TRENTON - Voorhees High School is the State Champion in the Tenth Annual New Jersey Consumer Bowl, a quiz show-style competition that encourages students to become well-informed consumers, Attorney General Zulima V. Farber and Consumer Affairs Director Kimberly Ricketts announced today.

"Congratulations to Voorhees High School for winning this year’s competition," said Attorney General Farber. "With more schools competing than ever before, this year’s competition presented a great challenge and all participants are winners as they have an increased knowledge of consumer issues."

This year, 75 schools competed in the program. Similar in format to the classic television game shows "It's Academic" and "College Bowl," the New Jersey Consumer Bowl is a statewide quiz show-style competition created in 1997 to teach young adults about consumer issues such as buying and leasing cars, identity theft and Internet fraud. The competition matches teams of high school students against each other, first in county events, then in regional competitions and ultimately in the state finals.

"I would like to offer my congratulations to Voorhees High School and all the Consumer Bowl Finalists on a job well done," said Director Ricketts. "I believe, by studying for and participating in this competition, you have all gained the knowledge and power you need to protect yourselves from consumer fraud in the future."

The three regional winners representing northern, central and southern New Jersey met today in the state final, which was held in the New Jersey State House Annex in Trenton. Southern Regional High School in Manahawkin, Ocean County took second place. North Warren Regional High School, located in Blairstown, Warren County, came in third. The competitions began in January.

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