Two Chicago Bears football players this week plan to work with Visa Inc. to help teach some Chicago-area students about managing finances.
Running back Matt Forte and cornerback Charles Tillman, along with U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert, R-Ill., will be part of Visa’s Financial Football program at Bolingbrook (Ill.) High School on Nov. 8.
Forte and Tillman will coach up to 50 students in the education game that incorporates Visa’s Practical Money Skills for Life curriculum. Jason Alderman, Visa senior director of global financial education, also will attend the event.
Visa has been running the Financial Football program with National Football League players around the country since 2006 . New Orleans Saints’ quarterback Drew Brees helped Visa with an event in February. Visa has held other events this year in Atlanta, Seattle, Washington D.C. and St. Petersburg, Fla.
