As featured in Montreal Families Magazine - Feb. 2010 issue:
Financial workshops for kids
By Eileen Travers
Montrealer Angelo Pace recently launched Funancial Education, a program aimed at kids in kindergarten through high school, which covers everything from the history of money to how to build a business. The goal is to boost children’s knowledge of money so they are better prepared for adulthood.
“There’s no formal education about money (in schools),” Pace says, adding that children today are bombarded with ads urging them to buy, buy, buy without explaining how things like credit cards, debt and interest rates actually work. The program takes a practical, nuts and bolts approach to issues like saving, budgeting, investing and starting a business.
Funancial Education will begin an after-school program at Sunshine Academy on the West Island next month as part of the school’s daycare service. There will also be a spring break camp on the West Island open to the public for kids ages 8 to 12 from March 1 to 5, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with extra hours for early morning drop-offs and evening pick-ups. Summer workshops for kids and adults, will be held across the island. “Given the problems with people and money these days, we want to teach the basics and have fun doing it,” Pace says. For updates on programs and workshops, call (514) 945-7963 or go to www.funancialeducation.com.
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Montreal - February 14, 2010
by Andrew Southwood
FUNancial Education Center selected as a Finalist in TD Bank/PME Academie Entrepreneur Contest
On November 5th, 2009 the PME Académie launched a contest aimed at budding entrepenuers to come up with a business idea that will create at least two jobs. Part of an initiative of Développement économique Saint-Laurent (DESTL) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Saint-Laurent to cultivate the formation and growth of small businesses, the contest also receives significant support from the TD Bank Financial Group.
...On February 1st, 2010 the selection board announced its eight finalists, who for the next three months will go through a training program under the auspices of the PME Académie, aimed at helping each develop their business idea into a solid business plan which can be commercially realized.
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le 5 février, 2010
PME Académie, huit entreprises se démarquent
par Emmanuel Delacour
Le groupe Développement économique Saint-Laurent (DESTL) en association avec la Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Saint-Laurent et le Groupe Financier Banque TD ont lancé le 5 novembre dernier PME Académie, une compétition qui vise à encourager des projets d'entreprenariat. Au départ, quarante cinq idées ont été soumises au jury. Les huit finalistes ont été dévoilés le 1er février...
...Ce ne sont pas les idées originales qui manquent parmi ces huit projets. Un de ces plans inédit consiste à créer un centre d'éducation financier pour les enfants et les adultes. Ce concept est issu de l'imagination d'Angelo Pace, un programmeur pour une compagnie produisant des logiciels de gestion. «L'argent prend une place importante dans la vie de tout le monde, pourtant il n'existe pas de cours qui introduise les enfants à ce concept. Je trouve qu'il est crucial de les éduquer sur ce sujet et utiliser des jeux interactifs me semble être le moyen le plus efficace de le faire» explique-t-il. Son centre permettra aux adultes d'en apprendre plus sur le monde des finances en leur proposant des simulations éducatives, mais aussi l'aide de conseillers qui travailleront sur place.
