Lucille O'Neal - Boys & Girls Clubs of America's Alumni Hall of Fame

 Many people do not realize that the Boys and Girls Club has a 20 year partnership with the Military. With Clubs on US and International Military Bases! I love and admire this organization so much! Every child deserves a safe place to go after school and the life skills they need to be successful in life! We need many volunteers to help us in our mission to give children who grow up in poverty every opportunity to be successful in life!

My Money Smart Kid Tool Box Book for Parents and Children is published!!! I am so excited to offer my Tool Box Lessons in book form for parents to use with their children. Parents are always saying to me I don't know how or what to teach my children about money  - This book will give you the tools to do just that. I created my tool box lessons for the children at the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. The tools in this book are for every child no matter if a child is from a family living in poverty or one that is wealthy. Financial education should be taught to every child! Contact me at Jayne.Black@gmail.com if you would like a copy.

It was Graduation day for the children at the Boys and Girls Club!  Here is a picture of just some of the amazing second graders who completed all of my Money Smart Tool Box Kit Lessons! They were thrilled to take home their Money Smart Kits to their parents which will provide them with the tools they need to reinforce the lessons they learned. They also loved their little piggy banks which were provided by 1st National Bank in Wisconsin. I saw big changes in the way these children talk about money and when I did their post tests I was thrilled to see their money skills had grown! When I first starting teaching these children their attitudes about money were pretty negative they saw it as something they did not have which is very sad. Today these children are hopeful for a good future they love to talk about money and they love to tell you what they learned and what they will do with the money they earn and receive. I am blessed to have spent each week with them it means the world to me!

I had so much fun at the Boys and Girls Club today - just had to take a picture of this proud little boy who finished his money smart worksheet with a big smile on his face!! So much we all can do to inspire these children to work hard and dream big! My constant message to them. All of these children deserve every chance that other children have to reach their full potential. I just love them so much!

Our Go Red for Women Luncheon was amazing!! Thank you so much to everyone who donated, volunteered and supported this very important event! We had tears from the stories we heard today but there is HOPE! we are making a difference for all women!! Very proud to be on a Board with such amazing dedicated people!

Today at the Boy's and Girl's Club the children were making their save-share-spend envelopes. During our lesson I told the children to make sure and show their parents their saving system envelopes! One little girl said sadly but my mom can only read spanish. I am so happy to be able to send home my money smart tool kit for parents in spanish for her but the sweetest part was she wrote the spanish word for spend on her envelope to share with her mom. MADE MY WEEK!!!

Boy's and Girl's Club Annual Golf Classic

I had another wonderful class teaching my Money Smart Kids Lessons to the Boy's and Girl's Club today!! It is so exciting to see how each week their money knowledge is growing. I think about things like how different these childrens lives will be as they use this knowledge to make decisions for themselves. The earlier we teach money skills to children the better! To help this amazing organization you can take part in their annual fundraiser the Annual Golf Classic!

Please join us in Investing in a Child! YOU will inspire a Future!! Details Below. http://www.bgcgb.org/support-the-club/fundraising-events/