TAG: budgeting
Healthy Eating & Active Living Program for Families: Recipes & Success Stories
Posted in News, Parents and Teachers on February 2, 2022 at 6:00 am
EFNEP Educator Brenda McGuire leads seven interactive lessons starting in March to strengthen your knowledge of healthy foods, discover fun recipes, and find new ways to be active with your family. See how you can participate. […]
Tags: active living, budgeting, caregivers, comparisons, EFNEP, food, healthy, parents, stretching dollars, WSU Extension
Celebrating & learning during Money Smart Week
Posted in Explore and Discover on March 31, 2021 at 7:00 am
BY CRYSTAL MILLER April is a month that brings the hope of warmer weather and a time to take stock of our surroundings to see how they’ve weathered through the winter. Lots of us are inspired to spring clean our homes, clear out the garage, and look with fresh eyes at our finances. April is […]
Tags: adults, budgeting, financial literacy month, financial planning, fraud, investing, kids, Money Smart Week, parents, piggy bank, scams, spend or save game, teens
Homebuyer education & financial literacy workshops from SNAP Spokane
Posted in News on September 30, 2019 at 6:00 am
HOMEBUYER EDUCATION SEMINARS October 2019–January 2020 Buying a home can be a dream come true and an overwhelming process at the same time. In a free seminar held at the library, explore all of the major aspects of the home-buying process in an unbiased format with SNAP Spokane instructors certified by the Washington State Housing […]
Tags: adults, budgeting, buyer assistance, consumer education, credit, credit score, education, events, finances, financial literacy, home, home loans, homebuyer, house, housing, housing counselor, mortgage, programs, SNAP, SNAP Spokane
On the road to financial literacy: Stop at the library for valuable no-cost resources
Posted in Explore and Discover on August 28, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Stacey Goddard In my last blog, I talked about my first real job (delivering newspapers with my brother). What I didn’t mention is the very different approaches my brother and I took with our hard-earned wages. He had a budget, including a formula for how much money would go into savings each month, how […]
Tags: adults, budgeting, consumer, consumer reports, credit, credit score, debt, dollars, education, finances, financial literacy, home buying, identity theft, investing, Medicare, organizing, planning, retirement, sense, SNAP, spending, STCU, teens
Gain insights at financial planning informational seminars with Edward Jones
Posted in News on June 13, 2019 at 6:00 am
We’ve partnered with financial educators from Edwards Jones to bring you information about investments, retirement, and steering clear of financial fraud. These seminars are completely informational (no sales) and are provided as part of our Financial Literacy and Consumer Education series. FINANCIAL PLANNING WITH EDWARD JONES Fixed Income Invest […]
Tags: book list, budget, budgeting, consumer education, consumer reports, consumers, costs, credit score, digital resources, Edward Jones, finances, financial, financial literacy, financial planning, fixed income, fraud, health care, home buying, identity theft, insurance expenses, investing, investment, investments, laddering, Medicare, morningstar, red flags, resources, retirement, scammers, Social Security, strategies
Tell a new financial story with these digital resources
Posted in News on March 26, 2019 at 6:00 am
Managing money and investments can be a challenge. We have digital resources to help make personal finance and investment management easier and more cost effective. These digital resources are available to library cardholders living in-district at no additional cost. We have online courses if you want to understand how to balance your household bud […]
Tags: budgeting, credit, credit scores, digital library, digital resources, finance, financial, financial literacy, financial strategies, Gale, gale courses, investing, investments, LinkedIn Learning, money, morningstar, online courses, personal finance, strategies, tips, training
