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Provided courtesy of the Illinois Credit Union League.TRANSCRIPT
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Mad City Money™
• 2.5 hour budgeting simulation for teens• Created by the Credit Union National
Association• Art selected by teenagers• Design tested with 4-H and Money
Conference students
You’ve just been given a new identity in the future. Your challenge?
• Shop for housing, food and clothing• Buy a new car, furniture and electronics.• Purchase food and entertainment.
Welcome to Mad City!
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After the introduction…
• “This might be fun…”• “Hmm. Not a typical boring lecture.”• “I’m going to have to participate and take
risks!”
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Entering the future…
• “I’m making BIG $$$...let’s go shopping!”• “2 incomes means a big house!”• “Where do a get a new truck?”
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Gotta Eat! Groceries Fun Stuff Vacations & entertainment My Closet Clothing Really Realty Housing
Big Wheels Transportation Home Stuff FurnitureKid Care Day care & clothesMad City Mall Electronics
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Enter the Fickle Finger of Fate
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15 minutes into the future…
• “Adults have a lot of responsibilities.”• “Life is expensive!”• “These are some hard choices.”
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See Credit Union for help
60 minutes into the future…
• “Now I know why my parents don’t buy me everything I want.”
• “I can’t afford a big house and a new car and feed my family.”
• “Life happens and I need to be prepared.”
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“How long did your money last???”
After the debrief
• “I can budget my butt off—it isn’t so hard!”• “Buy things I need first, then what I want.”• “I’ll come to the credit union if I need
help.”• “I want to learn how to manage my money
so I don’t get in trouble.”
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Program in a box
Ready to use materials on a disc• Complete facilitator guide• Ready to print
Participant handouts (and prework)Merchant informationMarketing materials
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You provide
• Checkbooks and registers• Prework materials• Printed materials• 11 volunteers: Credit Union, Fickle
Finger of Fate, 8 merchants (for 25-30 students)
• Teenagers• Treats and giveaways
Merchants and Teens?
• Use your board members, PTA, community groups as merchant volunteers
• Find teens at schools, places of worship, scouts, camps
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Works with 25 to 200+ teens
Benefits
• Credit union branded as “place to go for services and help”
• Creates potential need for more financial education based on student desire to learn
• Can be used with large or small groups of students
• Offer during or after school, nights or weekends
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We take money seriously, but that doesn’t mean learning about it can’t be fun.Lin Standke
Questions? Need help! Share ideas.Lin Standke, DE, CCUFC
Manger of Youth ProgramsCUNA608-231-4049800-356-9655, ext. [email protected]
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To order
• Visit finlit.cuna.org• Enter #27732 in the product finder or Mad
City Money in the search box