Alaris Financial Literacy Supports 2010 Real Economic Impact Tour
Donation of personal finance training to benefit 10,000 low-income persons with disabilities
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, October 08, 2009 – Alaris Financial Literacy™, the leading financial literacy e-learning curriculum, will play a prominent role in the 2010 Real Economic Impact Tour (REI Tour), which kicks off Oct. 21 in Washington, D.C. The Alaris Financial Literacy Credit Management curriculum will be donated to assist 10,000 low-income persons with disabilities in the 100 cities that the REI Tour will visit.
“We are delighted to contribute to this nationwide effort to provide financial education and other support to economically disadvantaged individuals with disabilities,” said Barbara Sealund, founder and CEO of Sealund & Associates Corporation, which develops and distributes Alaris Financial Literacy e-learning. “Managing credit cards, understanding credit reports and maintaining a strong credit score are critical personal finance issues for these individuals. Alaris Financial Literacy brings these topics to life with online learning that features engaging avatars, interactive exercises and entertaining simulations.”
Sealund is offering the Alaris Financial Literacy eLearning in an accessible format for people with disabilities. In addition, Sealund has created a contest for each city. The contest will allow cities to compete against one another by completing the Alaris Financial Literacy eLearning with the most people and the greatest scores. The winning cities will receive Mini-grants.
The REI Tour is a national initiative delivering free tax preparation and filing assistance, along with other asset-building strategies to low-income persons with disabilities. The REI Tour is a public-private collaboration designed to provide Americans with disabilities insight, tools and resources to improve their lives through financial education, training and counseling. For more information, visit www.realeconomicimpact.org.
Alaris Financial Literacy enables participants to experience Life Scenarios, Games, Financial Calculators and Virtual Learning Environments accompanied by an avatar functioning as their personal mentor. The avatar helps learners resolve personal financial difficulties while reinforcing the importance of essential topics such as Credit Management, Budgeting, Identity Theft, Debt Management, and more. Alaris Financial Literacy programs are highly effective educational aids for employees, associates and members of corporations, organizations, government agencies and postsecondary education institutions. Alaris Financial Literacy is in use at companies such as Northrop Grumman and PSCU Financial Services. For additional information, visit www.sealund.com/alaris.
Alaris Financial Literacy is based on a curriculum developed by USA Funds®, a nonprofit organization that supports preparation for, access to and success in postsecondary education. USA Funds licenses the curriculum to Sealund & Associates Corporation.
You Reap What You Sow…it is a blessing to work with our community and offer our resources.
Over the past 25 years, Sealund has maintained a vision of providing customer-focused, innovative training solutions. We strive to live up to this vision by not only serving our clients, but also promoting community connections through scholarships, sponsorships, internships, student projects and visits to Sealund and other outreach initiatives.
Sealund strives to enrich the lives of everyone including customers, employees, associates, suppliers, partners, families and friends as well as those who know us only by name or reputation. Through our success in business and in the community, Sealund hopes to sow into the lives of each one we touch.
Thanks to each of you who have given us the privilege of working with you as we reach out to our community.
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