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Washington, D.C. — Bankruptcy, the credit
crunch, fraud, confusion over health care and medical
information – these are just a few of the problems facing
American consumers today. In its fun, fast and educational
LifeSmarts program, however, our nation’s oldest consumer group
is laying the groundwork for the next generation of consumers to
succeed in the marketplace in ways their parents haven’t.
WHAT:
The 2008
National LifeSmarts Championship
LifeSmarts is a program of the National Consumers League.
WHO: Consumer savvy
teens representing 29 states will compete at the national event.
More than 20,000 teens competed online for a chance to represent
their states at Nationals. Players answered 2.6 million consumer
questions in the online competition.
WHEN:
April 12-15, 2007
WHERE:
Millennium Hotel,
Minneapolis. 1313 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
FINALS:
Tuesday, April 15,
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EST
Awards Ceremony 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. EST
WEBCAST
AND WEB
COVERAGE: Parents and teachers can follow the action at
www.lifesmarts.org, where NCL
will frequently upload photos, competition updates, and stories
of the action.
The competition will be streamed live at
http://www.nextgenweb.org.
NextGenWeb.org, a site sponsored by USTelecom, is a blog and
resource site dedicated to looking at how broadband and the
innovations that have spawned from broadband deployment are used
to better education, health care, the environment and public
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