What We Do

Financial Education Initiatives

1.	To empower children to understand the basics of earning, saving, spending, sharing and investing money and the impact their money decisions have on life goals.
2.	To effect the financial education of individuals in special circumstances, and to support the development and delivery of programs and materials related to their unique needs.
3.	To expand the financial literacy body of knowledge through research in support of developing a discipline that prepares educators and other intermediaries to improve the financial well-being of our youth.

Examples include initiatives with Junior Achievement, Junior League of Wilmington, American Savings Education Council, Philadelphia Education Fund and the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Delaware.

Youth Life Skills Programs and Personal Development

1.	To provide educational opportunities for youth to build the skills and values for success in their family, their school, their community and their life.
2.	To improve life coping skills while promoting personal and social functioning by giving children access to a broad range of developmental opportunities.

Examples include initiatives with Delaware Theatre Company, Wilmington Youth Rowing Association, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central MN, East Hancock (MS) Elementary School, Girl Scouts of Chesapeake Bay, Children and Families First, Inc. and Boy Scouts of Central MN and America.