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Dear Home & Family Finance Resource Center Subscriber:

April Fitness Challenge: Make Saving a Habit
In April, Home & Family Finance Resource Center's Financial Fitness Challenge wants you to get serious and systematic about saving. To help your savings grow, the Challenge also encourages you to take advantage of direct deposit to your credit union accounts.

Your members and staff members can win a $50 Visa card by participating in the Challenge.

Smart Savers are Ready for Anything

To view the stuffer click here.

A statement stuffer from the Credit Union National Association, “Smart Savers are Ready for Anything,” encourages members to set up an emergency savings account for unforeseen events such as car repairs and planned expenses such as insurance premiums.

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New Home & Family Finance Resource Center content featured in April:

Financial Fitness Challenge--
Make savings a habit and set savings goals.

Senior Homesharing a Win-Win (featured week of April 2)
Decades after saying goodbye to college roommates, some adults are finding their way back to the idea of shared housing. (rt-1743)

Sizing Up Your Financial Adviser (featured week of April 9)
Whatever your age and issues, you want to find a financial adviser who will give you sound counsel for a reasonable fee. (iv-1742)

Experts’ Picks: Home-Inventory Software (featured week of April 16)
We asked the experts, Tell us your favorite household inventory software. (mm-1744)

Cooperatives Provide Value, Community (featured week of April 23)
From housing to financial services, cooperatives are ready to help. (mm-1745)

Dollar Cost Averaging Video Clip
You don’t have to have a lot of money to be an investor. An efficient method called dollar cost averaging lets you invest small amounts of money on a regular basis. Once you set it up, you might not even notice how quickly your account may grow. This video explains what this investment method entails and helps you get started. Look for this new video on the Resource Center’s home page in April.

Use these "In the next issue..." messages in your traditional newsletter and online to regularly tell members what's coming in the Home & Family Finance Resource Center as you remind them to visit your Web site. Also remind your members to participate in April’s Snap Survey about “what you did with your tax refund” (featured beginning April 2)

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In the May issue (available beginning May 7)

Financial Fitness Challenge--
Review or make a will and set up advance directives

The Best Time to Buy a Car
To put yourself in the best negotiating position, the time of month or year when you shop for a new car really does matter.

Knowledge, Experience Quell Women’s Money Fears
Unaddressed money fears can prevent many women from taking control of their finances. This article can help them achieve financial peace of mind.

SEP, SIMPLE Plans Help Entrepreneurs Reach Retirement Goals
Taking advantage of IRAs that offer tax breaks in exchange for retirement savings can help entrepreneurs and their employees.

ID Thieves and Online Social Networking Sites--Are You Exposing Yourself?
Social networking sites are the latest online craze. Here’s how to stay safe if you participate.

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