MANALAPAN – Teams of students from ten Monmouth County high schools will compete in the county’s annual Consumer Bowl at the county Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, on March 16 beginning at 9 a.m.
 
The Monmouth County Department of Consumer Affairs invites teams to participate in this game-show format event that asks multiple choice and open-ended format questions to test team knowledge of consumer protection issues.
 
Students from Colts Neck, Freehold Township, Howell, Keansburg, Manalapan, Manasquan, Marlboro, Matawan, Middletown and Neptune will compete this year.
 
The winners of the county Consumer Bowl will go on to compete in the regional and state competitions to be held in the spring. The 2008 Freehold Township High School team was crowned champion in the 2008 New Jersey State Consumer Bowl last May.
 
“In preparing for the competition these young adults gain valuable knowledge in topics that affect their daily lives – they learn to recognize and remedy bad business practices related to fraud, deceit and misrepresentation in the sale of goods and services,” Patricia Watson, Director of the Monmouth County Department of Consumer Affairs said.
 
The New Jersey High School Consumer Bowl was established in 1997 to educate young adults on a variety of consumer issues.
 
The public is invited to watch the competition.

 

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