Contact: Kreda Yokley, executive director
Phone: 615-742-1113
E-mail:
mckyokley@aol.com
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DATE: December 21, 2006
LEBANON – Wilson County families can learn vital money-management skills at an upcoming workshop Mid-Cumberland Community Action Agency is hosting on January 19 at its Legend Drive location.
Finance education specialists from the University of Tennessee Extension office and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development office will lead the workshop, scheduled from 9 a.m. until noon.
“Money-management workshops are an integral part of MCCAA's Self-Sufficiency Program, which assists families in setting and meeting goals that promote self-sufficiency and help eliminate causes of poverty,” said Kreda Yokley, the executive director of MCCAA.
“Too many of us live from paycheck to paycheck and don’t take the steps necessary to become more financially secure. These workshops are designed to teach basic budgeting skills, along with techniques to save money for a rainy day.”
Those interested in attending the workshop can call Gayla Brooks at 615-444-4714 or come by MCCAA’s 233 Legend Drive office.
Since 1971, MCCAA has provided a number of home energy assistance, medical support, transportation, rental, mortgage and utility assistance, and nutritional services to Middle Tennessee families. Agency programs include Head Start and Early Head Start, Self-Sufficiency and Income Tax Preparation. The agency services eight Mid-State counties, which include Cannon, Cheatham, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and Wilson.
“Unfortunately Tennessee has led the nation in personal bankruptcies during three of the past five years,” said Shelly Phillips of the UT Extension office in Lebanon. “Many of us spend too much and save too little.
“We want to help people get out of that kind of vicious cycle and give them the skills we all need to become self sufficient.”
According to the Federal Reserve Board, U.S. consumers owe $565 billion in credit card debt, which relates to more than $7,000 for each household that uses revolving credit.
Both Yokley and Phillips said they have seen too many Middle Tennessee families get into financial trouble because of credit card debt.
“We want to make sure people have the financial skills they need to stay out of debt and in control of their own lives,” Yokley said. “Our agency’s programs are designed to give those in need the tools and resources they need to become productive members of society.”
Shelly Phillips, left, of the UT Extension office in Lebanon and Gayla Brooks of MCCAA invite Wilson County residents to a money-management workshop to be conducted from 9 a.m. until noon on January 19 at MCCAA’s 233 Legend Drive office.
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