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April	
  2nd,	
  2013	
  
                                                                                                                                                                 	
  
                                                                                                                                          FOR	
  IMMEDIATE	
  
                                                                                                                                                     RELEASE	
  
                                                                                                                                	
  

                                       	
  
	
  
               MonnaieMoney	
  Coordinator	
  Earns	
  Excellence	
  In	
  Financial	
  Literacy	
  Education	
  Award	
  

                                                                                     	
  

	
        Mr.	
  Brian	
  Smith,	
  Project	
  Coordinator	
  from	
  the	
  Carrefour	
  jeunesse-­‐emploi	
  de	
  Côte-­‐des-­‐Neiges,	
  a	
  
community	
   charitable	
   organization	
   in	
   Montreal,	
   Quebec,	
   Canada	
   that	
   assists	
   youth	
   with	
   employment,	
  
was	
   awarded	
   with	
   the	
   Excellence	
   In	
   Financial	
   Literacy	
   Education	
   Award	
   –	
   Educator,	
   presented	
   by	
   the	
  
Institute	
   of	
   Financial	
   Literacy.	
   	
   The	
   presentation	
   was	
   made	
   at	
   their	
   Annual	
   Conference	
   on	
   Financial	
  
Education	
  held	
  in	
  Orlando,	
  Florida.	
  

	
        Brian	
  Smith	
  coordinates	
  the	
  Monnaie-­‐Money	
  Financial	
  Literacy	
  Project	
  which	
  provides	
  training	
  
and	
  education	
  for	
  youth	
  in	
  the	
  Greater	
  Montreal	
  area.	
  

Mr.	
   Smith	
   is	
   very	
   passionate	
   about	
   improving	
   the	
   Financial	
   Literacy	
   skills	
   of	
  
low	
  income	
  Montrealers,	
  so	
  as	
  to	
  assist	
  them	
  to	
  break	
  from	
  the	
  vicious	
  cycle	
  
of	
   poverty	
   and	
   exclusion.	
   	
   With	
   over	
   15	
   years	
   of	
   community	
   building	
  
experience,	
  Mr.	
  Smith	
  is	
  very	
  honoured	
  to	
  be	
  recognized	
  by	
  his	
  peers	
  in	
  the	
  
financial	
  literacy	
  field.	
  	
  	
  

	
      National	
   Financial	
   Literacy	
   Month	
   is	
   recognized	
   in	
   the	
   United	
   States	
   in	
   April	
   in	
   an	
   effort	
   to	
  
highlight	
  the	
  importance	
  of	
  financial	
  literacy	
  and	
  teach	
  Americans	
  how	
  to	
  establish	
  and	
  maintain	
  healthy	
  
financial	
  habits.	
  

Mr.	
   Brian	
   Smith	
   is	
   available	
   for	
   speaking	
   engagements	
   and	
   motivational	
   speaking.	
   	
   He	
   can	
   be	
   contacted	
  
via	
   email	
   at	
   brian.smith@monnaiemoney.com	
   	
   or	
   on	
   LinkedIn	
   at	
   http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/brian-­‐
smith/19/37b/977	
  

Connect	
  With	
  MonnaieMoney	
  on	
  Social	
  Media:	
  

       •           	
  Facebook:	
  www.facebook.com/monnaiemoney	
  

       •         	
  Twitter:	
  www.twitter.com/monnaiemoney	
  
       •    YouTube:	
  www.youtube.com/user/monnaiemoneycjecdn	
  
       •    LinkedIn:	
  www.linkedin.com/company/3026953?trk=tyah	
  	
  
       •    Pinterest:	
  www.pinterest.com/monnaiemoney	
  

                                    For	
  more	
  information,	
  call	
  (514)	
  342-­‐5678	
  /	
  (514)	
  817-­‐3941	
  

                                                                                -­‐30-­‐	
  

                                                                                     	
  

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