Last week, community and school volunteers came together to help EHS with our Reality U event. Reality U is a program meant to bring a bit of "reality" to students while experiencing what their futures could hold. Their financial means is based on their survey answers and current GPA. Each student is given a monthly income as well as life scenarios such as family status, credit card debt, mortgage payments, insurance etc. While visiting the different booths, they will track their monthly purchases & spending. Often times needing to return a purchase if overspending was an issue.
The main purpose of Reality U is to provide students with an opportunity to learn about personal finance skills, as well as teach them how their performance in school today can affect their future. It also provides a great opportunity for the community to get to know and help local students.
Needless to say our event was a huge success! THANK YOU to all our volunteers! Without you this event would not be possible.