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  • Sep 03

    Thank You & Congrats

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    We'd like to express our gratitude to our community for supporting us in the Click 4A Cause Campaign, and to Umpqua Bank for selecting us to paricipate. The campaign has provided the Boys & Girls Club with $10,000 to implement our BE SMART: Teen...
  • Sep 02

    BE SMART Curriculum: Weeks 7 & 8

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    Week Seven: YAHOO FINANCE! Investing, CDs and compound interest The trick of the trade - how to barter and trade Week Eight: Shopping Field Trip and Cook Off Teams will shop on a budget and cook for other members of the teen center. It will be a competition...
  • Aug 31

    The Importance Of Teen Financial Literacy

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    Check out this Money Blog from Consumer Reports.com. Just another reason why we're helping our teens BE MONEY SMART. http://blogs.consumerreports.org/money/2009/05/jumpstart-coalition-financial-literacy-literate-illiterate-high-school-college-fail...
  • Aug 27

    BE SMART CURRICULUM: Weeks 5 & 6

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    Week Five: "Up and Out" Budgeting for being on your own/leaving for college Scavenger Hunt: researching the costs of living in the dorms, living off campus and in your own apartment during school; all the costs involved with going to school...
  • Aug 21

    Laugh & Learn About Personal Finance

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    Funny Money Track-o-Matic Find out where you may be wasting your money and how you can save more by cutting out costs such as coffee and take-out. http://www.investored.ca/featured-topics/Pages/laugh-and-learn-about-personal-finance.aspx Source: These...
  • Aug 21

    50 Common Financial Mistakes: numbers 26-50

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    26. Not knowing yourself well enough to know your spending weaknesses 27. Not comparison shopping 28. Not understanding vehicle's trade-in-values or depreciation schedules 29. Not setting aside money for maintenance of a vehicle 30. Not taking advantage...
  • Aug 14

    BE SMART Curriculum: Weeks 3 & 4

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    WEEK THREE : FIELD TRIP Youth will go to a bank and open a savings account. They'll have the opportunity to talk with a banker about the differences between checking and savings, overdraft fees and how to balance an account Youth will research and...
  • Aug 13

    50 Common Financial Mistakes: numbers 1-25

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    Source: consumerjungle.org Part of becoming a savvy consumer is taking the time to learn what you need to know to avoid getting ripped off. Sometimes you don't know what you don't know until somebody tells you. We've listed 50 common financial...
  • Aug 07

    BE SMART Curriculum: Weeks 1 & 2

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    Our Boys & Girls Club Teen Center Education Coordinator, Beth Norton, has been working with our teens to learn what they would like to know about financial literacy. Together they've identified topics, terms, activities, incentives and field trips...
  • Aug 07

    The Results Are In

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    Our Teen Members have decided on an acronym to represent their BE SMART: Teen Financial Literacy Program: S aving M anaging A ccountable R ealistic T eens The words can serve as reminders of questions to ask before spending money: Could I be saving this...
  • Jul 31

    How does your brain think about money?

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    Take the quiz to find out! http://www.feedthepig.org/beatyourbrain
  • Jul 30

    See what our kids are watching

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    President Obama sits down with Jay Leno and talks about company bonuses, regulations, credit cards, financial common sense, and being sure American's aren't taken advantage of. Teens are exposed to the financial happenings in the world daily....
  • Jul 23

    Share Your Ideas & Help Name Our Program

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    Click here to hear it from Brit Momentum is high as our Teen Center members, Club staff and Umpqua Bank employee volunteers spend the summer designing our new BE SMART: Teen Money Smarts program. We need the community's help to name our program. We...
  • Jul 21

    Healthy Living - On a Budget

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    Teens from our Oroville Teen Center prepared a healthy meal for only $2.50 per person. Here’s what they had to say about the experience: We prepared a pasta meal with mushrooms and sun dried tomatoes. For $30 we fed 12 very hungry growing teenagers...
  • Jul 11

    Meet the Boys & Girls Clubs

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    Our mission : to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. The formula for Impact: Club Environment + Regular Attendance + Targeted Programs = academic success...
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