Exciting Volunteer Opportunity to Work with High School Students
The FWA Financial Backpack Committee develops and delivers financial literacy programs for high school students. 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 first offering of this exciting program was launched in November 2008. We are now seeking volunteers to assist at the fall 2012 seminars, which will be held on two weekends. Advance training for these seminars is required. New volunteers will attend a basic training conference call and a group training session. Returning volunteers will attend the group training session.
Volunteers will be part of a teaching team, which will include a NYC high school teacher and a Baruch college student. They will be assigned to classrooms of 15 to 20 students– primarily juniors and seniors-- who are participants in the Virtual Enterprise Program, a program offered by the New York City Department of Education. Virtual Enterprise teaches students how to run businesses and be good employees by working in teams to run simulated businesses.
Logistics volunteers are also needed for both workshops to help out with workshop management, which will entail registering students, distributing giveaways and coordinating other tasks.
Note: You don't need to volunteer for both workshops but do need to attend training designated for the workshop (s) you select. Volunteers for logistics do not have to attend the training sessions.
| Session & Workshop Logistics |
| Workshop #1 |
When: Sunday, October 28, 2012
Time: 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Mercy College
66 West 35th Street
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| Basic Training Sessions |
When: Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 12:00 pm (Noon)
OR: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 6:00 pm
Location: Via conference call: 212-812-0859 code 1048504
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| Group Training Session #1 |
When: Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Location: Community Service Society
105 East 22nd Street at Park Avenue South, Room 4A
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| Workshop #2 |
When: Saturday, November 10, 2012
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Science, Industry & Business Library (SIBL)
188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street
(Lower Level)
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| Basic Training Sessions |
When: Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012, 12:00 pm (Noon)
OR: Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012, 6:00 pm
Location: Via conference call: 212-812-0859 code 1048504
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| Group Training Session #2 |
When: Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Location: Community Service Society
105 East 22nd Street at Park Avenue South, Room 4A
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Interested in participating? Click here for more information and details on signing up to volunteer.
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