Financial literacy tour equips Burke County students with essential money skills, including stocks

BURKE COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) — A new tour, backed by SRP Credit Union, teaches kids financial literacy. The tour provides students with financial literacy education, including investing, credit, insurance, and real estate lessons. It also gives away 200 books on financial literacy and awards students with savings accounts, each funded with $25, totaling $5,000 in savings accounts across the tour.

Founder of the Global Children’s Financial Literacy Foundation, Prince Dykes, Burke Co. Schools Superintendent Dr. Angela Williams, Principal, Burke Co. Middle School Dr. Willie Adkinson, and AVP of Community Development SRP Federal Credit Union Grace Helms joined Shawn on weekend Good Morning Augusta to discuss more about the project…

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