Mind Treasures began working with the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation (JCNI) in South East San Diego in April 2008. Through the generosity of many inidividuals and corporations, 12 children and Jr. Youth attended the first program at the Market Creek Plaza where they learned to develop their character traits and use them in their daily financial lives.

 

In addition to the children, parents also enjoyed reading about what their children were learning in class and how to implement the learning in their family life. Many parents indicated that they would be interested in attending adult programs offered by Mind Treasures.

After completing the first class at JCNI (April 2008), Marquis Snowden, a 4th grade student, along with a few of his friends, decided to take philanthropic actions and raise funds to help with the purchase of a climbing wall for the kindergartners at his schools. In fall of 2009, when Marquis learned that due to drastic budget cuts at his school district, he was not going to be able to attend the 6th grade camp, he took on a new challenge to raise enough funds so every 6th grader in his school district can attend the 2010 summer camp. Please contact us if you would like to help Marquis reach this praiseworthy goal.

In September 2009, Mind Treasures was selected by JCNI to provide a 1-hour financial literacy workshop for 112 students (K-6) at the Chollas-Mead elementary school in the Diamond Neighborhoods. Following the success of this pilot workshop, Prime Time Extended Day Program of San Diego Unified School District, requested a complete series of ABCs of Wealth workshops for a group of 5th graders at this school. These workshops were sponsored by a grant from the Legler Benbough Foundation and JCNI.



Mind Treasures recently launched a program - San Diego NFL (Neighborhood Financial Literacy) - to provide financial education to over 1,000 residents of the Diamond Neighborhoods. This program is organized in cooperation with JCNI and Prime Time, and sponsored by the San Diego Neighborhood Funders. Weekly classes are held in various elementary and middle schools as well as community centers in the area.

Program	Location	Attendees (Grade)	Partners	Financial Sponsors	Volunteers
Spring 2010
Children	Valencia Park Elementary	2	Prime Time	Legler Benbough	JCNI
Children	Nubia Leadership Academy	2	Bayview Charities	Legler Benbough	JCNI
Winter 2010
Family	JCNI	Chilren, youth, prents	Girl Scouts	Legler Benbough	JCNI
Children	Nubia Leadership Academy	5	Bayview Charities	Legler Benbough	JCNI
Fall 2009
Children	Chollas-Mead Elementary	5	Prime Time	Legler Benbough	JCNI
Children	Chollas-Mead Elementary	K - 5	Prime Time	JCNI & Mind Treasures	JCNI & Mind Treasures
Winter 2009
Jr. Youth	JCNI	6 - 8	JCNI	JCNI	JCNI
Summer 2008
Children	PAZAZZ	3 - 5	JCNI	Mind Treasures	JCNI
Spring 2008
Children & Youth	Market Creek Plaza	3 - 12	JCNI	Mind Treasures	JCNI