Written by: Andrew Bernstein As I present Financial Literacy Awareness Seminars in South Florida, one of the topics I cover is “How to Obtain Your Free Credit Report.” Almost everyone present at each seminar shouts out a few different answers based on what they have seen on television. This generally brings me to a boil. Almost all of […]

By Sharon Harvey Rosenberg One former smoker saved “hundreds of dollars” in just a few months by going tobacco-free, according to the folks at Consumer Credit Counseling Service. At the other extreme, a friend of mine has paid more than $500 so far this year in bounced check fees created by poor planning and other […]

Paul “Chip” Donohue, ’89 VSB, was on his way home from a successful fundraising event he’d organized for a local hospital when he got a call from a nurse on the pediatric ward. Della, a young patient with a brain tumor, was having a rough night. Donohue had met Della previously on visits to the ward, […]