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IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONEYWISE IN THE MILITARY SEMINARS LAUNCH AT WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER September 30, 2006(Washington, D.C. September 22, 2006) Kelvin Boston, host of the award-winning PBS financial literacy series Moneywise is the keynote speaker for a free day-long event at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in NW Washington, D.C. on Saturday, September 30, 2006. This is the first of five events presented through a unique collaboration with the Department of Defense, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, local PBS stations and the PBS series Moneywise with Kelvin Boston. These events present a unique opportunity to build bridges between local PBS stations and local military installations by meeting a need of mounting national importance: increasing basic financial literacy and life skills. The Department of Defense has already targeted financial readiness as a core requirement for national defense. As the only national PBS television series that regularly addresses the financial educational needs of middle and lower income Americans, Moneywise with Kelvin Boston is well-positioned to play a critical role in leading this outreach initiative. Each day-long event is tailored to the concerns and needs of military families, with particular attention to spouses who are often the family’s money manager. The programs will be open to all branches’ uniformed personnel, primarily enlistees through junior officers, their families and other base staff working directly with the military. In addition to a live presentation by Kelvin Boston, nationally recognized financial advisors and speakers will be drawn from the experts and practitioners who regularly appear on the Moneywise series. Audiences will have the opportunity to gather resource material and meet with more than a dozen exhibitors. Panel discussions on Credit Reporting, Bankruptcy, Credit Counseling, Fraudulent and Predatory Lending as well as Personal Financial Plans, Saving & Investing and Home Ownership will include lively audience participation. This and future Moneywise in the Military events on installations in California, Texas, New Jersey and Missouri are produced by TEAM Creations, a Washington-based television production and communications company and made possible through the generous support of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Investment Company Institute, the Department of Defense and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. WHUT Channel 32 is proud to be the PBS partner station for Moneywise in the Military in Washington, D.C. ###
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