Children are state’s ‘treasure’
Who better to make the pitch to set aside savings for their college education than Lynn Fitch, Mississippi State Treasurer…
…”We are No. 1 in poverty — that just breaks my heart,” Fitch told an audience of more than 300 people gathered at Northpoint for the DeSoto County Economic Development Council’s quarterly luncheon.
Fitch said there is a direct correlation between financial literacy — or knowing how to manage money — and literacy and learning.
Desoto Times
6/10/16
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