Category Archives: economy-jr

Thank You B’nai Shalom Day School

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Thank you again for ReBuildUp’s warm welcome at B’nai Shalom Day School.  The first round of Economy, Jr. went great with 29 5th-8th grade students playing as either Customers or Merchants.

Looking forward to Round 2 in early November.

Economy, Jr. @ Asheboro Library August 16th and 23rd Sponsored by Truliant Federal Credit Union


[Note: the August 30th event has been cancelled]
PUBLIC (FREE) EVENT – On Saturday, August 16th and 23rd from 1:00 to 3:00pm, Asheboro Public Library will hold Economy, Jr. free for area teens sponsored by Truliant Federal Credit Union.

The goal of these events is to teach young adults about real world economics by having them play through the game as a customer spending a month’s paycheck on bills for housing, utilities, child care, groceries, and more for them and their families without going bankrupt.  The other half of participants will play as the merchants selling products and services to customers with the aim of covering their overhead costs and posting a profit.  Customers and merchants which switch roles half way through the game to experience both sides of the economic coin.

The entrepreneur support group Shift, Nussbaum Center’s Entrepreneur Group, is helping organize volunteers for the Saturday events.

Asheboro Public Library
201 Worth Street
Asheboro, NC 27203

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RSVP (if you like) for the upcoming Saturday, August 23rd event below:
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PICTURES: Economic Literacy Summer Series Complete sponsored by Greensboro Municipal Federal Credit Union

gso-summer-logo-285-v2Thanks to all the branches of the Greensboro Public Library along with sponsor Greensboro Municipal Federal Credit for making the Economic Literacy Summer Series possible.  Not to mention all the volunteers and participants.  We’ll be announcing a similar event in the fall, but in the meantime, check out pictures from this June 7th to August 5th summer program:

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PICTURES: Economy, Jr. Teacher Demo @ 5th Annual Jumpstart Convention in Charlotte, NC

Economy, Jr. was demo’d for the first time for North Carolina Teachers on Thursday, August 7th at the 5th Annual Jumpstart Convention in Charlotte, NC put on by the North Carolina Council on Economic Education (NCCEE).  Thanks for putting on a great convention!  Here are the pictures:

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PICTURES: Economy, Jr. @ Central Library Tues. 8/5 sponsored by Greensboro Municipal Federal Credit Union

These are the pictures from our final event of the Economic Literacy Summer Series sponsored by Greensboro Municipal Federal Credit Union.  Thank you Central Library for being the last stop of the Summer Series.

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PICTURES: Economy Jr @ Reynolda Manor Library 7/23 sponsored by Summit Credit Union

Pictures from our Wednesday, July 23rd Economy, Jr. at Reynolda Manor Library in Winston-Salem.  This event is courtesy of our sponsor Summit Credit Union with VentuRealization helping provide volunteers.
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VIDEO: Economy Jr at Reynolda Manor Library, July 23rd sponsored by Summit Credit Union

PUBLIC (FREE) EVENT Wednesday, July 23rd from 4:00-5:30pm, an Economy, Jr. will be held at Reynolda Manor Library in Winston-Salem.  Ages 11-19 are welcome to participate.
rebuildup_CRESTS-Reynolda-7-23-14-EJ-550This event is sponsored by Summit Credit Union with VentuRealization helping provide volunteers.

There’s still time to register your teenager for this event by filling out this RSVP form:
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POSTPONED: Economy, Jr. @ Kids Poetry Basketball (Bryan YMCA) 7/10

This event has been postponed to a new date, location, and time to be announced soon.
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PUBLIC EVENT – On Thursday, July 10th from 1-3pm, participants of the Kids Poetry Basketball program at Bryan YMCA in Downtown Greensboro will be playing “Economy, Jr.” where players gain insight into both sides of the economic coin by having them choose at the start of the game whether they want to play as a customer spending a month’s paycheck from their chosen career on necessities such as housing, groceries, child care, and more or as a merchant running a business needing to make enough sales to cover this month’s overhead.

c37 words is sponsoring the event with the Greensboro Asset Building Coalition helping organize the event.