A Letter from Taleavia: Your Support of Financial Freedom
A Letter from Taleavia: Your Support of Financial Freedom I’m Taleavia. You may know me as a poet, a Bucks fan or as one of the 7,253 teens that Make A Difference empowered last year. [...]
Northwestern Mutual, Barb McNulty Honored for Impact in Financial Education
Northwestern Mutual, Barb McNulty Honored for Impact in Financial Education Northwestern Mutual and Barb McNulty earned top honors for their dedication and impact on teen financial literacy through Make A Difference – Wisconsin. McNulty and [...]
Ricky Sandler, CEO/CIO of Eminence Capital, to Lead 2017 Investment Conference
Ricky Sandler, CEO/CIO of Eminence Capital, to Lead 2017 Investment Conference Date, sponsorship opportunities set for 9th annual event that supports teen financial education Milwaukee, WI (Oct. 10, 2016) – Ricky Sandler, a highly successful [...]
Feature Volunteer: Bernie Fiedler Goes from ‘Country Boy’ to Seasoned Classroom Leader
Feature Volunteer: Bernie Fiedler Goes from ‘Country Boy’ to Seasoned Classroom Leader In front of a diverse classroom of street smart kids in Franklin, self-professed “country boy” Bernie Fielder felt like “fresh meat.” He was [...]
Leading Investors and Money Managers Exchange Strategies at Sold-Out Midwest Investment Conference
MILWAUKEE, Wisc., June 2, 2016 – In a rare speaking engagement, Chicago based investor and advisor Byron Trott captivated a crowd of nearly 600 finance leaders as the keynote speaker at the 8th annual Investment [...]
How’s your “relationship” with money?
High school senior Taleavia Cole told a few hundred people about her financial relationship in a clever spoken word piece entitled “Make Money Yours.” Taleavia is a participant in our Money Coach program through PEARLS [...]
Every Penny Counts: Money Coach Teens Share Success as a Team
Teamwork makes the financial literacy dream work. Hundreds of teenagers, educators and volunteers took the stage Thursday to celebrate the team spirit behind the Money Coach financial literacy program. The only financial mentorship program of [...]
An Important First Financial Step: Walking into a Bank
With money coming in and a future to think about, Adrianna knew she had to save money somewhere. The next step for the Bay View High School junior is maybe the most important, and often [...]
Reality Check: Students Get Creative About Dangers of Check Cashing Stores
Lauren, a senior at Messmer High School, said she once used a check cashing store in a pinch. She needed to cash her check after-hours, but, after forking over $6 just to get her own [...]
On the Money: Quotes from Teen Financial All Stars (and Bucks Guard Jerryd Bayless)
As teens in our Money Coach program found out last month, they have a big-shot teammate in financial literacy with Milwaukee Bucks guard Jerryd Bayless. Now it’s our turn to support “money smart all-star” Bayless [...]
