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  The Financial Planning Association of the East Bay is a member-driven organization comprised of
  professionals from the financial planning profession, many of whom have received the CERTIFIED
  FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) designation.  With about 400 members, the FPA East Bay strives
  to maintain and promote the ethical practice of the financial planning profession.  
       
       
  If you are interested in using an FPA East Bay professional as a resource of information for your
  reporting needs, please contact us. We are ready to help.  
       
       
  Locate A Source - Media Contacts  
       
  If you would like to talk with an FPA East Bay professional, please contact the following:  
       
    Financial Planning Association of the East Bay  
    C. Gordon Dunne, President  
    e-mail: gordon@fsnweb.com  
       
    Damien Couture, CFP®; FPA East Bay Public Relations Chair  
    e-mail: damien@walnutcreekwealth.com  
       
           
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  Review a listing of current news releases on the national Financial Planning Association website
  by following this link: http://www.fpanet.org/member/press/index.cfm  
       
  Click Here for Financial Planning Week Activities for the Public -- Oct. 2 - 8  
   
     
       
  Financial Planning Perspectives  
  The Financial Planning Perspectives (FPP) articles are a series of consumer-oriented articles designed for use by media outlets that cover personal finance.  FPA East Bay Chapter provides these articles to the local media for use in whole or in part or simply as story ideas.  They are in Microsoft Word format for easy text copying.  
   
   
   
   
   
   
  January 2006  
   
              8 Things You Should Know About Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage  
              More Audits This Year? Here’s How to Protect Yourself  
   
  April 2006  
   
              Can You Afford to Live with a Pet? Plan Before You Purchase or Adopt  
              Is a Geriatric Care Manager Right for You or a Loved One?  
              As Rates Rise, Tapping Home Equity Gets Riskier – How to Recover  
   
  May 2006  
   
              Dreaming Big: Financial Planning for Unexpected Wealth  
              Losing Your Inheritance to Uncle Sam – or Others  
              The Pros and Cons of Reverse Mortgages  
   
  July 2006  
   
              Conversion of an IRA to a Roth IRA Needs Careful Study  
              Getting the Kids Involved in Saving for College  
              Start a New Summer Tradition: the Mid-Year Financial Checkup  
   
  August 2006  
   
              Giving While Living – The Buffett Way  
              Financial Planning for a May-December Relationship  
              Packing Your Kid Up for College? Teach Them Money 101 Before They Go  
   
  September 2006  
   
              As Open Enrollment Approaches, Do a Benefit Checkup  
              Rewind: If You Had the Time to Plan for a Sudden Serious Illness or Death in the Family, What Would You Do?  
     
              How to Un-Retire: Planning a Post-retirement Move Back to the Workplace  
       
       
       
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  The purpose of the Speakers Bureau is to provide individuals to speak to associations and other
  public groups as a way of informing and educating the public about what sets the CFP® Certificant
  designation apart from the others. If you would like to have a local FPA East Bay member speak
  to your group or organization, please contact:  
       
    Damien Couture, CFP®; FPA East Bay Public Relations Chair  
    e-mail: damien@walnutcreekwealth.com    
           
       
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