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Longtime sponsor of Young Americans Center for Financial Education, AAA Colorado, brings an educational event to Denver this weekend. AAA’s 2020 Travel Expo is taking place Friday, January 31 and Saturday, February 1, and if you and your family enjoy a good adventure, there is plenty to see and learn from the traveling experts at this show. Colorado’s top travel event …
As with any good habit, starting early in life and keeping up with said habit can help one become more successful. As it is the start of a new year and a time for new beginnings, why not have your students start out the new-year right with learning about a new, healthy habit? Learning about savings and starting good savings …
Annabel Feeny is the 11-year-old seamstress behind The Wool and The Wearer. After crocheting a blanket for her cousin, she decided that she could turn her hobby into a business that creates wearable and warm products for all ages! A week-long summer camp at Young Americans Center helped her get started, and she sold her first products at a school …
As AmeriTowne On the Road wrapped up in Pueblo this week, a fun celebration was in order. Students from Desert Sage Elementary participated in a special Towne Opening Ceremony in conjunction with local presenting sponsor Legacy Bank Colorado! On Wednesday, January 22, special guests Rich Martinez, President and CEO of Young Americans Center for Financial Education, and Rebecca Diaz, Vice …
Young Americans Center for Financial Education has partnered with KeyBank in youth financial literacy since 2001. Since that time, more than 383,591 students have participated in hands-on programs that provide “money smarts for life.” In addition to financial contributions, KeyBank supports this mission by providing staff volunteers to work with students in Young AmeriTowne, International Towne, and YouthBiz. KeyBank’s dedication …
The world is a big place – and even bigger when you’re in middle school. International Towne allows students to run the world (16 countries), helping them put into perspective important concepts such as tariffs, supply and demand, and the cultures, languages, and foods of other countries. Each country has clothing specific to that region that students wear along with artifacts they can learn about as well. Not only …
Camp registration has begun at Young Americans Center for Financial Education for summer, 2020! These week-long day camps allow students entering grades three through eight in fall, 2020 to build a business, run a Towne, rule the world, and gain money smarts in a fun, hands-on way. Campers who participated last summer gave us three reasons why you should sign-up …
Thirteen-year-old Natalie started her first business, called Toy Tossers, last May. “I guess you could say I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit,” she said with a smile. But nothing really seemed right until she decided to create a line of dog toys. Natalie disliked walking her German Shepherd Margo, so she invented a toy-on-a-stick that provides a dog with plenty …
Going to the grocery store, your options of popcorn flavors are pretty dismal: butter, unbuttered, maybe caramel (if you’re lucky). Seventeen-year-old entrepreneur Promesse stepped up to provide the good stuff, creating Pop It!, a not-your-typical popcorn business. Pop It! sells uniquely flavored popcorn such as Oreo, M&M, and even taco – flavors one would dream of finding at the store. …
December marked the completion of the fall YouthBiz StartUp session at two Beacon Network schools: Grant Beacon Middle School and Kepner Beacon Middle School. As the program wrapped up for the fall semester, 33 youth entrepreneurs found new possibilities in entrepreneurship. At Grant Beacon Middle School, a Denver Public School located in southwest Denver, creative ideas impressed staff and judges …
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