National Save for Retirement Week is an opportunity for everyone to reflect on their personal financial situation and really think about whether his or her financial retirement goals will be met upon retirement.
Kick-start your personal Save for Retirement Week by visiting a few of the Education and Resource links listed below, or take a moment to listen to the stories of others who have had success in their retirement planning. To help you get started planning for retirement use our Quick Guide to Retirement Planning. To learn more about investing for retirement we encourage you to use ICMA-RC’s Guides to investing. You may also use any one of a number of free online calculators available on our website to determine your retirement readiness including our 5-Minute Checkup for those just starting their careers. Along with these helpful tools you will find many articles of interest in the planning section of the ICMA-RC Web site.
Information About National Save for Retirement Week
- Learn about ICMA-RC’s commitment to retirement security for employees of the public sector: The Path to Retirement Security (streaming Windows Media Player)
- National Save for Retirement Week Brochure
Provides an overview of National Save for Retirement Week. - S.Res.601 - National Save for Retirement Week Resolution
A copy of the resolution as approved by the U.S. Senate - H.Res.1294 - National Save for Retirement Week Resolution
A copy of the resolution as approved by the U.S. House of Representatives
Resources to Help You Build Your Own Retirement Security
- Charting Your Course
A comprehensive guide to retirement planning and investing for public sector employees. - Resources and Education
Extensive list of useful Web sites related to saving and planning for retirement - Saver’s Credit Fact Sheet
Explains what the Saver’s Tax Credit is and the benefits it can provide you. - The Vantagepoint Milestone Funds Fact Sheet
The Milestone Funds offer a potential solution for investors who are looking for an easier way to make retirement investing decisions. With the Vantagepoint Milestone Funds and target date investing, you can decide when you want to retire, choose the fund closest to that year, and leave the rest to ICMA-RC’s investment professionals.
Learning About Saving
These one-page educational messages on ways to save for retirement and the benefits that can result, address four specific groups of individuals: women, lower wage earners, early career employees, and mid-career workers.
- Women Building Wealth
Addresses the special needs of women. Also see- Women and Retirement: Facing Unique Challenges
This ICMA-RC educational white paper outlines the unique challenges women face in building retirement security and the ways new legislation may help them to overcome some of them.
- Women and Retirement: Facing Unique Challenges
- Save Early, Finish Strong
Helps young employees between the ages of 25-35 learn more about saving for retirement. - Power Years to Retirement
Keys in on retirement issues important for mid-career employees between the ages of 45–55 and boomers nearing retirement (55+). - Saving Doesn’t Have to Be Difficult
Focuses on the ways lower wage earners can save for retirement.
National Save for Retirement Multimedia
- Video: The Path to Retirement Security
Learn about ICMA-RC’s commitment to retirement security for employees of the public sector in this streaming presentation (requires Windows Media Player). - Audio: Public Service Announcements
To promote National Save for Retirement Week, ICMA-RC President and CEO Joan McCallen recorded three public service announcements that were distributed in downloadable audio files to 500 radio stations. Streaming audio of the announcements was also distributed to more than 3,600 Web sites.- Public Service Announcement 1: It’s never too late to plan for retirement (00:30) [MP3 format] [AIFF format]
- Public Service Announcement 2: Will you be ready for retirement? (00:30) [MP3 format] [AIFF format]
- Public Service Announcement 3: Proud supporter of NSFRW (00:15) [MP3 format] [AIFF format]
- Radio: Retirement Planning and Savings Tips
To promote and educate individuals on saving for retirement, Joan McCallen, President and CEO of ICMA-RC, provides retirement planning and savings tips on WTOP 103.5 FM in the Washington, DC metro area and on KOIT 96.5 FM in the San Francisco Bay metro area in the weeks before, during, and after National Save for Retirement Week. Both WTOP and KOIT are top rated stations in their regions, which house a large number of state and local jurisdictions. These messages provide an additional service to the region’s state and local government employees by raising awareness of the ways they can start or increase their retirement savings. Select from the links below to listen to the radio spots:- It’s never too early or too late to begin saving for your retirement
- If your income is limited, begin your retirement planning with a good budget plan. Pay yourself first to start building your retirement security!
- Make enrolling in your employer-sponsored retirement savings plan a top priority! With a few simple steps you can maximize your retirements savings
- Boost your retirement savings... By regularly increasing the percentage you set aside each year, you can supercharge your retirement savings!
- No matter when you begin investing – at age 20 or 40 or 50 – be sure to keep a long term investment strategy in mind. That’s because the magic of compounding works best when you save consistently!
- Know when you want to retire? If you do, then target date mutual funds may be the right choice for you.
- It’s never too early or too late to begin saving for your retirement