Amazing Kids! and ''By Kids for Kids'' Launch National Holiday Card Design Contest

Complete contest rules are on the Amazing Kids!
website: www. BKFK inspires and rewards kids for
innovation excellence and encourages young people to pursue problem
solving in their education and careers.
"With soaring bankruptcy filings and a national savings rate of 1. "Yet, only seven
states currently require students take a personal finance course.
"Kids need to learn financial lessons early when they have their parents
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Additionally , each winner will receive a set of their greeting
cards and BKFK Crayon Holders, a successful kid -invented product,
courtesy of By Kids For Kids, and a kids' art frame from
Kidzworxx. Winning designs will be announced on Amazing Kids!' and
By Kids For Kids' websites in August, 2005. "If you're just learning about saving and
budgeting when your first car payment is due, you could be in trouble.

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"We are excited about celebrating the creativity of kids through
the American tradition of greeting cards," explained Norm Goldstein,
CEO, By Kids for Kids.
Amazing Kids!, By Kids For Kids and KidzWorxx are trademarks of
their respective organizations . This spending habit and
a lack of financial training could mean dangerous consequences later in life,
says Susan Cole, director of the ABAEF.

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LOS ANGELES----Amazing Kids !(R) and By
Kids For Kids(TM) have kicked-off their first-ever Winter Holiday
Greeting Card Design Contest for kids and teens.

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The contest is hosted
by Amazing Kids! on their popular kids' website (www.

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Budding young greeting card designers, ages 5-17, are to create an
original Winter Holiday greeting card design and submit their design
to Amazing Kids! at: 1158 26th Street, PMB 485, Santa Monica,
California 90403.

* Make going to the bank fun! Some banks have kids clubs where members
get newsletters or receive balloons when they make a deposit.

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According to studies, about 85 percent of students do not learn personal
finance in school.

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amazing-kids. Submission
deadline is Friday, July 15, 2005.
"Amazing Kids ! is delighted to host yet another creative contest
giving kids a fun, challenging outlet for their endless creativity,"
said Alyse Rome, Founder and President of Amazing Kids! "We appreciate
By Kids For Kids' support, helping us bring kids' creative designs to
fruition. Reinforce this by budgeting for a family outing or purchase.

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org /cardcontest05. The cards will be sold by the non-profit organization Amazing
Kids! to raise funds for their programs during the Winter holidays,
2005. Their
mission is to inspire creativity and excellence in children to help
them realize their potential. This year,
more than 4,000 bankers will help fill the need for financial education by
teaching money skills in classrooms across the country.

* Talk to your child about the family budget.

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The Amazing Kids! website is the number
one website for "kids contests" and for stories about "amazing kids,"
based on its Google rankings.

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Winners will be selected from six age categories, and winning
designs will appear on Amazing Kids!' Winter Holiday 2005 Greeting
Cards."
For more information about the contest or Amazing Kids!, visit
their website at: www.org

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About By Kids For Kids Co. By Kids For Kids transforms
these ideas into commercial products where the kids earn self-esteem,
business experience and royalties.

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and is sponsored by By Kids For Kids (www. The website is also a highly regarded
resource for educators, publishers , journalists and other media
professionals from around the globe, interested in covering the
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groundbreaking new venture entirely dedicated to inspire the
innovative spirit within every kid. Many banks have no-fee, no-minimum balance children's
accounts.

Some sites accept submissions online, and other require that you send them in by snail -mail.

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Show them how an ATM works and explain that to
take money out of the bank you must first put it in. As they get older, give them
responsibility for how they spend their money .

This category lists pages and sites that feature the writings of children and teenagers.

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$175 billion last year, an average of $104 per week.

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amazing-kids. WASHINGTON, Children across America will learn
the financial facts of life tomorrow on the ninth annual National Teach
Children to Save Day (NTCSD) , a program of the American Bankers Association
Education Foundation (ABAEF) to teach kids basic saving and money management
skills.