ABOUT YES

Incorporated as a statewide 501(c)3 nonprofit, The Youth Education for Saving Consortium promotes financial education and advantageous life skills development among children and young adults that will allow to pursue and obtain assets needed for educational and career opportunities, community stabilization and development, and community stewardship.

Through project-based programs, YES provides weekly and serial financial sessions, workshops and clinics that engage participants in lessons focusing on its 5 pillars principles: EARN, SAVE, SPEND, INVEST, DONATE.  . 

YES engages youth at an early age so they may gain concepts for ideas and the fundamentals for wealth generation. 

MISSION
To address the problems that interfere with and prevent truthful, sincere, and free from deceit inclusivity within North Carolina communities, specifically focusing on the lack of financial literacy among youth.
  
YES Consortium’s core principles to facilitate and create:  1) educational and entrepreneurial opportunities, 2) personal financial wellness, 3) community outreach and 4) charitable giving within the community. These principles are conduits to YES’s vision for a balanced and inclusive world for youth and their families leading to the creation pf opportunities for sustainable job creation, community prosperity, and healthy lifestyles which results in generational wealth.

CORE VALUES
Provide Inclusive Access

Create Paradigm Shifts

Community Economic Development

Community Stabilization

Generational Wealth and Responsible Stewardship

Focused Learning Practices for Youth Financial Education
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Social Enterprise & Educational Pursuits
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IMPACT & TESTIMONIALS

Testimonials by Kimberly Knox

Resource Websites for Kids...
National Endowment for Financial Education​
BizKids
​North Carolina Council on Economic Education
https://bethkobliner.com/
What is Money | Young Explorers

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