media@nclnet.org<\/a><\/p>\nWashington, DC \u2013\u00a0As LifeSmarts state programs heat up across the country, the National Consumers League has announced a new study aid for coaches and students prepping for competition: the Question-of-the-Day Calendar. Covering a range of subjects from health and safety to personal finance and the environment, the LifeSmarts Question-of-the-Day Calendars are underwritten by major companies, government agencies, and organizations. The February calendar, featuring practice questions with an emphasis on personal finance, was sponsored by CARFAX.<\/p>\n
Each month, the official LifeSmarts Web site (www.lifesmarts.org) will feature a calendar containing dozens of retired competition questions for use as a study aid. The LifeSmarts daily calendars provide one challenge question related to the monthly topic area for each school day.<\/p>\n
\u201cTeachers and coaches may use the calendar questions to spur class discussion by asking one question per day, developing a mini-quiz given weekly, or running a simulated LifeSmarts competition,\u201d said LifeSmarts Program Director Lisa Hertzberg. \u201cWe are grateful for CARFAX\u2019s support in making this resource available to students and coaches as they prepare for their state competitions, vying for a chance to compete at the 2010 National LifeSmarts Championship in Miami this spring.\u201d<\/p>\n
LifeSmarts–the ultimate consumer challenge–is an educational opportunity that develops the consumer and marketplace knowledge and skills of teenagers in a fun way and rewards them for this knowledge. The program complements the curriculum already in place in high schools and can be used as an activity for classes, groups, clubs, and community organizations. LifeSmarts, run as a game-show style competition, is open to all teens in the U.S. in high school and middle school.<\/p>\n
LifeSmarts topics have been chosen to encourage and reward knowledge in the areas that matter most to consumers and workers in today’s marketplace: personal finance; health and safety; the environment; technology; and consumer rights and responsibilities.<\/p>\n
In LifeSmarts, teams of four to five teens, coached by an adult participant, compete in district and state matches with the state winners going to the national competition to vie for the national LifeSmarts title. The National Consumers League will host the 16th<\/sup>\u00a0annual LifeSmarts National Competition in Miami Beach, Florida from April 24-27, 2010<\/p>\nThe\u00a0National Consumers League appreciates the financial support that makes LifeSmarts possible, which allows us to provide this program at no charge to teens and adult coaches. Our sponsors — community-minded businesses, associations, labor unions, government agencies, other organizations and individuals — understand the benefits of providing meaningful consumer education for young adults.<\/p>\n
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About the National Consumers League and LifeSmarts<\/strong><\/p>\nThe\u00a0National Consumers League, founded in 1899, is America’s pioneer consumer organization. Our mission is to protect and promote social and economic justice for consumers and workers in the United States and abroad. For more information, visit\u00a0www.nclnet.org.<\/p>\n
LifeSmarts is a program of the National Consumers League. State coordinators run the programs on a volunteer basis. For more information, visit:\u00a0www.lifesmarts.org, email\u00a0lifesmarts@nclnet.org, or call the National Consumers League\u2019s communications department at 202-835-3323.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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