For Immediate
Release:
February 23, 2022
Marlboro
High School wins County Consumer Bowl
Marlboro will move on to regional competition
FREEHOLD, NJ – Marlboro High School has won the 2022 Monmouth County Consumer Bowl, a game-show-style
competition which tests student's knowledge of consumer-related information, which
was held virtually on Wednesday, Feb. 16.
Students from Freehold
Township High School, Howell High School, Manalapan High School, Marlboro High
School and Raritan High School competed in the consumer-related game show with
questions in multiple choice and open-ended formats to test their knowledge of
consumer issues such as new and used car sales, health clubs, internet fraud, telemarketing,
and more.
“The annual Consumer
Bowl is a beneficial way for our high school students to learn how to use their
money wisely and learn to protect themselves from scammers,” said County
Commissioner Lillian G. Burry, liaison to the County’s Division of Consumer
Affairs. “This competition is a friendly contest between the County high school
students, which highlights the priorities of the County’s Consumer Affairs Office
which are to enforce consumer laws and to protect consumers from fraud.”
In the final round,
Marlboro High School and Freehold High School participated in a face-off and in
the end, the Marlboro team was victorious and will move onto the Central
Regional Competition held virtually on April 28. The winner of the Central
Regional Competition will go on to compete in the 2022 New Jersey State
Consumer Bowl, which will be held in May in Trenton.
Team members from
Marlboro High School include Jason Nemiron (captain), Harris Palouse, Emma
Corbin, Benjamin Katz, Taylor Chavis (alternate). Their teachers and advisors
are Nicole Bendik and Patrick Scinto.
The New Jersey High
School Consumer Bowl is a program of the State Department of Law and Public
Safety, Division of Consumer Affairs. It was established in 1997 to help students
learn about consumer issues that will benefit each of them throughout their
lives.
The Division of
Consumer Affairs is a law enforcement agency, created and funded by the
Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners. The Division helps protect residents
against consumer fraud and dishonest business practices by enforcing the State
Consumer Fraud Act and many other regulations.
For more
information, go to www.visitmonmouth.com,
email consumeraffairs@co.monmouth.nj.us
or call 732-431-7900. The office is open on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.
Marlboro, NJ -- Marlboro High School finished victorious in the 2022
Monmouth County Consumer Bowl, a game-show-style competition for teams of high
school students, held virtually on Wednesday, Feb. 16.
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