SEMINARS & EVENTS

• Get Free Financial Resources during National Consumer Protection Week, March 7-13  Mark your calendars!  National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) is March 7-13, when consumer advocates will travel throughout Ohio to help you and your family make the most of your money.  NCPW partners will host financial fairs, community forums and educational workshops.  They'll provide you with the information and tools you need to manage your money, prevent identity theft, understand your credit and avoid unfair and deceptive business practices.  Read more
  
  
• Retirement Planning Events
  If you are interested in meeting one-on-one with a Retirement Planning Specialist, please call 1-877-644-6457 and an Account Executive will assist you with making your appointment.  For more information on scheduled events, click here.


• Retirement Awareness Program A seminar for members who are within five years of retirement.  Topics discussed include OPERS benefits, deferred compensation, and Social Security.  There is no cost to attend this full-day seminar, which includes lunch and supplemental reference materials.  You are welcome to bring one non-member guest with you.  For more information, click here.

      NEWS

• Foreclosure Help: Save the Dream  (Nov. 2009, Ohio Attorney General)  Ohioans who are threatened by foreclosure have recourse.  The Attorney General's Office, in partnership with many state agencies and other groups, supports Save the Dream, Ohio's foreclosure-prevention resource.  Callers to the Save the Dream hotline - (888)404-4674 - can get information on the foreclosure process, how to contact mortgage servicers, what resources are available in each county, how to avoid rescue scams, and what legal assistance and mediation is available.
  
  Some counties have created Save Our Homes task forces to provide addition help to residents.  These task forces work to connect homeowners with foreclosure prevention services and mobilize business, government, legal, non-profit, and citizen resources to help deliver these services to the citizens who need them.   Read more . . .

• Four Money Lessons Children Should Master  (Sept. 4, 2009 Bankrate.com) Like a fairy-tale curse, poor money skills can mess up your kids, their kids and their kids' kids.  Read more. . .
  
  

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