Cedar Brook Financial Partners’ Kevin Buzek & Josh Melda are Jr Achievement Volunteers

CLEVELAND - Nov. 25, 2013 - PRLog -- Cedar Brook Financial Partners (http://www.cedarbrookfinancial.com)’ Kevin Buzek and Josh Melda, CFP®, began volunteering at Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland, Inc., years ago to help educate young people about business, economics and personal finances. Mr. Buzek started devoting his time to the program in 2009 to teach public school students the financial skills they need to be successful in life. Mr. Melda started volunteering in 1998 and now teaches at his daughter’s school in Fairview Park, OH.

“I picked Junior Achievement because I wanted to give back to our community. Focusing on financial literacy in the schools can really make a difference.  I’m thrilled to be involved with an organization that’s devoted to teaching critical life skills,” explained Kevin Buzek (http://cedarbrookfinancial.com/Kevin-buzek), Operations Manager at Cedar Brook’s Strongsville, OH office.

“I became a Junior Achievement volunteer in 1998 because of the organization’s mission to teach financial literacy. The program allows me to use my expertise as a financial planner to teach children a variety of practical lessons from understanding what a checking account is and how to use it, to evaluating mortgages. It’s amazingly gratifying to see young adults get excited about learning when they understand the practical applications,” said Josh Melda (http://cedarbrookfinancial.com/joshua-Melda), CFP®, a Partner at Cedar Brook.

About Cedar Brook Financial Partners

Headquartered in Cleveland, OH, with offices in West Bloomfield, MI, and Naples, FL, Cedar Brook Financial Partners is one of the largest independent wealth management firms in the region, according to Crain’s Cleveland Business 2013. Cedar Brook’s now seventy-plus professionals deliver customized, personal services including comprehensive wealth strategies (http://www.cedarbrookfinancial.com/capabilities/wealth-ma...), investment and insurance advice (http://www.cedarbrookfinancial.com/capabilities/insurance...), retirement plan consulting (http://www.cedarbrookfinancial.com/capabilities/retirement-plans), and group benefit programs (http://www.cedarbrookfinancial.com/capabilities/employee-benefits) to physicians, corporate executives, privately held business owners, and families. Cedar Brook has been recognized again, as a Top Workplace in Northeast Ohio by WorkplaceDynamics according to the Plain Dealer's 2013 study. The firm offers securities through Securities America Inc., member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services are offered through Securities America Advisors Inc., an SEC Registered Investment Advisor. Cedar Brook Financial Partners LLC and the Securities America companies are not affiliated. For more information, please visit www.cedarbrookfinancial.com. About Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement (JA) is dedicated to educating young people about business, economics and personal finances. JA programs are taught by volunteers in class and after school in over 270 schools and organizations throughout Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake and Lorain counties. Junior Achievement was established in 1919. The greater Cleveland office has been in operation since 1941.