OAKLAND PARK, FLA. (WSVN) – High school students in Broward County traded playbooks for checkbooks to learn a valuable lesson off the field.<\/p>\n
This past Friday at Northeast High School, class felt a little different. No textbooks. Instead, the subject being taught was money.<\/p>\n
This \u201cMoney Mini Camp\u201d was created by former Miami Dolphins fullback Alec Ingold.<\/p>\n
His goal is to teach high school students how to win off the field with their money.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is major, you know what I\u2019m saying? I feel like this is what we\u2019ve been missing for a long time,\u201d said Dolphins offensive lineman Aaron Brewer.<\/p>\n
Now with his new team, the Los Angeles Chargers, engaging in organized team activities, Ingold couldn\u2019t make it in person, but he was still front and center virtually.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully y\u2019all will be empowered and equipped to move forward with your life and move forward, so change for me,\u201d said Ingold in a video call to the students.<\/p>\n
Stepping in for Ingold were a couple of familiar faces carrying the message forward: Ingold\u2019s now former teammates Brewer and Ollie Gordon.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you\u2019re elementary, middle school, high school, you\u2019re not getting financial literacy. People are not teaching that, and that\u2019s the biggest thing in life once you become an adult,\u201d said Brewer. \u201cFinancial literacy, that\u2019s life in itself. You got bills, you got credit, you got all these loans you get, and so, that\u2019s life, so I feel it\u2019s just so dope for them to point to the youth and give them that knowledge early on in life.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was a team effort between Broward County Public Schools teachers and Amerant Bank associates, as they close the gap many say has been ignored far too long.<\/p>\n
\u201cI learned the hard way growing up as an adult, so just that knowledge that I went through personally, I want to make sure that over 300 kids today are impacted through financial literacy \u2014 basic banking, investing, credit and fraud,\u201d said Dr. Kevin Perry with BCPS.<\/p>\n
And for partners like Amerant Bank, the impact hits home.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be able to give back and through Alec and his foundation, Broward County, the foundation, man, it\u2019s incredible,\u201d said Amerant Bank associate Orly Garcia. \u201cThis is one of the coolest days of the year for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
But the real takeaway was the message landing with the students.<\/p>\n
\u201cVery impactful, because I have, like, very bad shopping addictions, so I\u2019m starting to learn, like, how to save my money more and, like, how to manage it,\u201d said student Sierra Minikus.<\/p>\n
\u201cI learned a lot about how to invest and where to put my money in order to stay wealthy and continue to be wealthy once you do get the first check,\u201d said student Syndi Smith.<\/p>\n
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