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Consumer
Savvy Teens Win State LifeSmarts Championship
National Competition in
San Diego to follow
HAYDEN, AL, March
12---Hayden High School teens captured the Alabama State
LifeSmarts Championship by successfully fielding questions about
real-life marketplace issues.
LifeSmarts, a consumer
education competition that tests teens in grades 9-12 about personal
finance, health and safety, the environment, technology, and
consumer rights and responsibilities, is a program of the National
Consumers League.
Teens from across the
state first competed online for a chance to go to the in-person
state finals held March 1 at Alabama A&M University. State
champions Hayden Shoppers have qualified for the regional and
national LifeSmarts competitions set April 21-24, 2001, in San
Diego, Calif.
"LifeSmarts
participants in Alabama have gained many of the consumer
"smarts" they’ll need to make it in the real
world," says Dr. Bernice Wilson, an urban resource management
specialist with the urban and new nontraditional programs unit of
the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. "We’re proud
to have Hayden High School’s Shoppers represent us in San
Diego."
Other teams
participating in the state finals included Excalibur and the Wookies,
also from Hayden High School, and Huntsville’s Butler High School
team, BHS #1.
"There are no
losers in the LifeSmarts competition," says Linda Golodner,
president of the National Consumers League. "All participants
win by gaining experience in avoiding common consumer pitfalls,
navigating the government and understanding credit card
jargon before they sign on the dotted line."
LifeSmarts is a program
of the National Consumers League. State coordinators run the
programs on a volunteer basis. For more information, visit www.lifesmarts.org,
e-mail them,
or call the National Consumers League’s communications department
at 202-835-3323.
The National Consumers
League (NCL), founded in 1899, is America’s pioneer consumer
organization. NCL’s mission is to identify, protect, represent,
and advance the economic and social interests of consumers and
workers. NCL is a private, nonprofit membership organization.
SOURCE: Dr. Bernice
Wilson, Urban and New Nontraditional Programs Unit Resource
Management Specialist, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, (256)
858-4969
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