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‘NYSE Financial Future Challenge’ for
America’s Kids Extends Entry
Deadline to September 30th, 2009
Contest challenges kids to create new ways to engage youth
in investing and the stock market.
Stamford, CT – September 3,
2009—By Kids for Kids (BKFK), the NYSE Foundation and K12 announced today that
they have extended the deadline for America’s youth to enter the ‘NYSE Financial
Future Challenge' until 12 noon on September 30, 2009.
“With much attention in the news being given to the economy, this is a perfect
time for kids to become involved and learn how to invest and how to save money,”
added Norman Goldstein, the founder and CEO of By Kids For Kids Co.
The NYSE Financial Future Challenge asks kids to come up with new ways to teach
their peers about finance, money management and investing in the stock market.
Entries may include games, books, websites, videos, and other media that would
help illuminate the fundamentals of the stock market, enhance financial
literacy, and make it easy for young people to learn and even participate in the
markets. The winning contestant will receive $2,500 to invest in stocks, as well
as special media attention at the NYSE.
By extending the competition by one month, we make it possible for many kids who
have been engaged in vacation or other summer activities to participate. Given
that today’s youth are tomorrow’s investors, we believe the ‘NYSE Financial
Future Challenge’ will excite kids about their financial future!
The NYSE Financial Future Challenge went live on June 1, 2009, at 12:00 noon EST
and now concludes on September 30, 2009, at 12:00 noon EST. All entries must be
submitted online via the BKFK website at:
http://www.bkfk.com/. The contest is open to youth between the ages of 6 and
19 who reside in the United States, District of Columbia and U.S. territories
and possessions. All entries must include a full description of the idea, how it
will work, and what areas of investing will be taught, along with supporting
images and documents if desired (up to 3 uploads). Judging criteria will include
originality of concept, development and description of idea, and how well the
tool teaches the material.
Notes to Editors
About By Kids for Kids Co.
By Kids for Kids® (BKFK®) is a platform that empowers youth invention,
innovation and entrepreneurship. BKFK promotes youth social innovation and
partners with leading corporations to inspire product development, crucial
technology skills, invention, and innovation in young people from 8 to 22. BKFK
provides a unique platform for young people to develop, showcase, and
commercialize their products, inventions and entrepreneurship. BKFK’s ‘cycle of
innovation’ develops critical 21st century skills in our nation’s youth. The
company provides educational resources- curriculum and challenges that promote
social change, product development and entrepreneurial endeavors. Learn more:
www.bkfk.com
About NYSE Foundation
The NYSE Foundation is a private philanthropic foundation established by the New
York Stock Exchange in 1983. The Foundation directs its philanthropic resources
to innovative and effective organizations, programs and projects that meet
community needs within its priority areas of funding: Financial Literacy
Education; Developing Economic Opportunity; and Entrepreneurship. The Foundation
seeks to address the needs of communities in all areas of the globe where NYSE
Euronext maintains a business presence and funds both new and proven charitable
endeavors that confer a broad public benefit.
Read more about
Corporate Responsibility at NYSE Euronext.
http://www.nysefoundation.org/
About K12 Inc.
K12 Inc. is a technology-based education company, and the nation's leading
provider of proprietary curriculum and online education programs to students in
kindergarten through high school. K12 provides its curriculum and academic
services to online schools, traditional classrooms, blended school programs, and
directly to families. K12 has delivered over one million semester courses to
students worldwide. Currently, more than 55,000 students in 23 states are
enrolled in online public schools that use the K12 program. K12 Inc. also
operates the K12 International Academy, an accredited, diploma-granting online
private school serving students in over 35 countries.
K12's mission is to provide any child the curriculum and tools to maximize
success in life, regardless of geographic, financial, or demographic
circumstances. More information can be found at
www.K12.com. K12 is accredited through the Commission on International and
Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA).
About United Inventors Association
The United Inventors Association is the world's leading center for
inventor/entrepreneur education. Founded in 1990 and based in upstate NY, the
UIA was established as an umbrella association supporting and networking local
and regional inventor organizations. UIA membership now has expanded throughout
the USA and abroad to include individual inventors and innovators, academia,
small and medium enterprise, service providers and non-profit companies. For
more information about UIA, please visit its website at
www.uiausa.org
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Press contacts:
BKFK
John Forrester
(323) 702-3684
media@bkfk.com
NYSE FOUNDATION
Margarida Correia
(212) 656-5992
mcorreia@nyx.com
K12 Inc.
Jeff Kwitowski
703.483.7281
jkwitowski@k12.com
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