Teach Chicago Children to Save - Thank You, 2010!
Thank you to the many volunteers who gave their time to 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms during the spring 2010 semester. Teach Chicago Children to Save is a program designed to help Chicago children learn about the importance of saving. Funding for the program was provided by Bank of America and is based on “Teach Children to Save Day”, originally developed by the American Bankers Association. Using a children’s book with a savings theme, volunteers visited a classroom, read the book to the students, and engaged the class in a hands-on activity. After the 45-minute session, the book, lesson and supporting materials were left with the teacher to further integrate the saving concepts.
The 2010 Teach Chicago Children to Save program was made possible by sponsorship from Bank of America to Econ Illinois. Read about Bank of America's recent sponsorship of programs for Illinois teachers.
Volunteers from the following companies participated in the 2010 program:
ABC 7 Chicago- Advantage Futures
- Ameriprise
- Ariel Investments
- Bank of America
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Bank of America/U.S. Trust
- Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC
- Capri Capital
- J.P. Morgan Chase Bank
- Chicago Board Options Exchange
- Cole Taylor Bank
- COUNTRY® Financial
- Credit Suisse
- Deloitte
- DRW Trading Group
- Fifth Third Bank
- Hendrickson Law Firm
- Illinois Bankers Association
- Money Management International
- Morgan Stanley
- Northern Trust
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- U.S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management
- Wayne Hummer Investments
Thank you to the participating Chicago schools who opened their doors to the volunteers and to the minds of their students:
- Ariel Community Academy
- Bateman
- Canty School
- Charles Brownell
- Christ the King
- Dawes
- Edison Park
- Everett
- Gray
- Haines
- Hamilton
- Hanson Park
- Healy Annex
- Henry Clay
- Jackie Robinson School
- James Wadsworth
- Josephine C. Locke
- Jungman
- Kellman
- Lozano PreSchool
- Mark Twain
- McCutcheon
- McKinley Park
- Mt. Greenwood
- Nash
- Soloman
- Sutherland
- Trumbull
Teach Chicago Children to Save 2010 was made possible through funding from Bank of America to Econ Illinois.