Free Financial Planning on DC Financial Planning Day: Oct 23

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Washington, DC, metro area residents will be able to get free financial planning advice and guidance from professional financial planners at the DC Financial Planning Day. No strings attached. No business cards exchanged and no one will even follow up with a call. The event will be held Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, at the Columbia Heights Educational Campus in Washington, DC, and will feature experts from the Financial Planning Association and highly qualified Certified Financial Planner professionals, all volunteering their time and expertise to work with local residents one-on-one to address important financial issues.

Financial planners will be at their own tables to meet one-on-one with attendees to answer questions on budgeting, getting out of debt, income taxes, dealing with mortgage foreclosures, paying for college, estate planning and insurance, among many other topics.  The event will also feature a series of classroom-style educational workshops addressing key personal finance topics, including: Planning for Your Financial Goals, Investing Basics–20 Tips for Becoming a Smart Investor, Real World Retirement Planning, Young Professionals: Launching Your Financial Plan, and more. DC

Financial Planning Day is organized by the City of Washington, DC, in partnership with Financial Planning Association of the National Capital Area, and as part of the national Financial Planning Days initiative created by Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Financial Planning Association, Foundation for Financial Planning and the U.S. Conference of Mayors.  The collaboration is a first-of-its-kind effort involving city governments and thousands of financial planners nationwide united in an effort to provide free financial education and programming to communities throughout the US.

DC Financial Planning Day is free and open to the public. The event will be held Saturday, Oct. 23 at the Columbia Heights Educational Campus (Bell Multicultural High School), located at 3101 16th St., NW in Washington, DC.  Events will begin at 10 am and will run until 4 pm.  The venue is conveniently located just one block from the Columbia Heights Metro Station (Green and Yellow Lines).

Free online registration for DC Financial Planning Day is available at www.FinancialPlanningDays.org/DC, or by calling toll free at 877-861-7826. Walk-ins are also welcome.