{"id":3077,"date":"2017-02-13T12:47:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T20:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/?p=3077"},"modified":"2017-02-14T16:19:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T00:19:55","slug":"america-saves-week-small-changes-make-a-big-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/2017\/02\/13\/america-saves-week-small-changes-make-a-big-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"America Saves Week: Small Changes Make a Big Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/americasaves.org\/\"><u>America Saves Week<\/u><\/a> (February 27 \u2013 March 4, 2017) is an annual opportunity for individuals to assess their savings and take financial action. Each year, we encourage savers \u2013 or potential savers \u2013to set a goal, make a plan, and save automatically so you can reduce debt and build wealth towards a more financially secure future.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Americasaves.org\">Americasaves.org<\/a> where you can find tools to<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americasaves.org\/for-savers\/savings-tools-and-resources\/assess-your-savings-plan\"><u>Assess Your Savings<\/u><\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/americasaves.org\/for-savers\/savings-tools-and-resources\/saver-checklist-tool\"><u>Evaluate your Savings Preparedness<\/u><\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/americasaves.org\/for-savers\/pledge\"><u>Take the America Saves Pledge<\/u><\/a> and even, <a href=\"http:\/\/americasavesweek.org\/imsavingfor\"><u>Share Your Savings Goal<\/u><\/a>, by taking part in the 2017 <em>#ImSavingFor<\/em> photo contest when you submit a selfie or video that shows what you\u2019re saving for!<\/p>\n<p>For more support in your savings journey, contact Fidelity Investments, a proud supporter of America Saves Week, or <a href=\"https:\/\/nb.fidelity.com\/public\/nb\/uw\/contactus\/schedule-a-meeting\"><u>make a one-on-one appointment online<\/u><\/a>. Fidelity representative are available to meet you at several UW locations throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Also, take a moment to look over the infographic produced by Fidelity Investments, to see the powerful long-term impact of a mere 1% increase in savings:<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"purple thin\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/02\/1-percent-Small-steps-big-progress.pdf\">&#8220;1-Percent Small-steps-big-progress.(pdf)<\/a>&#8220;<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America Saves Week (February 27 \u2013 March 4, 2017) is an annual opportunity for individuals to assess their savings and take financial action. Each year, we encourage savers \u2013 or potential savers \u2013to set a goal, make a plan, and save automatically so you can reduce debt and build wealth towards a more financially secure future. Visit Americasaves.org where you can find tools to Assess Your Savings, Evaluate your Savings Preparedness, Take the America Saves Pledge and even, Share Your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","slim_seo":{"title":"America Saves Week: Small Changes Make a Big Difference - Benefits","description":"America Saves Week (February 27 \u2013 March 4, 2017) is an annual opportunity for individuals to assess their savings and take financial action. Each year, we encou"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"lfaye","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3077"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3092,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3077\/revisions\/3092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/benefits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}