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Follow on Google News | Young Americans Center Announces Fall Lineup of Free Financial Literacy ClassClasses Supported by Great-West Great-Teachers®, a Program of Great-West Financial®
Family classes: Young Americans will host classes for families at three different locations throughout the fall. These classes will offer age-appropriate financial activities for youth while parents are treated to pointers from financial experts and the opportunity to exchange best practices. The classes run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dinner is served to all event attendees, and these classes are free for the public. Registration is required. October 15 – 3550 East 1st Avenue, Denver November 12 – 4800 Telluride Street, Building #5, Denver December 10 – 401 South Piece Street, Lakewood Youth classes: Youth up to the age of 12 are invited to free Saturday classes covering a variety of money basics. These classes, each one hour long at Young Americans’ Headquarters facility in Denver, are designed to introduce one financial concept to each age group. Attendees receive $5 to deposit into their bank accounts, or to use to open a bank account. All classes are free but registration is required. October 19 – 10:30-11:30: 12:00- November 16 – 10:30-11:30: 12:00- Classroom outreach: Money Matters also works to bring personal financial literacy lessons to the classroom. The Money Matters staff will conduct 36 sessions at Eastridge Elementary in Aurora throughout the fall, introducing concepts like saving, budgeting, and philanthropy. Teacher support: Young Americans recognizes that many teachers lack thorough knowledge to teach to the personal financial literacy state testing standards. Therefore, the Money Matters team is offering a free four-hour class to any interested teachers to help with finance basics in the classroom. In addition to four credit hours, teachers will receive a wealth of resources and handouts to supplement the classroom experience. The class is free to attend for all teachers, but registration is required. Money Matters classes are all free thanks to the generous support of Great-West Great-Teachers, a program of Great-West Financial. More information and registration for all classes can be found at http://yacenter.org/ Young Americans Center for Financial Education is a nonprofit organization committed to developing the financial literacy of young people, up to age 22, through real life experiences and hands-on programs. The Center fulfills its mission by offering programs that complement and reinforce each other to build life skills, work skills and financial self-sufficiency. These include Young AmeriTowne, International Towne, Get aHead for Business, Money Matters classes, summer camps, and more. In addition, Young Americans Center houses the only real bank in the world for young people, Young Americans Bank, which shares the same educational mission of teaching children to be financially responsible. Since 1987, more than 500,000 youth have participated in the programs or bank. For more information on the Young Americans Center for Financial Education, visit www.yacenter.org. Great-West Great-Teachers, a program of Great-West Financial, serves to assist teachers with the funds and resources they need to develop personal financial education instruction for students P-12 to meet Colorado state standards. Great-West Great-Teachers provides support for teachers to meet the new state standards through grants and professional development opportunities. Funding is also available to Colorado school districts in order to implement district-wide professional and curricular development. Visit greatwestgreateachers.com to learn more. Great-West Financial refers to products and services provided by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company. End
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