Financial literacy classes start at the Northwest Branch of Harris County Public Library

July 12, 2010 - PRLog -- The Women's Resource of Greater Houston (http://www.thewomensresource.org) started the first of a seven part series of FREE financial literacy classes on July 6th.  Each additional workshop will be held at the Northwest Branch of the Harris County Public Library on 11355 Regency Green Drive, Cypress TX 77429 (http://www.hcpl.net/location/northwest-branch-library) at 10:30 a.m.  Each class is one hour and will cover six additional topics including- Money for Life, Pay Yourself First, Credit in a Money World, and Achieving Financial Security.  The classes are open to anyone over the age of 18 and all classes are free of charge.  Classes include the Wi$eUp™ and FDIC Money Smart ™ curricula.

The Women’s Resource of Greater Houston arranges all of the classes and provides all class materials and the Northwest Branch of the Harris County Public Library is provides the space for the classes. It is a great collaboration that will benefit residents of Northwest Harris County.

The topic for Tuesday, July 13th at 10:30am is "Money for Life".  The classes will be taught by volunteer instructor, Rollis Fontenot III (http://www.salescoachsite.com), who spent eight years in financial services including investments, insurance, and banking.  He will present this topic along with a majority of the courses during July and August at this location. There is no fee to attend.

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About The Women's Resource of Greater Houston- Founded in 1990 as the Greater Houston Women’s Foundation and guided by the belief that women who control their money control their destiny, The Women's Resource of Greater Houston annually provides free personal finance classes to over 3,000 women, girls and families. Classes are presented to a broad audience that include women in transitional housing, professional women, onsite during the work day, and to youth at public and private schools. The Women’s Resource also implements Project LEAD- a program for high risk 9th and 10th grade girls and support research that focuses on issues critical to women, girls and families. The Women's Resource is the largest provider of the FDIC Money Smart™ curriculum in Houston, and has taught more than 13,000 individuals in its 20 year history. http://www.thewomensresource.org