by Dominic Bills | Feb 24, 2015 | Home Page |
How do you stack up where financial literacy is concerned? How do your children? The FINRA Foundation’s 2012 State-by-State Financial Capability Survey revealed that: 41% of Americans surveyed reported spending less than their income. 26% reported having unpaid...
by Dominic Bills | Feb 3, 2015 | Home Page |
“What did [they] lack though? … They lacked something that could have been given to them if we’d only know they needed it: a community around them that prepared them properly for the world.” – Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers. How many young people around us lack proper...
by Dominic Bills | Jan 27, 2015 | Home Page |
According to a report done by the Afterschool Alliance each year’s class of high school dropouts will cost the country more than $200 billion in lost earnings and unrealized tax revenue over the course of their lives. These high school dropouts earn 24 percent less...
by Dominic Bills | Dec 30, 2014 | Home Page |
I state it in almost every blog post I write here, because our mission is central to everything we do. The mission of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Utah County is to inspire and enable all young people to realize their full potential as productive and responsible...
by Dominic Bills | Nov 24, 2014 | Home Page |
If you’ve ever asked the question “when am I going to use this in real life?” about math, you’re not alone. Thankfully there are several practical applications for the subject most of us spent at least 12 years studying. One of my favorites is...
by Dominic Bills | Oct 23, 2014 | Home Page, Walden Teen |
There is a bulletin board at Walden School outside of Bev Pecoraro’s classroom, highlighting all of the club options for 9th-12th grade students. These club offerings are unique, not only because they function as part of the Boys & Girls Club after school...
