**CITY OF TIMMINS NEWS RELEASE**

Mayor Steve Black was joined by Councillor Farrell and Lily Dumais-Ethier of Northern Credit Union to declare November 2018 as Financial Literacy Month in the City of Timmins.

 

Northern Credit Union’s 2018 financial literacy initiatives focus on high school students and include:

  • An online game called Surviving the Financial Wild (survivingthefinancialwild.com) updated for 2018, this trivia-based game helping students learn and navigate personal financial challenges and opportunities;
  • A series of financial literacy classroom workshops for grade 9-12 students led by Northern Credit Union staff;
  • The introduction of 5 scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each, awarded to qualifying students to support their post-secondary education;
  • A financial literacy website (northernknowhow.com) with videos and other resources to help students and teachers alike;
  • Prizes from Northern Credit Union. To enter, students simply play the Surviving the Wild online game and their names will be entered in a random draw for a $250 gift card for each winning student, and $1,000 for each of the winners’ schools.

 

The online game and additional financial literacy resources can be found at www.survivingthefinancialwild.com and www.northernknowhow.com.

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