Mrs Midwest International 2014 - My Grandmother taught me -

Championing the cause to break the generational cylce of financial illiteracy!

Hello! I am blessed to be an International Spokesperson for the Savings Fund a Non-Profit created by the National Financial Educators Council which provides financial education, resources and tools to over 22 countries. With their support I am bringing my Big Yellow Umbrella Campaign across the Globe to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America! My mother taught me that everybody needs a Big Yellow Umbrella for their rainy day! As a Financial Literacy Volunteer Teacher for the Boys and Girls Club of America it is my honor to donate and teach my Money Smart Kid Tool Box to the children in the Clubs knowing that when you Invest in a Child. You Inspire a Future!

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

As a Founding Board Member of the iOme Challenge it has been an amazing journey that started with a passionate group of Board Members who are deeply concerned about financial illiteracy in our youth. With a focus on college students we set out to create a financial literacy contest where college students would form teams and write an essay and create a 60 second call to action video that answers a financial question that is posed to them. Check out our challenge here: www.iomechallenge.org We have found that when college students have to seek out and be proactive to get the financial answers they need - they learn and learn in a way that they never forget! The iOme Challenge has engaged over 35 different Universities in this Challenge over the last 5 years and now we rejoice in that the Department of Labor put the iOme Challenge's winning teams trip in the DOL Newsletter that goes out to over 300,000 people!! You can view the newsletter here: http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/newsletter/2013/20130429.htm

Winning Team in Washington! The University of Tennessee at Knoxville

This year's question was:
Essay
The 2012 Presidential election ended November 6. You and your iOme Team have been selected by the President-Elect to serve as his Council of Economic Advisors (CEA). One of the responsibilities of the CEA is “… to make and furnish such studies, reports thereon, and recommendations with respect to matters of Federal economic policy and legislation as the President may request." (http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cea/about) The President informs you of his great concern over the future financial challenges of the Millennial generation specifically: low levels of savings and the lack of planning for their retirement.
continued at this link: http://iomechallenge.org/2011-iome/this-years-topic/

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Why making our kids money smart is critical!

56% of Americans have NO Savings and 38 Million People have NO retirement savings and the next generation their children are not being raised to save. We have to break this cycle and MAKE financial education a top priority for our children. Just as we believe Education is the right of every child so do I believe Financial Education should be. NO matter if a child lives in poverty or wealth financial education should not be with held! What good is an education that leads to a job if we do not have good money skills and end up harming ourselves financially. Parents be a Champion for your child by teaching them good money skills. If you need help contact me my Big Yellow Umbrella is big enough for everyone!