Need some ideas for involving your
organization in National Consumer Protection Week? Try
these:
Establish a local committee or
group to spread the word about avoiding credit
fraud. Include law enforcement organizations,
businesses, local consumer groups, financial
institutions, the media, public officials, places
of worship, schools, senior centers, retirement
homes, and others. In short, involve as many
different kinds of groups as possible.
Check your supply of FTC credit
publications and other materials. Materials are
available online (www.ftc.gov/bcp/menu-credit.htm
and at www.consumer.gov)
that you can preview and print or photocopy in
sufficient quantities. Or fax an order for bulk
quantities (50-500 copies) to the FTC at (202)
326-2572. You can also download
these materials from this site to personalize and
reproduce with your organization’s name,
address and phone number.
Plan a special media event to
launch your own education campaign. Enlist the
help of a popular local radio or television
spokesperson to promote the campaign if possible.
Call your local television
stations to suggest a series of news stories on
local people who have been taken in by promoters
of credit frauds and experts who can talk about
the importance of good credit and accurate credit
reports.
Host a brown bag lunch or
breakfast for reporters in your area who cover
business, personal finance, lifestyle, and
consumer affairs to talk about credit fraud or
various kinds of credit abuses.
Convene a meeting of your staff
to talk about how your organization can promote
NCPW in your community.
Ask your local library to
distribute information about credit on bulletin
boards, in reading rooms, or during a planned
discussion group. Let library staff know about
the credit information that’s available at
www.ftc.gov.
Provide materials -- for example,
bookmarks or flyers -- at check-out counters of
local stores.
Link to the FTC’s web site (www.ftc.gov) and/or
www.consumer.gov
and list them on your own consumer education
materials.
Give information about credit
fraud to corporations and businesses in your
community for dissemination to employee families.
Employee assistance programs can help do this.
Publicize this activity in local newspapers and
newsletters.
