Thirteen-year-old Annina Hanlon of Roseville understands how to be organized and money wise in a network culture that encourages us to be consumers at all costs. An osteosarcoma survivor (a rare form of bone cancer that impacts teenagers), Hanlon has been designing greeting cards sold by an organization that donates to cancer research.
“At the BeMoneySmartUSA finance and business camps, I learned about nonprofits. My Mom and I decided to put one of my [card] designs, a water color peace sign, on a t-shirt to raise money for research. All money raised will go to research,” Hanlon said.
Hanlon and her mother are in the process of establishing the non-profit administration so they are not yet ready to make their website public.The mission of the non-profit is to raise awareness and resources for curing childhood cancers.
BeMoneySmartUSA helps teens like Hanlon understand their relationship with money and how important it is to make resources like money and the Internet work for your purpose.
“We want the next generation to take charge of their financial future,” said Marie Hall, Executive Director of BeMoneySmartUSA. Supported by businesses like the California Lottery and Phoenix University, BeMoneySmartUSA has launched a new “Business of Life” series of workshops for teenagers ages 13-18 which run through May 2011. These free workshops provide the next generation with the opportunity to participate in interactive education programs that teach financial literacy, business concepts, and entrepreneurship skills.
Featured guest speakers, Linda Bigler, Certified ActionCoach, Michael Lee, CPA from Golden 1 Credit Union, Ron Adams from Financial Planning Group, Inc. and Joseph Green, Financial Advisor from U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. will share wealth building secrets to inspire teens to recognize their own entrepreneurial and financial potential for success.
To learn more about the schedules and locations and to register, go to: http://bemoneysmartpersonalfinance.eventbrite.com.
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Comments
I would like to comment that this was a very well-written article. It is unfortunate that there are very few organization that promote that values of financial literacy and entrepreneurship at an earlier age. My background is in finance and I fervently believe that the world needs more leaders and entrepreneurs. This need cannot be met overnight. This is why it should be mandated or at least entrepreneurship programs should be strongly supported to meet this need in a growing global economy. In addition, to BeMoneySmartUSA program that was mentioned, which my son Timonthy attended. I also wanted to mention another exceptional program called Youngpreneur. After completing the BeMoneySmartUSA program mentioned in this article my son attended Youngpreneur, his newfound knowledge taught him to see oppotunities and possibilities instead of problems. If anyone is interested they should visit http://www.youngpreneur.com/, it is a great resource.
Keep up the good work.
Joseph Conrad,
Entrepreneur & Venture Capitalist
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