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Reinvent Your Financial Future @ the Fairfield Public Library Series Kickoff with Susan Hirshman

The Fairfield Public Library has been awarded a $50,000 “Smart investing @ your library®” grant from the FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) Investor Education Foundation and the American Library Association.  One of 16 libraries nationwide to receive this grant in the latest round of funding, the Library will use the funds to administer its own “Smart investor” program.  Library Director Karen Ronald said, “Library usage continues to grow significantly as people borrow materials and attend programs without stressing their budgets.  This grant provides us with an opportunity to help our patrons during this tough economic time and increase awareness of personal finance through new resources and new programs."

The series will kick off on April 25 with keynote speaker Susan Hirshman, financial expert and author of Does This Make My Assets Look Fat?  Ms. Hirshman’s talk “Hungry for Financial Smarts?” will feed your desire for financial empowerment and success with a unique way of looking at the fundamentals of sound investing that promises to be upbeat as well as informative.  This event will take place Wednesday, April 25 at 7 pm in the Rotary Room at the Main Library.
  
American Library Association President, Molly Raphael said, “Libraries are integrating financial literacy into existing programs and services and making this content very visible and highly valued within their communities.”

From May through July the Library will be providing a variety of programs focusing on critical topics that affect personal finance including social security, Medicare, long term care planning, budgeting, stock market basics and beginner portfolio management.  Everyone is invited to participate.  Please visit the Library website to see the full schedule of programs.  

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All programs at the Fairfield Public Library are free.  To register, go to www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org or call 203-256-3160. 
Follow the Fairfield Public Library on Twitter:  www.twitter.com/fairfieldpublib and Facebook:  www.facebook.com/fairfieldlibrary.


Smart investing@your library® is a partnership between the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association, and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. The program supports public libraries across the country in their efforts to meet financial education needs at the local level.
 
The FINRA Investor Education Foundation supports innovative research and educational projects that give underserved Americans the knowledge, skills and tools necessary for financial success throughout life. For details about grant programs and other FINRA Foundation initiatives, visit www.finrafoundation.org.

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FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, is the largest non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States. FINRA is dedicated to investor protection and market integrity through effective and efficient regulation and complementary compliance and technology-based services. FINRA touches virtually every aspect of the securities business – from registering and educating all industry participants to examining securities firms, writing and enforcing rules and the federal securities laws, informing and educating the investing public, providing trade reporting and other industry utilities, and administering the largest dispute resolution forum for investors and registered firms. For more information, please visit our website at www.finra.org.

The Reference and User Services Association is the foremost organization of reference and information professionals who make the connections between people and the information sources, services and collection materials they need. The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 60,000 members.

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