Ryan Broyles
Treasurer Ken Miller and professional football player Ryan Broyles will kick off On a financial literacy effort aimed at teenagers on Wednesday at John Marshall High School.
Sooner great, Oklahoma City native, and current wide receiver for the Detroit Lions, Broyles will join Miller, Oklahoma Jump$tart Coalition and Visa Inc. in The Sooner State to tackle head on the issue of financial literacy improvement among Oklahoma teens.
They will announce a statewide effort to improve the money management skills of high school and middle school students with the rollout of Financial Football, a free educational video game and classroom curriculum developed by the NFL and Visa Inc. The game is being distributed by the Treasurer’s office to every public middle school and high school in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Jump$tart Coalition for Financial Literacy and Visa are working with the state treasurer to share the financial information and skills with s tudents.
The centerpiece of Oklahoma’s financial education initiative with Oklahoma Jump$tart Coalition, Visa, the NFL, and NFL PLAYERS, Financial Football helps students and adults tackle their financial futures. The launch of this multi-layer program will include an online component for all Oklahomans and DVDs with additional teaching resources, which will be provided to each school and various community organizations throughout the state. Details of the program will be announced at the launch.
WHO:
Ken Miller, Treasurer, Oklahoma
Ryan Broyles, Wide Receiver, Detroit Lions
Melissa Neal, President, Oklahoma Jump$tart Coalition for Financial Literacy
Nat Sillin, Director of U.S. Financial Education, Visa Inc.
50 students from John Marshall High School
WHAT:
Former Sooner and current Lion’s wide out Ryan Broyles joins Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller, Oklahoma Jump$tart Coalition for Financial Literacy and representatives from Visa for an event launching Financial Football statewide.
VISUALS:
As part of this event Treasurer Miller and Broyles will coach the students, divided into teams, in a high energy game of Financial Football projected onto a big screen at the front of the room.
WHEN:
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 9:30 a.m.
WHERE:
John Marshall High School
12201 North Portland Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73120
(405) 587-7200
Boy, Gary Jones will probably REALLY like this program.
It would probably be a good idea to present this program to our state legislature before the budget process begins.