by Dominic Bills | Feb 24, 2015 | News |
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 | News |
“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 29, 2015 | News |
On Tuesday, I had chance to visit the Franklin Elementary site. Students there were engaged in several different activities and classes. This is a fun program that offers a variety of options to keep students engaged after school. At this site students sign up for...
by Dominic Bills | Jan 27, 2015 | News |
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 | News |
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 | News |
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...
