This composite image highlights a financial education outreach event focused on teaching children the difference between needs and wants. On the left, two women wearing matching black polo shirts stand smiling outside the entrance to a campus recreation facility. Behind them is a colorful sign reading "MAC GYM 'A' Camp Summer" with a wildcat graphic, indicating they are participating in or supporting a summer camp program. On the right, several educational worksheets are spread across a wooden table. The activities are designed to help children make smart spending decisions and understand basic financial concepts. Visible exercises include: A worksheet comparing "Need" versus "Want," with children's handwritten responses and illustrations. A budgeting activity asking "What can we buy with $20?" featuring everyday items such as apples, juice boxes, crayons, books, and baseball caps. A worksheet where children place a dot next to items they want, including images of a smartphone, puzzle pieces, and other products. Another budgeting exercise showing food items and explaining spending choices based on a limited budget. The image conveys a hands-on financial literacy program where educators are helping young students learn budgeting, spending priorities, and the difference between necessities and discretionary purchases through interactive activities.

Summer Camp Gets a Money Makeover: How TFCU Taught 300+ Kids the Value of a Dollar

Teaching kids about money doesn’t have to involve dusty textbooks and boring lectures. Just ask the 322 campers at the

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