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Southeast Guilford Community Foundation supports education, health and recreation
News & Record, Wednesday, May 23, 2018
The Southeast Guilford Community Foundation, (SEGCF), is a not-for-profit foundation, created for the sole purpose of supporting Education, Health and Recreation. Its eleven-member Board of Directors has been in existence since 2009. With regard to Education, SEGCF has given approximately $32,000.00 in grants to the six Southeast Guilford County Schools. See what our Southeast schools are saying about the Foundation:
“The Southeast Guilford Community Foundation has been a powerful resource to our school community. The Foundation is a sounding board in regards to all current events in our school district and the Southeast area of Guilford County,” Brian McCain, Principal, Nathaniel Greene Elementary.
“The Southeast Guilford Community Foundation has been a valuable partnership and resource for Pleasant Garden Elementary School. The grant program provides a financial resource that allows teachers to fund projects to enhance the educational experience of our students,” Brian Lehman, Principal, Pleasant Garden Elementary.
In addition to providing grants to the six Southeast Guilford County Schools, SEGCF has provided emergency clothing for elementary schools, college scholarships to high school seniors for their dedication to community service and monetary support for Positive Behavior Intervention at Southeast Middle School. Positive Behavior Intervention and Support is based on an incentive system that includes rewards for students that exhibit good behavior.
SEGCF supports the development and improvement of facilities and programs to better the health and wellness of Southeast area residents and their children. Annually, the Foundation contributes funds to local food pantries, other charitable non-profits and Guilford County Senior Resources Mobile Meals.
In terms of recreation, SEGCF has provided funds to establish the Alamance Walking Trail in the southeast area as well as to add further enhancements to the Bradley’s Fun-For-All Playground located in Hagan Stone Park that was the first handicapped–accessible playground in Guilford County. SEGCF has donated to the Pleasant Garden 5K/1 mile “Fun Run” for residents in and around the southeast area. YMCA’s Camp Weaver is also a recipient of funding for “Send a Kid to Camp” program, which provides scholarships for underserved, deserving kids to attend summer camp.
SEGCF depends solely on contributions and its annual golf tournament fundraiser. This year’s event will take place on Friday, June 15, 2018, (rain date Monday, June 18) at Forest Oaks Country Club, 4600 Forest Oaks Drive, Greensboro, shotgun start at 1:00p.m. For more information about the tournament or to make a donation, please contact a member of the Board directly at www.segcf.org.
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‘Reality of Money’ | Southeast Guilford High Students Learn Financial Literacy
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Can we agree that growing up isn’t as easy and fun as we think when we’re teens? Southeast Guilford High School has made it a point to teach students what being an adult implies. Hint: They rhyme with the words brent, waxes and dealth incurrence.
The ‘Reality of Money’ is an interactive financial literacy activity the students get to play once a year thanks to the Civics and CTE departments at Southeast.
“It’s intended to expose our people to post-secondary education and help them learn financial techniques through financial literacy,” said Haywood Stukes, Career Coordinator at SEHS, who coordinated this year’s Reality of Money event.
Here’s how it works: The students are randomly handed a sheet with their assigned job or profession, their income, credit score and other debts, like student loans. With that information, they head out to 12 different life stations where they can determine what kind of house, car, health insurance, grocery budget, and even vacation or entertainment they can afford. Their goal is to be able to complete them all and stay within their “monthly” budget. If you’ve played the game “Life,” this may sound familiar.
WFMY News 2 Digital Reporter Laura Brache followed 10th grader Montrell Walker throughout the activity, who was assigned to be a single Accountant with a four-year degree making $39,500 a year with no children.
After completing all the stations that applied to him, like opening credit cards, buying a house, a car, health insurance and buying a vacation package, Walker was still able to stay within budget and have money from his initial funds leftover.
“After I finished and I got back to ‘pay day,’ I ended up with more than what I started off with, so that’s a good thing. So that means that I budgeted well and I got to enjoy myself,” Walker said.
But this wasn’t the case for students like Ila Seamans who were assigned a completely different scenario.
“Personally, I was really struggling with money,” Seamans said. “I was a single mom with one kid and I almost went broke. So, it’s a real eye-opener for me because I didn’t realize how much money my parents spend, and they’re married with three kids.”
The Reality of Money has been a part of the Civics curriculum for financial literacy for the past 10 years, according to Stukes.
The event is a group effort from members of the community, such as former teachers, local business experts and banks like the State Employee’s Credit Union.
“We really believe that this activity enriches the lives of students’ way beyond just high school,” Stukes added, saying that former students have reached out to thank him for the opportunity to learn about taxes and health insurance.