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Spark Change Curriculum

When you sign up for the Spark Change program, you will receive a web link and a password to access the Spark Change curriculum. The user-friendly curriculum can be delivered in-person or online, and it is packed with lessons, discussions, and activities that incorporate reading, writing, speaking, listening, visual arts, and social studies into your daily class work throughout the school …

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Why Spark Change

Every year, teachers use the Spark Change Program to encourage youth development and to teach philanthropy in a fun, hands-on, and meaningful way.  Read what teachers and students had to say about their experience! Park Hill Coach: Thank you so much – the day they picked the three organizations was exactly the reason that we wanted to participate in Spark ...
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Sponsor Spotlight: Community First Foundation makes it easy for kids to give

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Philanthropy is a central concept to Young Americans. Bill Daniels, the founder of Young Americans Bank, established Daniels Fund, one of the largest foundations in the Rocky Mountain region. As a nonprofit, Young Americans Center for Financial Education relies on community support to deliver its hands-on financial literacy programs. Philanthropy plays a large role in the Young AmeriTowne program, too, …

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Youth Spark Change, and you can, too

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This is the time of year we all start cleaning out our closets, emptying our wallets, and finding a place to volunteer and give back. It’s also the perfect time to highlight the newest program of Young Americans Center for Financial Education: Spark Change! Spark Change teaches students the importance of giving back and helping out their community.  Over the …

Spark Change: What a few nickels and dimes can do

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Spark Change is a service learning and leadership program of Young Americans Center for Financial Education that offers K-8 students the chance to decide how they want to give back to their community and make a difference in the world.  So far this year, students have collected $52,808.54 – talk about making an impact! Over the last 6 weeks, I attended …

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Spark Change

Students can impact their community. SPARK CHANGE: [ ] SPARK CHANGE COACH: The day they picked the three organizations was exactly the reason that we wanted to participate in Spark Change. It was powerful! Spark Change This FREE service learning and leadership program offers K-8 students the chance to decide how they want to give back to their community and ...