Military Savings Week - 21 February 2012 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Military Savings Week - 21 February 2012 / USAG-Humphreys
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| 説明 | CAMP HUMPHREYS -- Military Saves Week lasts for seven days, but the ideas itstresses are good ones year-round."We want them to take a pledge and commit themselves for a year," saidBarbara Brown during a Military Saves Week kickoff event at the PostExchange. Brown serves as the Financial Readiness Program manager for ArmyCommunity Service on Camp Humphreys.But the campaign doesn't just encourage Soldiers to take the pledge, andthen leave them to their own devices. Instead, anyone who takes the pledgegets signed up for e-mailed newsletters containing practical information,advice, and encouragement. This is combined with a Facebook page and aTwitter account, where Soldiers and family members can interact with otherswho have committed to saving.In addition, ACS offers classes year-round addressing topics such ascomparison shopping, budgeting, proper use of credit, purchasing a car, andreview a credit score.The Saver Pledge reads, "I will help myself by saving money, reducing debt,and building wealth over time. I will help my family and my country byencouraging other Americans to Start Small, Think Big."The pamphlets containing the pledge encourage participants to open a savingsaccount, make a budget and identify goals, pay down debt, and establish anemergency fund.Brown said young Soldiers can be overwhelmed by the experience of beingoverseas and having money for the first time, and that can lead to debt. Andit's a problem that can spiral as the interest accumulates. Military SavesWeek, therefore, aims to keep that from happening, or if it already has, tomitigate the impact and help Soldiers get out of debt.Brown said she has seen the results of financial education. "They come backand tell us it helped a lot," she said.ACS is being assisted with the campaign by financial institutions onHumphreys.J.K. Lee, a Camp Humphreys Community Bank customer service representative,said, "We are encouraging Soldiers to participate in Military Savescampaign, reduce debt, and save for an emergency. Especially being in themilitary, it can be very hard to get stabilized when overseas, so we aredoing this to help them."Julie Abril, branch manager for Navy Federal Credit Union on Humphreys, saidwhen someone is young, single and making more money than ever, thetemptation can be there to spend. But that, she said, is backward thinking."We show you how much you can save," she said. She encouraged Soldiers toplan, save, and invest through automatic deductions, both because those areboth more convenient and easier to maintain. |
| 撮影日 | 2012-02-21 09:51:58 |
| 撮影者 | USAG-Humphreys |
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| カメラ | NIKON D300 , NIKON CORPORATION |
| 露出 | 0.017 sec (1/60) |
| 開放F値 | f/4.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 24 mm |