on financial literacy.
We will end the conference with Colin Ryan of the Economy of Me. Sponsored by the Association of Vermont Credit Unions, Colin uses his talent as a stand-up comic to connect with students across the state and take the "boring" out of budgeting and using credit. His presentation, "Money in the Movies" is sure to end the conference on a high note.
Click here for your brochure and registration form.
Congratulations to our Vermont LifeSmarts Teams!
Teams from six Vermont schools completed the online testing and were invited to the 3rd Annual Vermont LifeSmarts competition on Feb. 9 at the Pavilion in Montpelier. The teams will compete for the Vermont title and the opportunity to represent Vermont at the national competition April 21-24 in Philadelphia, Pa.
The six teams had to be knowledgeable on five topics, which included personal finance, health and safety, technology, the environment and consumer rights and responsibilities.
Our six teams are :
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CVU FBLA (Champlain Valley Union HS, Hinesburg)
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GMTCC FBLA (Green Mountain Technology and Career Center, Hyde Park)
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Campus Common Grounds (Stafford Technical Center, Rutland)
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Lake Region UHS (Orleans)
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Highflyers of the Kingdom (North Country Career Center, Newport)
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Winooski Spartans (Winooski HS, Winooski)
Good luck to all at the state competition!
For more about LifeSmarts, visit www.lifesmarts.org
Great Financial Literacy Websites
Our VT Jump$tart Education Committee has been working hard to seek out some of the best financial literacy websites out there in cyberspace. Take a look at what they've discovered!
Speakers Bureau
VT Jump$tart continues to work with teachers and groups interested in inviting a guest speaker to make a presentation on a financial topic. However, our Speakers Bureau has lost its volunteer coordinator, so we will try to field requests as best we can. We ask for your patience as try to fill specific requests.
Our Generous Contributors and Partners
Many thanks to our Contributors and Partners who have graciously
supported our efforts to promote youth financial literacy. They include the following:
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Corporate Sponsors for 2011-2012: Platinum Level Sponsors Gold Level Sponsors Silver Level Sponsors Bronze Level Sponsors Bank of Bennington Landmark Financial Mascoma Savings Bank Merchants Bank Passumpsic Savings Bank Union Bank Vermont Agency VSECU Wells River Savings Bank Partners L Brown and Sons Printing 95TripleX Radio
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Individual Sponsors for 2011-2012: Gold Level Sponsors Gregg Mousley Silver Level Sponsors Bronze Level Sponsors |
LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Working together we can improve the financial literacy of Vermont's youth.
If you're involved with or concerned about students learning how to handle money successfully - you've come to the right place.
The Vermont Jump$tart Coalition is a non-profit organization with a number of individuals and organizations representing business, government and education who have joined together to improve the personal financial literacy of Vermont's youth.
Vermont Jump$tart Coalition's goals:
- To support educators in bringing financial literacy to the classrooms
- To actively recruit members and sponsors
The Vermont Jump$tart Coalition is a proud affiliate of the National Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. The National Jump$tart Coalition, based in Washington, D.C., was first convened in 1995 and consists of over 200 organizations committed to improving the financial literacy of America's youth. For more information, visit their Web site.
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