For Immediate Release
Media Contacts:
Heather O’Connell
hoconnell@leegov.com
(239)
461-2924
Mary Gazioglu
Director,
Corporate Communications
Rent-A-Center,
Inc.,
mary.gazioglu@rentacenter.com
972.801.1107
With today’s tight economy,
people are trying to find ways to make their money go further, and some new
titles at the Lee County Library System can help.
Thanks to a $1,000 donation from
Rent-A-Center, Lee County Library System recently purchased additional titles
on everything from creating a budget and improving credit scores to bringing in
more money.
“We were able to add some items that can help with a variety of
financial concerns,” said Lee County Library System Community Relations
Coordinator, Heather O’Connell.
A partial list includes: Budget Kit; Complete Idiot’s Guide to Improving
Your Credit Score; Credit Repair Answer Book; High Powered Investing All-in-One
for Dummies; Investing Online for Dummies; Personal Finance for Dummies; All
About Stocks: The Easy Way to Get Started; and Total Money Makeover
The library also saw the grant as
an opportunity to expand the financial information geared to young adults.
“Teens are just establishing their own financial habits and frequently have
some freedom in how they spend their earnings, so it’s easy to fall into habits
like impulse buying. We selected several titles to provide them with
information and options to help make smart spending and saving choices early
on”, O’Connell said.
The Teen Girl’s Gotta-Have-It Guide to Money:
Getting Smart about Making It, Saving It, and Spending It!; Smart Money:
How to Manage Your Cash; Your Checking Account: Lessons in Personal
Banking; and Map Your Financial Future: Starting the Right Path in
Your Teens and Twenties.
“Of course, financial literacy
can start younger, so we selected some materials to help children understand
the importance of money management,” O’Connell said.
Clark Smart Parents, Clark Smart Kids: Teaching Kids of Every Age the
Value of Money, Money: A Kid’s Guide to Saving and
Investing and The Kids’ Money Book: Earning, Saving, Spending,
Investing, Donating.
Multiple copies were purchased of each of these titles and the collection also
includes DVDs and books on CD by popular financial planners.
Any of these items can be reserved by calling 479-INFO or visiting the
library’s website at www.lee-county.com/library and
selecting “Catalog Search”.
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