College Financial Aid Help Available at 56 Locations Across North Carolina on Saturday,...

College Financial Aid Help Available at 56 Locations Across North Carolina on
Saturday, February 9th

- College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) and the N.C. Association of
Student Financial Aid Administrators host annual FAFSA Day, Sat., Feb. 9th -

RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- College financial aid
officers will be available at 56 locations across North Carolina on Saturday,
February 9 from 9 a.m. until noon at all locations except Charlotte, which has
extended hours (9:30 am until 3:00 pm at the ThinkCOLLEGE (R) & Career Center
in the downtown Charlotte public library, and 10 am until 2 pm at
UNC-Charlotte) to help high school seniors and families complete and submit
their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms.

The FAFSA is required to be considered for all federal and most state
financial aid, including scholarships and grants, for college.

High school seniors are encouraged to register through CFNC for the FAFSA Day
Program most convenient for them. A list of all locations and registration is
available at http://www.CFNC.org/fafsaday or by calling 866-866-CFNC
toll-free. All sites are open to any senior; the student does not need to be
planning to attend the college hosting the event.

In preparation for completing the FAFSA, participants should bring both the
student's and parents' federal 1040 tax forms for 2007 to FAFSA Day. Each
participating student and one parent also are encouraged to obtain Personal
Identification Numbers (PINs) from the U.S. Department of Education website,
http://www.pin.ed.gov, prior to FAFSA Day. To save time on the day of the
event, it is also helpful if participants will complete as much of the FAFSA
on the Web Worksheet as possible prior to the program and bring a printed copy
to the program. The online Worksheet is available at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov.

"Students and parents shouldn't be concerned if they cannot answer all of the
questions on the forms," said Robbie Schultz, of the N.C. State Education
Assistance Authority and CFNC coordinator of the FAFSA Day program. "That's
why we have arranged for experienced financial aid officers to help them at
each FAFSA Day site."

FAFSA Day programs will be held on college campuses and at community centers
in the following locations: Asheboro, Asheville, Boone, Buies Creek, Charlotte
(two locations), Clinton, Concord, Dobson, Dublin, Durham, Elizabeth City,
Fayetteville, Franklin, Gastonia, Goldsboro, Graham, Greensboro (two
locations), Greenville, Hamlet, Henderson, Hickory, Hudson, Kinston,
Louisburg, Lumberton, Marion, Morehead City, Morganton, Mount Olive,
Murfreesboro, Murphy, New Bern, Pembroke, Pinehurst, Raleigh (two locations),
Rocky Mount, Roxboro, Salisbury, Sanford, Shelby, Snow Hill, Supply, Sylva,
Troy, Weldon, Wentworth, Whiteville, Wilkesboro, Williamston, Wilmington,
Wilson, Winston-Salem and Yanceyville. Building location and parking
information are provided when students register for a particular site.

FAFSA Day is one of many free services offered by College Foundation of North
Carolina to help students of all ages. At CFNC, families can find college
cost estimators, listings of scholarship, grant and low-cost loan
opportunities, information about North Carolina's 529 college savings plan,
career information, virtual tours of more than 100 of the state's college
campuses and online college admission and financial aid applications.

About College Foundation of North Carolina

College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC), a free service of the State of
North Carolina provided by Pathways, College Foundation, Inc. and the N.C.
State Education Assistance Authority, helps students plan, apply and pay for
college.

Pathways is a state-based initiative including North Carolina's Department of
Public Instruction, the University of North Carolina System, the North
Carolina Community Colleges, and the North Carolina Independent Colleges and
Universities working together to increase access to college for all North
Carolinians.

College Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit corporation serving North Carolina
students and families since 1955, administers a portfolio of more than $2
billion, including low-interest federal education loans, the state's college
grant programs and the tax-free "529" college savings program on behalf of the
N.C. State Education Assistance Authority.

For more information about planning, applying or paying for college, visit
http://www.CFNC.org or call toll-free 1-866-866-CFNC.

SOURCE College Foundation, Inc.

Ben Kittner of the College Foundation, Inc., +1-919-835-2336,
bkittner@cfi.org; or Robbie Schultz of the N.C. State Education Assistance
Authority, +1-919-248-4686, robbie@ncseaa.edu