BrightStar CU Receives Grant for More Financial Literacy Education

By: BrightStar Credit Union
 
 
BizKid$ Financial Literacy 2014
BizKid$ Financial Literacy 2014
SUNRISE, Fla. - Sept. 22, 2014 - PRLog -- BrightStar Credit Union, one of the largest credit unions in South Florida, is providing financial literacy education to all Broward County middle schools through Biz Kid$, an Emmy Award winning show where kids teach kids about money and business.

“Educating Broward County School students, and our members, about financial literacy is the cornerstone of our community outreach and our people-helping-people philosophy,” said Sam Chesser, BrightStar Credit Union’s Vice President of Marketing. “We are honored to be the recipient of a Biz Kid$ grant and look forward to the positive educational impact it will have on middle schools students in Broward.”

All 43 middle schools in Broward County Public Schools, starting with Walter C. Young Middle School in Pembroke Pines as the pilot school,have received DVDs of the Biz Kid$ show and materials (see http://bizkids.com/). This group includes Beachside Montessori Village and Broward Virtual. BrightStar has made this possible by receiving a $20,000 Biz Kid$ Education Grant, one of only 16 grants awarded nationwide in 2013, from the National Credit Union Foundation (NCUF). The grants are intended to engage credit unions using the Biz Kid$ program and its curriculum to build financial literacy. BrightStar Credit Union is the only credit union in South Florida, and one of two credit unions in Florida, to receive this grant.

“In the past, Biz Kid$ has been a great educational and entertaining addition to our Finance Club meetings and the students have been very engaged while learning about financial literacy and entrepreneurship,” said Arlene Colson, Mathematics Department Chair, Walter C. Young Middle School. “I am excited to continue to enhance the students learning by building projects based around these videos.”

Created in 2007 by the producers of Bill Nye, the Science Guy show on PBS, Biz Kid$ uses parodies and spoofs of popular movies and shows such as Avatar, The Matrix and Jersey Shore to teach students about money. Episodes cover topics such as cash and credit, budgeting, saving, entrepreneurship and how to be a smart consumer.

The shows are part of the Biz Kid$ curriculum, which BrightStar Credit Union will offer to teachers involved in their successful CU@School program, a student-run, on in school credit union staffed by students in its Academy of Finance program. BrightStar will also incorporate the content of Biz Kid$ into the credit union’s classroom presentations, and post content on BrightStar University (https://bscu.org/brightstaru/index.htm),  their  free financial literacy portal for members, students and teachers.

NCUF’s BizKid$ program promotes financial literacy among youth through educational curriculum, including Biz Kid$, a credit union funded public television series that teaches kids about money management and entrepreneurship. During thepast six years, more than 300 credit unions and affiliated organizations have raised more than $13.8 million to support the show’s production, website and curriculum.

“There is a need to improve the financial literacy skills of the youth in America and Biz Kid$ is the perfect vehicle to address that need,” said Danielle Brown, Biz Kid$ Program Coordinator for NCUF. “We are excited to fund these innovative programs that will improve the financial education of youth through the use of the Biz Kid$ program.”BrightStar Credit Union is a full-service, non-profit, member-owned cooperative and one of the largest credit unions in South Florida with more than 54,000 members.  BrightStar is open to the community—but also has specifically served employees and students of Broward Schools for more than 66 years. With a total of seven branch locations in Broward County, BrightStar offers a variety of financial services including checking and savings accounts, personal, home equity and mortgage loans and investments and insurance. For more information, visit www.bscu.org.
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