Banking On Our Future is a program that has been created to deliver financial education to children in low and moderate income areas. Our focus is to deliver that material in schools, community based organizations and faith based organizations at no cost to those participating groups.

Description:
Operation HOPE teaches over 7,000 kids in the Delaware Valley each year with the basics of banking and personal finance. From teaching kids where money comes from to teaching them how to write checks, balance a checkbook, and teaching them about lending and credit, our Banking on Our Future program makes a large impact in the lives of youth throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Southern New Jersey.

Our program provides a comprehensive 60-90 minute training session that provides the curriculum, classroom management tips, and the tools, tips, and tricks to deliver the program successfully. We provide full support and manage the full spectrum of the program from start to finish to make it easy for you.

History:
Operation HOPE has taught nearly 250,000 students nationwide in just oven a decade. In Philadelphia, Operation HOPE has taught nearly 18,000 students since July 2005 and has a partnership with the Philadelphia School District, Free Library of Philadelphia, and numerous non-profit agencies in the Delaware Valley.

Contact people:

Tom Thunstrom, Program Manager, (phone), (email) Elizabeth Fong, Program Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (215) 276-7105

Address:

401 W. Tabor Road Philadelphia, PA 19120 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.bankingonourfuture.org

Directions:

We are located at the intersection of 4th and Olney in Tabor, located in the PNC Bank office in the Olney neighborhood of the city. We are about one mile east of Albert Einstein Hospital and one block east. . . (more) For maps or information, please see http://www.septa.com/

Miscellaneous Information

Are court referrals welcomed?
	No