Multi Million Dollar CEOs Teach Financial Literacy to Girls
October 1, 2008
The Women Presidents’ Organization knows the importance of
financial security and is coordinating its second annual Financial
Literacy Event for young women. The financial literacy program
entitled,
On The Way To Pay Day, gives highly successful women CEO’s,
who oversee multi million dollar businesses, the opportunity to
teach future women leaders the importance of financial education,
and how it can impact their personal and professional lives.
The participating WPO members are women entrepreneurs who have
grown their businesses to the multimillion dollar level and have a
vested interest in the growth and success of women in business.
“The single most important factor for women in contributing to a
stable existence is to be financially secure. It is equally as
important to a young woman as it is to a young man,” said Marsha
Firestone, Ph.D. president and founder of the WPO. “Understanding
money and finance empowers women in all aspects of life. Too many
of our girls grow up without knowledge in this area.”
“This
wonderful event allows young women to learn first-hand from
successful women business owners and entrepreneurs,” said Sharon
Lechter. Sharon, a member of the President’s Advisory Council on
Financial Literacy, and a national board member of WPO, helped
create and organize this event. “WPO and Sam’s Club are providing
these young women with vital financial skills that will not only
prepare them to survive in the world they face, but thrive in it!”&
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The Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) in collaboration with
Sam’s Club and the Girl Scouts of the USA
, will encourage financial literacy by hosting
On The Way To Pay Day on October 7 at Sam’s Club locations
in ten cities across the country. The event will educate young
girls about financial literacy by playing the game Pay Day which
has been named one of best board games for learning money
management skills by
Money Magazine.
“This is a great event and we are pleased
we can play a role,” said Catherine Corley, vice president,
Business Insights and Marketing for Sam’s Club. “At Sam’s Club, we
help small business grow by lowering their costs and providing
goods and services that will help them succeed. More and more women
are choosing to become entrepreneurs so they can run their own
businesses, but regardless of the career path these young girls
will choose, we need to ensure all of our daughters are prepared to
achieve their dreams.”
Local chapters of the Women Presidents’ Organization are
moderated by professionally trained facilitators, many of whom have
their own businesses. Each chapter serves as a peer advisory
group in a roundtable format and function as an informal board of
director for their businesses.
