Committee - Financial Backpack
Mission
Develops and delivers financial literacy programs targeted to high school students.
History:
HSBC five-year grant of $900,000 for program received in 2007. Workshops with FWA-created curricula and FWA and HSBC volunteers offered for first time in Fall 2008. |
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Program Description
The Financial Backpack outreach program teaches personal financial management skills to high school students and young adults. The committee designs and runs financial literacy seminars aimed at providing students with practical financial knowledge on topics such as Paying for College, Banking Basics, Budgeting, Using Credit Cards and Debit Cards appropriately, Saving and Investing, Understanding Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds, Careers in Finance.
Twice a year, in the fall and spring, we hold a two-session workshop on the
weekends in conjunction with the NYC Department of Education’s Job Readiness Program for Virtual Enterprise students. We also hold smaller events throughout the year with other education groups.
Exciting Volunteer Opportunity: Be a Part of Something Inspiring!
 The HSBC Foundation has given the FWA a generous grant of $900,000 to fund a robust and expanded five-year program for Financial Backpack. The Committee is busy gearing up for it's third year of this exciting program and is now seeking FWA volunteers to assist at their fall seminars.
Please contact Gerri Facchine at gfacchine@optonline.net if you are interested in volunteering.
Accomplishments/Highlights (2009 - 2010)
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A continued partnership with the Virtual Enterprise International program which provided over 300 NYC high school students with instruction in banking, financial planning and investing through two sets of workshops held in both the fall and spring |
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A workshop for more than 60 college students enrolled in the Harlem Children’s Zone College Success program |
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Participation in the Annual Career Day sponsored by Riverside Church |
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Three workshops that covered financial literacy, banking basics, financial planning, credit and identity theft for FWA mentees at Murry Bergtraum High School |
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For the second year, the NYC Women’s Volunteer Summit has requested that the Committee deliver financial literacy at its annual Summit. |
Special Thanks
To HSBC for their generous grant and ongoing support; to all the dedicated volunteers; and to the FWA office for their help, in particular Elizabeth Knoop, Program Director, and Nancy Sellar, FWA Executive Director. |
