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Contact: 202-835-3323,\u00a0media@nclnet.org<\/a><\/p>\n Washington, D.C. \u2014 Just in time for Financial Literacy Month, the National Consumers League (NCL) has announced the 32 state champion teams who have earned a spot at the 2010 National LifeSmarts Championship, which will take place this year in Miami Beach, Florida, April 24-27. LifeSmarts (www.lifesmarts.org<\/a>) is NCL\u2019s\u00a016-year-old program that educates teens and tweens on real-world financial and consumer literacy issues.<\/p>\n LifeSmarts is a competitive educational program, in which teams of students begin online. Top-scorers progress to state competitions, and state champion teams meet each April to compete in the National LifeSmarts Championship. Last year\u2019s state champion from Wisconsin\u2019s Oconto High School will return this year to defend their national title. For a complete list of state champions, visit\u00a0www.lifesmarts.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are so proud of this year\u2019s state LifeSmarts champions, who have proven themselves to be the best and the brightest of the next generation of consumers,\u201d said Sally Greenberg, NCL Executive Director. \u201cLifeSmarts is a fun, fast, and educational program, and a great vehicle for educating young consumers.\u00a0Our program goes in-depth on the issues kids\u2014and adults–are facing\u00a0now:\u00a0making smart choices with financial resources,\u00a0health care, environmental concerns,\u00a0and\u00a0how technology affects our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n The 2010 National LifeSmarts Champion and other winning teams will walk away with prizes including scholarships and savings bonds. Also, for the first time this year, top students will receive new scholarships for demonstrating knowledge in specific program topic areas. The top eight placing teams are recognized with savings bonds and other prizes.<\/p>\n 2010 NATIONAL LIFESMARTS CHAMPIONSHIP HEADED TO MIAMI BEACH<\/strong><\/p>\n Consumer-savvy teens representing 32 states will compete at this year\u2019s national event. Throughout the 2009-2010 program year, more than\u00a022,000\u00a0teens competed online for a chance to represent their states at the 2010 National LifeSmarts Championship. Players answered more\u00a0than 3 million\u00a0consumer questions in the online competition.<\/p>\n EVENT INFO<\/strong><\/p>\n April 24-27, 2010<\/p>\n Miami Beach\u00a0Resort, 4833 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33140 (866-765-9090)<\/p>\n Final match:\u00a0<\/strong>Tuesday, April 27, 10:45 a.m. \u2013 11:30 a.m. Eastern WEBCAST AND WEB COVERAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n Parents and teachers can follow the action at the official\u00a02010\u00a0National LifeSmarts Championship blog (www.lifesmartsnationals.blogspot.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n The semi-final and final competition matches will be streamed live at\u00a0www.lifesmarts.org<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>starting at 9 am Eastern.<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n About the National Consumers League and LifeSmarts<\/p>\n The\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<\/a>.<\/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<\/a>, email\u00a0lifesmarts@nclnet.org<\/a>\u00a0, or call the National Consumers League\u2019s communications department at 202-835-3323.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 7, 2010 Contact: 202-835-3323,\u00a0media@nclnet.org Washington, D.C. \u2014 Just in time for Financial Literacy Month, the National Consumers League (NCL) has announced the 32 state champion teams who have earned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1733"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11285,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733\/revisions\/11285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Awards Ceremony: 12:00 p.m. \u2013 1:30 p.m. Eastern<\/p>\n