This is an article written about the financial education event I hosted last week.

Youth Empowering Youth

February 21st, 2008. The Huntington Beach High School Entertainment and Tourism Academy (ET at HBHS) is co-hosted an event to inspire today’s youth to take control of their finances while they successfully raised funds for their academy and Junior Achievement.

The event brought out the who’s who in Huntington Beach. The guests included Huntington Beach Mayor Debbie Cook, council members Joe Carchio, Cathy Green, Gil Coerper as well as many members of the Chamber of Commerce. What’s more, bestselling author Toni Turner , up-in-coming author Nick Hager and keynote speaker and author Vince Shorb were all in attendance.

The event started with a ribbon cutting announcing the launch of Vince Shorb’s new financial education course for young adults, ‘Financially Free by 30’. To support him in this effort the Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce was on hand backed by about 25 students from HBHS and the City Council members to cut the ceremonial ribbon.

The group then proceeded inside where Vince Shorb, a leading financial literacy advocate and author of ‘Financially Free by 30’, delivered an emotional keynote speech that addressed the national issues of how the credit crunch is affecting student’s ability to get student loans, how the lack of financial education is a major factor contributing to record debt.

The speech concluded with a check presentation to the students from ET at HBHS that was generously donated by Christiane Tomasi at CS Tomasi Inc. Tax and Financial Resources. Additional funds were raised at the event to support Junior Achievement.

“Junior Achievement is on a mission to empower youth. With this event, the Huntington Beach High School Students reversed the roles and now they are the ones empowering Junior Achievement and also taking an active role in empowering their peers” states Vince Shorb.

To learn more about the event sponsor, CS Tomasi Tax and Financial Resources, visit www.cstomasi.net. To learn more about the host of the event Vince Shorb and the Huntington Beach High School Entertainment and Tourism Academy visit www.FreeBy30.com and www.etacademy.net.