ANCHOR LEAD:
BASKETBALL, ACTING, SWIMMING, OVERNIGHT... THERE ARE COUNTLESS SUMMER CAMPS FOR KIDS. NOW, THERE'S ONE YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO BANKROLL... CAMP THAT TEACHES YOUR KIDS HOW TO HANDLE MONEY. WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU GET FOR YOUR INVESTMENT? ____ ___ TELLS YOU IN THIS HEADS UP.

TRACK ONE Length: 07
HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SHERILYN BOGATZ WILL START COLLEGE NEXT YEAR, BUT HER MOTHER DIANA'S NOT WAITING TO TEACH HER DAUGHTER PERSONAL FINANCE 101.

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KEY @: 09 Diana Bogatz, Mother
"How to write a check, the difference between a debit card and a credit card, and try to save your money."

TRACK TWO Length: 11
Source: Jump$tart Coalition surveyed 5,575 High School Seniors across the US for their 2006 Survey of Financial Literacy Among High School Students. The average score was 52.4%.
TEENS HAVE A LOT TO LEARN... ONLY HALF OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A RECENT SURVEY CORRECTLY ANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT SAVING, BUDGETING, AND RETIREMENT.
DIANA'S BANKING ON A MONEY CAMP TO MAKE SHERILYN CASH SAVVY.

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KEY @: 26 Sherilyn Bogatz, Went to Money Camp
"I think going to the money camp was extremely important for me. I feel like I learned a lot."

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KEY @: 31 Laura Levine, Jump$tart Coalition
"Business camps, entrepreneurship camps, and then some of them are just general money management camps."

TRACK THREE Length: 13
LAURA LEVINE IS WITH JUMPSTART COALITION...A FINANICAL LITERACY ORGANIZATION. SHE SAYS MONEY CAMPS ARE GROWING IN POPULARITY...AND THAT'S GOOD NEWS BECAUSE MANY SCHOOLS DON'T COVER THE TOPIC AND PARENTS AREN'T ALWAYS THE BEST TEACHERS.

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KEY @: 51 Laura Levine, Jump$tart Coalition
"They've made mistakes with their own money and, so, they don't feel ready to teach their kids about personal finance."

NAT SOT Length: 02
"How many of you have a corporate logo on you?"

TRACK FOUR Length: 05
ELISABETH DONATI STARTED THE CAMP SHERILYN ATTENDED... SHE TEACHES TEN- YEAR-OLDS TO TEENS.

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Length: 03(Elisabeth Donati, The Money Camp)
"The kids get a paycheck and they have to pay bills."

TRACK FIVE Length: 08
THEY LEARN HOW TO BUDGET, SAVE, BUY A HOUSE AND CAR, AND START THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
SHERILYN SAYS THE MOST VALUABLE LESSON WAS INVESTING.

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KEY @: 1:16 Sherilyn Bogatz, Went to Money Camp
"You can do what you love and still make money because you can make your money work for you."

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KEY @: 1:21 Elisabeth Donati, The Money Camp
"We ask them to come up with different things they would need to look at before they buy stocks; we obviously explain mutual funds to them."

TRACK SIX Length: 06
ALTHOUGH SHE WASN'T THRILLED ABOUT MONEY CAMP AT FIRST, SHERILYN SAYS IT'S WORTH IT... AND ENCOURAGES OTHER KIDS TO ATTEND.

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Length: 04(Sherilyn Bogatz, Went to Money Camp)
"Money camp is an amazing experience you won't find anywhere else; you get a lot out of it."

ANCHOR TAG:
FINANCE CAMPS CAN BE FOUND COAST TO COAST. THEY CAN COST JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A COUPLE DAY LONG SESSIONS, OR RUN INTO THE THOUSANDS FOR SLEEP AWAY CAMPS OFTEN HELD AT COLLEGES.

SOURCE INFORMATION:

Laura Levine
Jump$tart Coalition
919 18th Street, N.W.
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
202-466-8610

Levine is the Executive Director of the Jump$tart Coalition. Her organization works to improve the financial literacy of young adults and advocates for personal finance education for grades K-12. Levine says she's seeing more and more summer camps that have a focus on finance and thinks they're a great way for students to receive valuable money management skills.

Elisabeth Donati
The Money Camp
135 Chapala Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805-957-1024

Donati started The Money Camp about six years ago and currently serves as the organization's President.