FORT PIERCE - Teens are invited to attend a free program covering a wide variety of money-related topics at the Fort Pierce Branch Library on Thursday, July 10 at 1 p.m.

St. Lucie County Extension Office and UF/IFAS Agent Carol Alberts will present the program, which teaches safe and reliable methods of establishing credit, saving and checking accounts, and the difference between a debit card and a credit card. Find out how the library can save you lots of money. Understand the basics of saving money, writing checks, balancing a checkbook and other financial issues before you go on to college or a job.

Alberts is a graduate of the University of Florida's Food and Resource Economics Department. She has been conducting finance-related programs for the county's Extension Office for more than two years and has been a resident of Fort Pierce for more than 25 years.

This program is free and registration is not required.

The Fort Pierce Branch of the St. Lucie County Library System is located at 101 Melody Lane. For more information, call Vicki Cooke at (772) 462- 2787.

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