Young Americans Center was thrilled to be the beneficiary of the 2015 Rolling Hills Golf Classic, an annual event held by The Foundation at Rolling Hills. Rolling Hills Members, corporate sponsors, and guests filled the club house and greens for the Gala on Saturday, June 27 and the Tournament on Monday, June 29. The theme for this year’s Golf Classic …
As the deadline to apply for CYE 2015 quickly approaches we wanted to catch up with the winners from last year! Lexie Ross, The Bite Sized Bakery 6-11 age category Lexie has been working hard at school and running her business this summer. “As for what is new with my business”, Lexie said “I have had lots of referrals and …
One of the camps running last week at Young Americans Center was Girls Can—a camp just for GIRLS! In addition to running Young AmeriTowne at the end of the week, the 5th and 6th graders in this camp learn about leadership and economics, and they explore different career possibilities by listening to female guest speakers who are prominent leaders in …
AAA Colorado has been sending Colorado travelers around the world since 1922 and they also send International Towne students around their own world of 16 nations. “The best learning comes from experience,” says AAA Colorado President Tony DeNovellis. So when International Towne students needed new passports to log their travels and currency exchange, AAA Colorado was a perfect partner. As …
We kicked off summer camps with Young Ameritowne 2 and Running Your Own Business last week and we sure had a lot of fun! While Young Ameritowne alums were across the hall diving deeper into themes of free enterprise in Ameritowne, the Running Your Own Business campers were hard at work exploring entrepreneurship and business operations in International Towne. Running …
Are you an entrepreneur? Entrepreneurs solve problems they see in the world through business. Those problems might be little or big, but entrepreneurs find something that that needs to be solved and either create a product or service that can offer a solution, or they find a product or service that exists and brings that to people needing a solution. …
What’s new at the Far Northeast Branch? Bill Daniels, the founder of Young Americans, has finally arrived at the Branch! We recently got a Bill Daniel’s case full of memorabilia and keepsakes. Come find out what each metal represents, how he ended up with a basketball, and why he donated $22 million Young Americans. Also if you want to learn more …
Summer Camps 2015 started with a bang at Young Americans Center for Financial Education! For our first week of summer camp, we are running two different camps: Running Your Own Business and Young AmeriTowne2. Both provide hands-on lessons in money and economics, and both camps are a fun way to spend a week of summer! Affectionately called RYOB, our first …
What is philanthropy? Literally, philanthropy means a voluntary action for the public good. In practice, it means giving your time, talents, or treasure, and philanthropy is hugely important to Young Americans Center. Philanthropy was an important value of Bill Daniels who initially funded Young Americans Center in 1989. But more importantly, our work here could not happen without the generous …
As the school year comes to an end, so does the inaugural season of Young AmeriTowne On the Road! AmeriTowne On the Road is a traveling, pop-up version of our flagship free enterprise program, and it has been a hit around the state. After starting at the Mile High United Way building in north Denver last fall, then traveling to …
