Are You Doing the 52 Week Savings Challenge?

February 24, 2014

Have you heard about the 52 week savings challenge? Apparently this challenge has been pretty popular on social media sites and there are some pretty creative money jars out there on Pinterest and Facebook. It wasn’t until a recent financial planning consultation that I’d ever talked to someone actually using this approach and it came up again in multiple sessions with others just last week. Continue reading “Are You Doing the 52 Week Savings Challenge?”

Plan Now For Next Month’s America Saves Week

January 22, 2013

America Saves Week is an annual opportunity for organizations to promote good savings behavior and a chance for individuals to assess their own saving status. We are one month away from this year’s kickoff on February 25, 2013, which is the start of the 7th annual event. The Week is coordinated by America Saves and the American Education Savings Council, which is a program of the Employee Benefit Research Institute and Research Fund. Typically, over 2,000 organizations participate in the Week, reaching millions of people. Continue reading “Plan Now For Next Month’s America Saves Week”

Get Your Workforce Money Motivated with America Saves Week

February 14, 2012

We can’t all win the lottery next week, but amazingly 21% of Americans—38% of those with incomes below $25,000—think that winning the lottery represents the most practical way for them to accumulate several hundred thousand dollars, according to the American Savings Education Council’s Savings Facts and Statistics. So instead of throwing a dollar into the office lottery pool for next week’s drawing, take the time to join the America Saves Week campaign as an opportunity to encourage your employees to save automatically through payroll deduction or direct deposit towards an emergency fund, a goal like a home, or towards retirement. Continue reading “Get Your Workforce Money Motivated with America Saves Week”

Workplace Financial Education: America Saves Week

January 18, 2011

America Saves Week 2011 is scheduled for February 20 to the 27^th. What have you planned to encourage your employees to take financial action through saving, debt reduction, and wealth building?

The American Savings Education Council (ASEC) first piloted America Saves Week in 2007, with the goals of:

Raising the profile of the savings issue and the need to save,
Helping and encouraging the public to assess their own savings, and
Providing concrete opportunities to save. Continue reading “Workplace Financial Education: America Saves Week”