Our community’s financial literacy leaders for 2016-17

Our community’s financial literacy leaders for 2016-2017 We appreciate every single one of our volunteers. It's not hyperbole: you are the lifeblood of our organization, the ones who make the impact happen in classrooms, for [...]

Q&A: Kathy Weinberg-Kinsey reflects on the unique impact of ‘fantastic volunteers’

Q&A: Kathy Weinberg-Kinsey reflects on the unique impact of ‘fantastic volunteers’ Kathy Weinberg-Kinsey has been our Volunteer Manager since 2011. For our hundreds of volunteers, Kathy is usually the primary person they connect on anything [...]

2021-08-18T09:46:51-05:00

After a ‘clueless’ start, a college student evaluates her financial future

After a ‘clueless’ start, a college student evaluates her financial future by Paola Canting, Marketing Intern, Make A Difference - Wisconsin May 30, 2014 — The day I graduated from high school in Puerto Rico. [...]

Interest in credit: Money Sense volunteer preps MC2 juniors

Interest in credit: Money Sense volunteer preps MC2 juniors Did you know how credit worked when you were a teenager? A group of juniors at Milwaukee Community Cyber H.S. (MC2) is prepared with credit, as [...]

Money talks: Students share the power of financial mentoring

Money talks: Students share the power of financial mentoring We recently celebrated our fourth successful year of Money Coach, the one-of-a-kind financial mentoring program as schools and community sites in Milwaukee and Waukesha. At a [...]

Extra credit: timely lessons for students at Racine’s Case High School

Extra credit: timely lessons for students at Racine’s Case High School Jill Rakauski started her volunteer financial education lesson at a Racine high school with trivia on May birthdays, including Stevie Wonder and Homer Simpson. [...]

Divyne & Kara: the one-on-one connections at the center of Money Coach

Divyne & Kara: the one-on-one connections at the center of Money Coach Divyne, 17, knows she has the tools to make her dreams of becoming a high-profile accountant a reality. That's because she has support [...]

Top Tier: Ricky Sandler, new panel format lead 9th Annual Investment Conference, a substantial financial literacy fundraiser

Top Tier: Ricky Sandler, new panel format lead 9th Annual Investment Conference, a substantial financial literacy fundraiser A new format, intriguing stock picks and a keynote by “one of the best investment minds in our [...]

Banking and budgeting lessons bring South Milwaukee H.S. alum back to school

Banking and budgeting lessons bring South Milwaukee H.S. alum back to school Two Rockets made a return flight back to their home base in South Milwaukee. Jody Robinson and Wendy Cieklinski are both Money Sense [...]

Go to Top