 The FWA Financial Literacy program celebrated the end of its fifth season at Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW) at a graduation dinner on November 14th. At the dinner, twenty-seven women in the construction trades received a certificate from the FWA that recognized their successful completion of the program. These students had spent seven autumn evenings with FWA trainers who instructed them on goal setting, budgeting, credit cards, debt management, choosing benefits, investments and taxes.
In return, these energized and grateful students had created a thank you card that they presented to FWA member/trainers who had instructed the classes. Here they expressed such sentiments as: "$Now, My Dollars Make Sense. Thank you FWA," and "This is a much-needed class and I'm grateful to be part of it," and "I want to thank you ladies for being leaders and taking time to share your wonderful financial knowledge."
Interested in Financial Literacy?
The FWA Financial Literacy Committee will begin its spring program at Grace Institute on April 2nd. Our classes are on Monday evenings from 6:00 to 7:30pm, and we are looking for more trainers. Your commitment is only 1 ½ hours plus training and preparation time. Here is an opportunity to make a difference. If you are interested in joining us, please contact
Mimi Carroll at mimicarroll@aol.com, or
Cindy Gerhard at cindy.gerhard@citi.com. |
Graduation Dinner Highlights
(all
names from left to right)
Graduates Marquisha Page and
Cora Cofield
with
Peer Trainer, Rochelle James
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FWA trainer Rachel Lurie and
graduate Romina Giacone
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Graduates Katherine Arnoldi
and Alejandra Cabajal
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Graduates Vaseah Dupree and
Vivian Canada
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Graduates Felicia Fowler, Rebecca Miller
and Katherine Schwamb |
FWA Financial Literacy Committee Co-chair,
Mimi Carroll; NEW Program Coordinator, Jully Merino; and graduate Lashon Knight. |
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