Try your hand at some fun financial trivia.
Make a difference at work and in your community
Find out what kind of an activist you are and support financial literacy.
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Participate in the financial education and literacy events that are sponsored by your HR department and then encourage other employees to attend—become an official or unofficial "ambassador" to support the employer based programs.
Check out your local community college or adult learning centers for classes on financial topics that interest you. Search for community colleges at braintrack.com.
Attend financial literacy events put on by professional associations such as the AICPA financial literacy workshops.
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Sometimes we just need a place to start. Financial literacy seems like a vague concept but there are some real concrete ways to help others.
Volunteer for the Institute for Financial Literacy.
Start with the next generation and volunteer for some of the programs in the Council for Economic Education which sponsors the National High School Economics Challenge.
Junior Achievement—Make a Difference in the Life of a Child You Tube video. Spend an hour a week for 6 weeks in a classroom to help students learn valuable money lessons not necessarily taught in the classroom.
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Be the source for unbiased verified information on finances and financial literacy.
In the "Educate Yourself" section, find articles that you think your friends and family would benefit from and forward to them right from this site.
There are unbiased resources available to order in print or online to share with your co-workers or others in your social network and community.
We constantly hear radio and watch TV ads about free credit reports which end up having a fee for service. Remind your friends that you can get a credit report that's actually free at www.annualcreditreport.com
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Follow the lead of the website Help from Home.
Their premise is that many people do want to help and if it's relatively easy to do, more people will participate.
Click and donate to charities that promote financial literacy.
See the "Make a difference for future generations of Americans" section and affect change by writing to your local and national representatives about promoting financial literacy in your state and community.
