Before visiting AmeriTowne, students meet in business groups at school. In addition to determining a shop advertising strategy, students set business goals. When they arrive at AmeriTowne, our staff members display these goals as a helpful reminder. Most days the goals are very similar. For example, the phrases “Earn a profit for our business after we repay the bank loan” …
Sponsor Spotlight: Schomp encourages workforce readiness in the Parts and Service Shop
How many adults can say that they interviewed for their first job at age 10? That’s part of the Young AmeriTowne real-world experience proud partner Schomp Automotive has made possible. Young AmeriTowne introduces 5th graders to a wide range of careers open to them including good paying jobs that require advance training but not a college education, such as an …
Sponsor Spotlight: Alameda Gateway Helps Create a Caring Community
Think about it…How can you create a caring community? Alameda Gateway challenges students to answer this question when they visit the Young AmeriTowne TV Station at Belmar. Watch to see how a recent AmeriTowne citizen responded! About Alameda Gateway A nonprofit dedicated to enhancing the economic vitality of the Alameda corridor in Lakewood, Alameda Gateway promotes the health, safety, …
Sponsor Spotlight: Western Union helps better financial education
A basic introduction to financial literacy tools and preparing young people to be ready to enter the workforce helps students to be financially responsible adults. For children growing up in poverty, however, exposure to these concepts is particularly difficult. Young Americans Center strives to overcome this gap by delivering youth financial education to students regardless of background. A generous partner ...
Sponsor Spotlight: Cambiar Teaches 5th Graders How to Invest
Spend, save, share and INVEST wisely. These are the money lessons 30,500 5th graders “learn by doing” each year at Young AmeriTowne. Thanks to our partners at Cambiar Investors, Young AmeriTowne graduates may know more about this complex aspect of finance than many adults. Volunteers from Cambiar Investors, a Colorado-based equity manager and 10-year partner of Young Americans Center, helped …
Sponsor Spotlight: FirstBank Commits to Financial Literacy
Two thirds of Americans can’t pass a basic financial literacy test, according to a 2016 study reported by Fortune. Two thirds—that’s more than 200 million people! Young Americans Center for Financial Education is working to change this gloomy statistic, and for the past 22 years, FirstBank has been a valuable partner in this work. FirstBank of South Jeffco first sponsored …
Sponsor Spotlight: Janus Invests in the Future
Sponsor Spotlight: Janus Invests in the Future At Young Americans, we believe that the best learning occurs when students get to participate—whether it’s opening their own bank account in the Young Americans Bank or running their own shop in Young AmeriTowne. This mission fits in perfectly with Janus Capital Group, a supporter of our programs for the last 16 years. …
Sponsor Spotlight – Xcel Energy
Giving Students Real Energy Savings Experience Every day at Young AmeriTowne there’s a team of students in red shirts all over Towne, reading meters, checking the efficiency of the HVAC system, changing out energy hogging light bulbs and handing out tips on energy efficiency. They’re the business team from the Utilities Shop sponsored by Xcel Energy, a valued Young Americans partner …
Creative Students Kick Up AmeriTowne WOW for Fellow Citizens
Best WOW Ideas Come from Students. Young AmeriTowne has been wowing 5th graders for more than 26 years, and sometimes the best WOW ideas come from a kid. Last year a ten-year-old photojournalist working in the TV Station taught staff how to edit in iMovie, with transitions between clips, words over the shots and even closing credits in different typefaces! …
Sponsor Spotlight – Colorado Garden Foundation
Coloradoans Treasure Gardens and Open spaces Coloradoans love their green and open spaces, and they’ll be flocking to the annual Colorado Garden & Home Show starting this weekend February 4 – 12, at the Colorado Convention Center to stroll through 11 fully landscaped gardens and prepare for the spring garden season. Young AmeriTowne citizens love their Towne Square, too, and …
