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Welcome to the September 2011 Edition of the Practical Money Skills for Life Newsletter

New Khan Academy Video Content

This month, Practical Money Skills begins to unveil new instructional personal finance videos from the renowned Khan Academy, with a new video being featured each week. Sal Khan's clear, easy-to-understand videos have been used by millions interested in educating themselves on a wide variety of topics. The videos will cover everything from the unemployment rate to mortgage interest rates. Watch now.

Bay Area Kids Get "Giant" Financial Baseball Lesson

Visa hosted 30 young San Bruno Junior Giants at AT&T Park, home of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants, for a budgeting workshop and game of "Financial Baseball." During the event, Giants' pitcher Ryan Vogelsong and legend Dave Dravecky tutored the 11- to 13-year-old Junior Giants in personal finance and making their own budget using the Grand Slam Budget Builder. The kids used the information they learned to play Financial Baseball at AT&T Park's Fan Lot (miniature baseball field). The Giants stars pitched financial literacy questions to the students in a lively game of "Financial Baseball," where students advanced around the bases by answering personal finance questions correctly. "Like" us on Facebook to view the pictures from the event here. Read more.

Practical Money Matters Article:
The Power Of Compounding

Not only is procrastination a bad habit, it can be an expensive one as well. Postponing savings for retirement or other long-term goals by only a few years can mean tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost savings. Read more.

Practical Money Matters Podcast:
Insurance Coverage You Shouldn't Do Without

Many people are just one accident or illness away from financial disaster, yet they think they can't afford insurance. If you are doing without insurance because of the costs, you could be setting yourself up for financial ruin. Find out which policies no household should be without. Listen now.

Innovative Educator:
Dora Walker, Liberators Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

For the past 34 years Dora Walker has been an educator in the Los Angeles, CA and St. Louis, IL areas teaching financial literacy and language arts to make a difference in at risk teens lives. Read More.

Nominate an Innovative Educator to Receive a $5 Amazon Gift Card

Each month, Visa honors an educator who is innovative in helping students lay the foundation for future financial success. If you or a teacher you know is using Practical Money Skills' curriculum or otherwise enriching students with lessons in financial literacy, tell us about it. Each individual who nominates an educator will receive a $5 Amazon Gift Card, while supplies last. Nominate an Innovative Educator.