Teach Financial Skills with FWA’s Financial Backpack Volunteers
April 13, 2023
April is Financial Literacy Month! If you have a few hours to introduce teens and young adults to financial literacy, then Financial Backpack is the right program for you. Volunteer to teach basic personal finance skills to high school and college students, using the FWA’s proprietary curriculum, which includes teaching modules on Saving, Budgeting, Managing Credit, Investing, and Paying for College.
We have had an unprecedented number of requests to present the Financial Backpack curriculum this spring, including online and in-person sessions at New York City high schools, as well as with Baruch College and the YMCA of Greater New York. We provide training resources for all of the curriculum materials.
Please register with your name, contact information and dates you are available.
Questions or concerns? Please contact Financial Backpack Co-Chairs, Lindsay Starr at [email protected], or Suzanne Matthews at [email protected].
Thanks for supporting the Financial Backpack, and we hope to hear from you!
| School | Dates | In-person/Remote | Module | Presenters Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High School of Fashion Industries-NYC | April 18, 9:30 am - 11:00 am | Remote | Investing 101 | 2 |
| Hillcrest High School | May 8, 15 or 22 @ 8:50-9:40 and 9:45-10.30 (2 classes) | Remote | Investing 101 | 2 |
| High School for Arts and Business | April 26 or 27th (dates flexible) | Remote | Investing 101 | 2 |
| Flushing High School | Late April | Remote | Paying for College | 2 |
| High School of Fashion Industries, 22 W. 24th St, NYC | April 26 or 27, 10-11:30 am | In-person | Understanding Credit | 2 |
| Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, 120 W. 46 St., NYC | April 20, 10:40-11:30 am; April 27, 10:40-11:30 am; May 10, 10:40-11:30 am: May 24, 11:30 – 12:15 | In-person | Paying for College | 2 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance, 125 Stuyvesant Ave, Brooklyn | May 10, 17 or 24 | In-person | Banking Basics | 2 |
| Baruch College, 55 Lexington Ave. Pathways to Partnership – Juniors and Seniors | April 25, 12:30 – 2 pm | In-person | Steps to Financial Success | 2 - 3 |
| McBurney YMCA, 125 W. 14th St. After School teens | Friday, May 5, 3:30 – 5 pm | In-person | Money and Me | 2 - 3 |
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