New Phila, Dover Students Learn Smart Money Skills

New Phila, Dover Students Learn Smart Money Skills

New Philadelphia, Ohio - Fifth-grade students at Dover South and New Phila York Elementary will be introduced to finance, accounting and economics by CPAs and other accounting professionals with Rea & Associates on Nov. 12 as part of Accounting for Kids® Day.

"This is a timely lesson, especially given the recent economic events in our country," said Greg Goodie, CPA shareholder and manager of Rea's New Philadelphia office. "Children can feel the financial stress that many of their parents are facing."

Linda Brothers, Darlene Finzer, Jamie Miles, Matt Rees, Amber Shaeffer, Lindsay Stemple, Mike Studer, Cathy Troyer and Stacy Trump, volunteers from Rea & Associates, will lead the students in an interactive game about the stock market and the risks and rewards of real-life investing. The game shows how market fluctuations can affect overall investment and supplements classroom curriculum. Children will learn how to make smart financial decisions and become savvy consumers and future business leaders.

"By participating in Accounting for Kids Day, we're helping kids understand early in life why it's important to save for the future," said Goodie. "It is rewarding for us to help children, in a fun way, grow into financially

responsible adults who know how to manage their own money."

Accounting for Kids® Day, presented each November by members of The Ohio Society of CPAs, teaches 10,000 Ohio elementary students how investing over the long-term can pay big dividends. For more information, visit the newsroom at www.ohioscpa.com.

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