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Program Initiatives – Financial Literacy

For more information on financial literacy programs and projects, go the GSUSA website,

connect with your troop leader, or call the Program Department at 310-450-3720, ext. 105.

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Angeles Girl Scout Council

Street address: 2525 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405

Mailing address: P.O. Box 4030 Santa Monica CA 90411

Phone: 310 450 – 3720, Fax: 310 450 - 3920

agsc@angeles.org

www.angeles.org

Regular business hours Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 4:30pm

Statistics show that 90% of all women in the United States will become responsible for their own financial self-sufficiency at some point in their lives. This is a need at every socio-economic level.

The practical financial skills girls develop in Girl Scouting can help them gain the confidence they will need to ultimately take control of their own financial future. The annual Girl Scout Cookie® Sale Program is a prime example.

Financial literacy can help girls set financial goals and gain the confidence they need to ultimately take control of their own financial future. By developing money management skills early in life, girls learn how to increase their income, become responsible consumers, create a budget, build and manage credit, and save and invest for whatever's next.

Girl Scouts learn the importance of managing money through earned age-level awards such as Business-Wise Badge, Dollars and Sense Interest Project Award, and, of course, the annual Girl Scout Cookie® Program. Additionally, Girl Scouts offers a number of other age-appropriate projects that include financial literacy curriculum, such as Penny Project, for girls 6-8; CentsAbility, for girls 8-14; and Studio 2b programs, for girls 11-17.

Penny Project is Girl Scouts' financial literacy curriculum for Brownies, girls ages 6-8, which uses an interactive educational approach to help girls gain an understanding of money and the responsibility that goes with it.

CentsAbility helps girls ages 8 to 14 develop important money management, investing, and entrepreneurial skills. They’ll explore the relationship between lifestyle and occupational choices and learn how to balance income and expenses in a budget.

Girl Scouts ages 11 -17 years will find great activities within GSUSA’s program options for older girls. Studio 2B financial literacy projects include:

Cashin' In helps girls afford what really matters in high school—things girls said were most important to them. Stuff like getting their first car, finding the perfect prom dress, and applying to college. With a little planning and some resourceful networking, girls CAN afford their high school years.

Got Money? Saving and Investing (available in Spanish and English) teaches girls how to make their own rules and make their money last throughout their lives.

Mind Your Own Business gives girls the skills, knowledge, and confidence they need to become the savvy entrepreneurs of tomorrow.