Ahwatukee-Based Financial Advisor Providing FREE Financial Advice To Consumers Across the Country

Jan. 20, 2010 - PRLog -- Phoenix, AZ – The numbers don’t lie.  During the past five years, the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine have teamed-up to provide consumers with FREE financial advice during Jump-Start Your Retirement Planning Days.  Since 2004:

o   More than 800 NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisors have volunteered their time

o   Volunteers have donated more than 8,000 hours worth of advice to consumers

o   Approximately 30,000 consumers have benefited from the free hotline project

And now NAPFA and  Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine are gearing up for their sixth year of providing free objective advice with Jump-Start Your Retirement Planning Days.  And Kevin O’Reilly of Foothills Financial Planning, Inc. in Phoenix, AZ will be giving his time to this worthwhile project.

Jump-Start Your Retirement Planning Days is a chance for consumers to get FREE financial advice by telephone from some of the nation’s top financial advisors.  Free to the public, consumers can call from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. EST on Friday, January 22nd  and Tuesday, January 26th.  Kevin O’Reilly and other NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisors will be standing by to answer people’s most pressing retirement questions, from IRAs to estate planning to identifying goals for a comfortable retirement.

“I’m excited to be able to help people better understand their financial situation,” said O’Reilly.  “There are a lot of people out there right now who need quick answers, and it’s great to be able to help so many callers.  They really appreciate the fact that we donate our time and expertise.  As advisors, we enjoy the opportunity to have a positive impact on others, and we also gain additional insight into the kinds of financial challenges people are facing on a daily basis.”

The toll-free number for Kiplinger’s Jump-Start Your Retirement Planning Days is 888-919-2345.   Further information on this initiative and retirement planning can be found in the February 2010 issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and at www.NAPFA.org.

To talk with Kevin O’Reilly about his involvement in Jump-Start Your Retirement Planning Days, please contact him at 480.445.9072 or info@FoothillsPlanning.com.

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ABOUT FOOTHILLS FINANCIAL PLANNING, INC.

Foothills Financial Planning was started with a simple mission: provide high quality, commission-free financial planning to people from all walks of life, regardless of net worth and annual income. Foothills Financial Planning is a licensed Investment Advisory firm based in the Ahwatukee Foothills neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information, please visit http://www.FoothillsPlanning.com.

Kevin O’Reilly has been quoted on a variety of financial planning topics in various media sources, including The Arizona Republic, Phoenix Business Journal and the Ahwatukee Foothills News. He was a contributing author to the book Investing in an Uncertain Economy For Dummies. O’Reilly has an MBA from Arizona State University and is a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor.