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Phil Schlachtenhaufen,
Executive Director
Northwoods Saves
Oneida County University of Wisconsin-Extension
3375 Airport Road Box #10
Rhinelander WI 54501
715-365-2752 (office)
1-877-675-4673
(toll-free)
715-365-2760 (fax)
nwsaves@newnorth.net (e-mail)
 HISTORY/INTRODUCTION
Northwoods Saves, a non-profit organization, was launched in May 2002. It is a broad coalition of volunteers, organizations and groups helping people in the Northwoods save and build financial security. Northwoods Saves is a part of a national savings campaign called America Saves.
Much like the social marketing campaign designed to encourage everyone to wear seat belts, Northwoods Saves' goal is national dissemination of its message and creating national awareness, eventually helping with supportive legislation.
The campaign is designed to improve the economic stability of local communities by promoting the importance of saving and developing greater financial security among all families. America Saves has launched savings and financial security initiatives all around the country. Northwoods Saves is the most rural model.
America Saves was initiated by the Consumer Federation of America after research indicated a severe decline in individual and family savings. Locally we are supported by the UW-Extension, the United Way, Wisconsin Public Service, WJFW-Channel 12 TV Station, and several financial institutions. These institutions also help by offering no fee/no or low minimum balance savings accounts for Northwoods Savers. Any individual, organization, or foundation can help support our efforts.
The Governing Board encourages and supports savings practices by creating partnerships between local financial institutions, employers, educators, churches, tribes and community organizations to promote saving and make “paying yourself first” a social norm for Northwoods families. Our local initial structure comes from UW-Extension based support in Oneida (where the office is located), Forest and Vilas Counties. Executive Director Phil Schlactenhaufen, develops and oversees the infrastructure of support to assist people in applying the message to save into their daily lives. Like most non-profit organizations, volunteers are a critical link to the success of the program.
For more information contact Phil at 715-365-2752, toll free at
1-877-675-4673 or via email nwsaves@newnorth.net.
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