Delaware Treasury, NFL and Visa Inc. Collaborate to Launch Financial Football in Delaware
Financial Education Video Game to Help Delaware Students Score Financial Touchdowns
DOVER, DE — On Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., Delaware State Treasurer Chip Flowers, Brandon Stokley of the Baltimore Ravens and representatives from Visa Inc. will be at Christiana High School in Newark, Delaware for the statewide launch of an educational video game and classroom curriculum called Financial Football. The event will announce a new innovative partnership among the Delaware State Treasury, the National Football League (NFL), the NFL PLAYERS and Visa in promoting financial education in the First State.
The centerpiece of the Treasury’s financial education initiative with Visa, the NFL and NFL PLAYERS, Financial Football helps students and adults tackle their financial futures. The launch of this multi-layer program will include an online component for all Delawareans and DVDs with additional teaching resources which will be provided to each middle school and high school and various community organizations throughout the state. Details of the program will be announced at the launch and will also be available after the event on the Delaware State Treasury’s website (treasury.delaware.gov).
WHO:Brandon Stokley, Baltimore Ravens
The Honorable Chip Flowers, Jr., State Treasurer, Delaware
Nat Sillin, Director of U.S. Financial Education, Visa Inc.
40-50 Christiana High School students
WHAT: Brandon Stokley of the Baltimore Ravens joins Delaware State Treasurer Chip Flowers and representatives from Visa for an event launching Financial Football statewide.
As part of this event, Treasurer Flowers and Stokley will coach the students in a high energy game of Financial Football.
WHEN: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: Christiana High School190 Salem Church Road, Newark, DE
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