Easton Area Community Center:Youth Education on Financial Literacy Fund

Easton Area Community Center

Being a stable place for kids to learn and play after school for the children of Easton over 7 decades, and now expanding to children in New Jersey, and all areas of the Lehigh Valley we are looking to offer more activities for the older students. As we see the students grow and age out of our activities targeting younger kids, we are looking to start a program that will help them be more prepared for their future and have a foothold of what they can expect as they join the workforce.

Many of our families are stuck in the grind of living paycheck to paycheck and providing the young adults an alternative way to plan for their future, that they may otherwise not be exposed to. The money raised will be used to provide supplies, reading materials, online software, and other cost associated with the program. We have initially started this with 3 willing high school students, and had them learn how to invest, and take the money the earned from working with us to invest in the stock market, or deposit as per usual and compare the difference. With the goal of showing them they do have the potential to break the norm they are exposed to daily.