OZARK, Ala. (WTVY) – At the Boys & Girls Club, while students are enjoying their summer, they are also getting a much-needed lesson on money management and entrepreneurship.
It is because of an initiative by All In Credit Union to reach kids early on.
”Several years ago, we got the idea to bring a young entrepreneurship program to our Boys & Girls Club,” Joseph Brackins, a business development officer with All In Credit Union, said. “We teach them the skills not only to sell the product and promote the product once they have created it, but how to build it from scratch.”
Brackins knows firsthand how important small businesses and entrepreneurs are to any community.
The Bee the Boss Program introduces children to what it is like to be an entrepreneur and to skillsets like financial literacy.
The kids choose what product to sell. This year, they sold glasses to …