A group of area Girl Scouts, ages 11 to 17, recently participated in the program Making CENTS in the City at the Millennium Hotel in Downtown St. Louis.
Making CENTS in the City focuses on building awareness, knowledge and confidence in the world of finance and money management. The event is part of a three-year relationship with Citigroup St. Louis and is supported by a grant from the Citigroup Foundation.
Girls participated in interactive activities and hands-on simulations. Activities
included:
??Cost of Cool – designed to show girls they can be “cool” and stay in style
without breaking the bank. Girls learned important lessons on budgeting, needs vs. wants and getting the look for less.
??Get your Head in the Game – girls “played the market” and enhanced their
knowledge in stocks, bonds and investing during this interactive stock
simulation.
??Know the SCORE – Citigroup experts shared their expertise in identity theft prevention, good debt vs. bad debt and credit scores.
??The Game of Life – girls explored banking and budgeting basics with a set
career, salary, choice of living situation and more.
The Girl Scout Council of Greater St. Louis is dedicated to providing contemporary programs that are relative to the needs of today’s girls. Making CENTS in the City focuses on building girls’ awareness, knowledge and confidence in the areas of finance and money management.
“Making CENTS in the City will provide our girl members with the
knowledge and confidence to make sound financial decisions in their
future,” says Gaye Rieschel, Interim CEO, Girl Scout Council of Greater
St. Louis.
The Girl Scout Council of Greater St. Louis is the largest Girl Scout Council in the USA, serving more than 63,000 girls and nearly 17,000 adults in the city of St. Louis and the 12 surrounding Missouri counties.