Department of Finance

Financial Literacy Month Calendar of Events

• March 31st, 2011, 11:30 am – Financial Literacy Month kicks off with Governor Otter signing a proclamation designating April as Financial Literacy Month. The signing will be held at 11:30a.m. in the Governor’s Ceremonial Office. This event is open to the public.
• April 5th, 2011 - the Idaho Department of Finance presents information regarding First Time Home Buying to students at Melba High School.
• April 5th, 2011, 4:00-5:00 pm - Credit and the Interest Insomniac: Using Credit Wisely workshop. National Financial Education Center at Debt Reduction Services Inc, 6213 N Cloverdale Rd Ste 100, Boise ID 83713. Free. Please RSVP 208-378-0200 x 906 or Education@NationalFinancialEducationCenter.org
• April 8th, 2011 - the Idaho Department of Finance presents information regarding the Wise Use of Credit Cards and Identity Theft to three classes of students at Fruitland High School.
• April 9th, 2011 - Butte Community Preparedness Symposium, Butte Middle School, Arco. Guard Against Identity Theft is keynote presentation taught by Jerome County Extension educator, Lyle Hansen, lhansen@uidaho.edu; 208-324-7578. Financial Emergency Preparation will be taught at 2 PM by Madison County Extension educator, Luke Erickson, erickson@uidaho.edu; 208-208-359-6215.
• April 12th, 2011, 4:00-5:00 pm - Spending by Color: Why We Spend in our Own Color Ways workshop. National Financial Education Center at Debt Reduction Services Inc, 6213 N Cloverdale Rd Ste 100, Boise ID 83713. Free. Please RSVP 208-378-0200 x 906 or Education@NationalFinancialEducationCenter.org
• April 12th, 2011 The New York Mets will honor JA volunteer Doug York as part of a recognition program with Citi, “Teammates in Your Community.” In addition, six veteran Mets players will visit a Junior Achievement of New York (JANY) partner school to give a presentation about the power of life-long learning.
• April 13th, 2011 - the Department of Finance will present the Basics of Saving and Investing to students at Sheridan Academy in Boise.
• April 13th, 2011 - Junior Achievement will ring the New York Stock Exchange’s Closing Bell in celebration of National Financial Literacy Month. Joe Peri, Junior Achievement of New York president, and I will be joined by seven JANY students and an educator from the High School of Economics and Finance to participate. Below are live and archive links for the bell ringing.
  • You can view the event online—please note that the live link will not become active until approximately 3:59 p.m. EDT. The post-event, archived video will be available on the event page on www.nyse.com at approximately 4:30 p.m. EDT, via the NYSE Events Calendar.


• April 14th, 2011 - Guard Against Identity Theft. Jerome Recreation Center taught by Lyle Hansen, Jerome County extension educator, lhansen@uidaho.edu; 208-324-7578.
• April 14th, 2011, 6:00-8:30 pm - Retirement Ready: It’s More than Money. Lewis Clark State College taught by Univ. of ID Extension in partnership with the Lewiston Library. For info., please contact Marilyn Bischoff, mbischof@uidaho.edu; 208-364-9910
• April 14th, 2011 - Joe Peri will participate in a panel discussion convened by The Discovery Channel and The New York Stock Exchange, on the topic of financial literacy. In addition, JANY’s 2010 Student Leader of the Year, Samuel Arijeloye (a 12th-grade student at Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers), has been selected to participate in a Discovery Channel “Live Virtual Field Trip” at the New York Stock Exchange. He will participate in conducting live interviews from the NYSE trading floor.
  • Share the Discovery Channel’s Live Virtual Field Trip link with your educators so they can share with their students.


• April 18th, 2011 - the Department of Finance will present information on consumer finance and scams to students in two classes at the College of Western Idaho.
• April 19th, 2011, 4:00-5:00 pm - Project DEBT-o-nation: Preventing and Eliminating Excessive Consumer Debt workshop. National Financial Education Center at Debt Reduction Services Inc, 6213 N Cloverdale Rd Ste 100, Boise ID 83713. Free. Please RSVP 208-378-0200 x 906 or Education@NationalFinancialEducationCenter.org
• April 21st, 2011, 6:00-8:30 pm - Retirement Ready: Crunching the Numbers. Lewis Clark State College taught by Univ. of ID Extension in partnership with the Lewiston Library. For info., please contact Beverly Healy, bhealy@uidaho.edu; 208-287-5900.
• April 21st, 2011 - Organizing Your Financial Paperwork. Univ. of Idaho campus taught by Karen Richel, Latah County extension educator, krichel@uidaho.edu; 208-883-2241. Material fees are $10.
• April 26th, 2011 - the Idaho Department of Finance will be in Lewiston to conduct a community workshop addressing How to Choose a Financial Planner and Investment Fraud as part of a grant for financial education obtained by the Lewiston Library.
• April 26th, 2011 - the Idaho Department of Finance presents information regarding the Wise Use of Credit Cards and the Basics of Saving and Investing to 2 classes at Potlatch High School.
• April 26th, 2011, 4:00-5:00 pm - Roadmap to Financial Stability: Personal and Household Spending Plans workshop. National Financial Education Center at Debt Reduction Services Inc, 6213 N Cloverdale Rd Ste 100, Boise ID 83713. Free. Please RSVP 208-378-0200 x 906 or Education@NationalFinancialEducationCenter.org
• April 27th, 2011 - the Idaho Department of Finance presents the Basics of Saving and Investing to an investment club at Lewiston High School.
• April 27th-29th, 2011 - the Idaho Department of Finance will be presenting the Wise Use of Credit and Saving and Investing Basics to 7 classes at Lewiston High School.
• April 28th, 2011, 6:00-8:30 pm - Retirement Ready: Taking Some of the Mystery Out of Investing & Selecting a Financial Professional. Lewis Clark State College taught by Univ. of ID Extension in partnership with the Lewiston Library. For info., please contact Lyle Hansen, lhansen@uidaho.edu; 208-324-7578 or Luke Erickson, erickson@uidaho.edu; 208-208-359-6215.
• April 29th, 2011 - the Idaho Department of Finance will be presenting the Wise use of Credit and Saving and Investing Basics to students at Tammany Alternative High School in Lewiston.
• May 2-6 - Get$mart Idaho will sponsor Financial Literacy Week in North Idaho. As part of the activities during the week, Get$mart Idaho is hosting a luncheon on May 5th with keynote speaker Dr. Angela Lyons, professor at the University of Illinois who has published many studies concerning financial management. Please visit www.getsmartidaho.org for more information.