The dates for the two-day Financial Literacy for Teens workshop, covering
topics such as budgeting, saving and credit, have been changed to Monday
and Tuesday, July 7 and 8, at Maui Economic Opportunity in Wailuku.
The teen financial literacy workshop is offered at no cost and is put on by
MEO’s Business Development Center. The in-person workshop runs from 9 to
11:30 a.m. on both days at MEO, 99 Mahalani St., behind the J. Walter
Cameron Center.
The workshop is offered annually during the fall and summer breaks to
middle and high school youth.
Topics to be covered include budgeting and saving, basic banking, applying
for jobs, obtaining credit and more. MEO Business Development Specialists
Lianne Peros-Busch and Teon Simmons will be the instructors.
To register for the workshop online please follow this link:
https://www.meoinc.org/programs-services/business-development-center/financial-literacy/
The direct link to register is here – https://form.jotform.com/242906295432156.
For more information, contact Simmons by phone at (808) 243-4317 or by
email at [email protected].
BDC has been offering the popular Financial Literacy for Teens in public
schools in the fourth quarter. Peros-Busch and Simmons presented the
program to 85 6th and 7th-graders at Lana`i High & Elementary and 51
students at Hana High School.
The Maui County Office of Economic Development provides funding for the
workshops.
Maui Economic Opportunity Business Development Specialists Lianne Peros-Busch (left) and Teon Simmons discuss savings with Lana`i High & Elementary School students. Peros-Busch and Simmons took the Business Development Center’s Teen Financial Literacy workshop to Lana`i in the fourth quarter of the school year.