Credit Card Solicitation Articles

Monday
28Apr2008

The Courier Journal - "Students Hear Downside of Credit" (Jefferson County, IN)  4/28/08

A Louisville bankruptcy attorney includes predatory lending traps in his CARE presentation and tells people how they need to look for the “hook under the worm."

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Sunday
27May2007

The State - "A Helping Hand: Volunteers Warn Students About Debt" (Columbia, S.C.) 5/27/07

Judge John E. Waites and other volunteers expose chilling facts about credit cards to high school and college students across South Carolina.

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Monday
11Sep2006

Metro Newspaper - Philadelphia Edition - "Teaching Bankruptcy 101 - CARE shows students how to increase their Financial IQ" (Philadelphia, PA) 9/11/06

Far too much of student loan debt is lifestyle debt and it doesn’t look like young people are slowing down on accumulating debt.

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Tuesday
30May2006

Memphis Daily News - "CARE Program Seeks to Curb Debt Before it Snowballs" (Memphis, TN) 5/30/06

Credit card companies go to great lengths to make their cards appealing to young adults.

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Wednesday
07Dec2005

NextStep Magazine - "Beware the oh-so-attractive credit card" Nov/Dec 2005

“‘Free stuff’ from credit card companies isn’t free”; and other things you should know.

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Sunday
22May2005

Boston Globe - "As Borrowing Increases Among College Students and Teens, a Task Force Teaches the Consequences of Getting in Too Deep" (Boston, MA) 5/22/05

Bankruptcy Judge Joan Feeney unmasks the deceitful practices of credit card companies and opens the eyes of many area high school juniors and seniors.

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Thursday
19May2005

San Diego Union - Tribune - "Bankruptcy Judge Warns Teens of Credit Card Dangers" (San Diego, CA) 5/19/05

Judge John Hargrove helps San Diego area high school students realize the damages that poor credit can have on their future.

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Sunday
17Apr2005

The Kansas City Star - "The Perils of Plastic" (Kansas City, MO) 4/17/05

Judge Dennis Dow and Judge Jerry Venters team up to help the youth from the Kansas City area become financially literate by teaching them about the danger of credit card debt.

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Tuesday
11Jan2005

Hilton High School News Release - "It's not free money" (Hilton, NY) 1/11/05

Judge John C. Ninfo II is on the road again teaching students in the Rochester, NY area high schools about the true consequences of consumer debt.

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Friday
17Dec2004

The Native Voice - "Bankruptcy Judge Educates Students on the True Consequences of Consumer Credit Abuse" (Longmont, CO) 12/17/04-12/31/04

Judge John C. Ninfo II discusses the tricks credit card companies use to lure college students into signing up for far too many credit cards.

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