To see this great story by Howard Ballou, visit http://www.wlbt.com/story/16977672/2012/02/20/taking-back-our-neighborhoods-boys-and-girls-club?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=6764403

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Documentary for the Jackson Comunity Design Center in Jackson, MS. For two weeks, the JCDC did a day camp with teens from the Capitol Street Boys and Girls Club. This is their story.

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The Phoenix Club of Jackson raises money and awareness for the wonderful kids at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi through various social and educational events throughout the year. As membership grew, additional efforts were created including a Holiday Gift Card Campaign, a football kick-off event, and monthly business lunches.
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“It used to be that the most common sound coming from a Boys & Girls Club was the swoosh of a basketball net, but today the sounds of teens talking about net assets may be just as common. This turn of events is largely due to the success of Money Matters: Make it CountSM, a financial education program for teens developed by Boys & Girls Clubs of America and funded by Charles Schwab Foundation.

“If they know it, they show it. It’s really rewarding to see that what teens learn about money management through our Money Matters program has a direct, favorable impact on their behavior. Our goal is to help these teens become fiscally fit adults through the power of financial education.”
Most importantly, after mastering important financial concepts, Club teens show positive changes in their financial behavior, according to a study conducted by Branch Associates, Inc. of teens who have participated in Money Matters.

The study, conducted over a nine-month period between February and October 2008, examined 588 youth, ages 13-18, enrolled in 28 participating Boys & Girls Clubs across the U.S. Results indicated strong associations between what the teens reported they had learned in Money Matters and how their behaviors in related areas improved.

For example, teens who reported learning a great deal about goal-setting were significantly more likely to also report that they had saved money for something they wanted and then purchased it (79 percent), compared to those who reported they learned little or nothing about goal-setting (58 percent).

Teens who reported learning about managing savings and checking accounts were more likely to report having opened both types of accounts (57 percent vs. 44 percent opened a savings account; 36 percent vs. 28 percent opened checking accounts). Those who reported learning about saving money were more likely to save regularly (72 percent vs. 57 percent).

Further, teens who learned to track spending were more likely to report having developed a budget (50 percent) vs. those who learned little or nothing (29 percent) and also more likely to save money to purchase something (80 percent vs. 60 percent). Similarly, youth who reported learning to create and maintain a budget were more likely to report actually developing one (50 percent vs. 30 percent).”

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