Can you afford retirement? That's a question many in the community may be asking lately.

The Montana Financial Education Coalition wants to help you answer that question - with a "yes!"

The agency is hosting a free seminar with local experts to provide information on topics such as financial entitlements, Social Security, Medicare, investments and much more.

The coalition will be in Great Falls on Tuesday, and then Helena on Wednesday; both cities will have two seminars per day, with the first one scheduled from 1-5 pm, and the second from 6-9 pm.

The Great Falls seminars will be conducted at the Central Christian Church located at 1025 Central Avenue. The Helena events will be held at the Gateway Center located at 1710 National Avenue.

For more information, call 454-5703.

WEB EXTRA: the MFEC website offers more information, along with this brief overview:

The Montana Financial Education Coalition is a collection of financial institutions, government and non-profit organizations, businesses, and interested individuals who believe that financial literacy is essential to economic advancement. The Coalition strives to improve the personal financial knowledge and decision-making ability of Montana citizens by promoting public awareness of the need for personal financial education, and by uniting and building capacity of financial education programs.