About LifeSmarts
LifeSmarts was created in 1994, and has been a program of the National Consumers League since 1999. LifeSmarts is a national program implemented locally by state partnering organizations.
LifeSmarts is an educational opportunity that develops the consumer and marketplace knowledge and skills of teenagers in a fun way and rewards them for this knowledge. LifeSmarts topics have been chosen to encourage and reward knowledge in the areas that matter most to consumers and workers in today's marketplace: personal finance; health and safety; the environment; technology; and consumer rights and responsibilities.
The program complements the curriculum already in place in middle- and high-schools and can be used as an activity for classes, groups, clubs, and community organizations. LifeSmarts, run as a game-show style competition, is open to all 6th-12th grade students in the United States. Teams of four to five stduents, coached by an adult participant, compete in district and state matches with the state winners going to the national competition to vie for the national LifeSmarts title.
About NCL
LifeSmarts is a program of the National Consumers Leauge. NCL is America’s oldest consumer organization, representing consumers and workers on marketplace and workplace issues since our founding in 1899. NCL provides government, businesses, and other organizations with the consumer’s perspective on concerns including child labor, privacy, food safety, and medication information. NCL is home to the LifeSmarts program, Child Labor Coalition, NCL’s Fraud Center, and SOS Rx Coalition.
NCL is a private 501(c)(3) membership organization.
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