Rock Island, IL: A financial literacy night Thursday, April 23 for Boy and Girl Scouts in grades 6 and up has been cancelled due to lack of registration. The event was scheduled at Genesis East Medical Center auditorium.
Registration is still available for a Tuesday night financial literacy fair program for children in Grades 2 to 5. The event, to be held Tuesday, April 21 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street, will deliver interactive, hands-on lesssons in such basic financial literacy topics as identifying coins and bills, counting money and making change, distinguishing between needs and wants, and how banks and credit unions work. The Main Library is located at 401 19th Street, Rock island. Volunteers from American Bank and Trust, The Family Credit Union, DuTrac Community Credit Union and Midwest One Bank are participating.
The free event is open to any child in grades 2 to 5. Parents may call the Rock Island Library Children's Department at 309-732-7360.
Boy Scout troop leaders and parents should register through the Boy Scout office with Mia Carr at 563-388-7233, or mia.carr@scouting.org. Girl Scout troop leaders and parents may register with Ashley Arnold at Girl Scouts: 309-788-0833, or AshleyA@girlscoutstoday.org.
Money Smart Week is an annual program of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, www.moneysmartweek.org.
For more information about Rock Island Library services and programs, visit the library's online branch at www.rockislandlibrary.org, call 309-732-READ (7323) or follow the library on Facebook or Twitter.
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