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    <Title>Financial Literacy Enthusiast Awards - Who Were the Winners?</Title>
    <Tagline>Let the record show - Financial Literacy Pays!</Tagline>
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          <div class="html-content"><div><div>Congratulations to UMBC's first-place <span>winner</span> of the Financial Literacy Enthusiast Award, <strong>Evan Avila</strong>! Evan won a $500 red card deposit, which he can use anywhere that red cards are accepted. The runner-up is <strong>Mary Arsenault</strong>, who won a $250 red card deposit.</div><div><br></div><div>Check out their entries and a host of other financial literacy advice by <a href="https://financialsmarts.umbc.edu/the-financial-smarts-awards/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">clicking here</a>.</div></div></div>
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    <Summary>Congratulations to UMBC's first-place winner of the Financial Literacy Enthusiast Award, Evan Avila! Evan won a $500 red card deposit, which he can use anywhere that red cards are accepted. The...</Summary>
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