WINCHENDON — Interested in finding better ways to manage your finances? Are you concerned about college savings and future retirement plans? Beginning this March, the Beals Memorial Library in Winchendon will be hosting a series of five free financial literacy workshops.
The library is inviting the public to join them in learning the key principles of saving and investing, employing specific strategies to help people reach their long-term financial goals.
The workshops will be held at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday for five weeks, beginning March 11. Further dates will include March 18, 25, April 1, and 8. Each workshop will focus on a different, key principle to managing finances.
The first workshop will cover the advantages and disadvantages of the various retirement plan distributions options, including 401(k) plans, pensions, and other employer-sponsored retirement plans. Workshop two will cover strategies that can help people establish and reach a college savings goal.
Week three will focus on the fundamental concepts of investing, potential strategies to build wealth, and how to avoid common investment mistakes. The fourth workshop will cover strategies for establishing an emergency fund, a line of credit, and insurance/liability protection. The final workshop will teach people how to implement strategies for making the most of their Social Security benefits.
The first four workshops will be presented by Cailte Kelley and the fifth by Joshua Houle. Kelley is a financial advisor at Edward Jones in Winchendon. Houle is a partner and wealth manager at Steward Partners Global Advisory/Raymond James in Keene, N.H.
The Beals Memorial Library is at 50 Pleasant St., Winchendon. For more information contact the library at 978-297-0300.