DETROIT- Two organizations, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. – Detroit Alumnae Chapter and Fifth Third Bank partner together for IMPACT Day – a community event with a central focus on financial education and economic development and sustainability.
On Wednesday, March 12th from 9 a.m.-12 noon, 55 selected Detroit-area students will participate in Fifth Third’s Young Bankers Club, a five-week financial literacy program for youth. The goal is help create an early onset routine of financially responsible practices. The IMPACT Day event will take place at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School located at 15531 Linwood in Detroit.
The IMPACT Day program is a 2-part, daylong of activities designed to educate, inform and empower youth (during the morning). The evening phase of the IMPACT Day program will focus on adult finances, credit repair, debt repair, home ownership and more.
Students will learn basic fundamental financial principals such as budgeting and banking. Students will also visit the Junior Achievement Finance Park and open bank accounts.
“Economic Development is one of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority’s five programmatic thrusts, and we are thrilled to partner with Fifth Third Bank on this IMPACT Day initiative, which helps cultivate the financial trajectory of our youth, ,” says Deborah Hunter-Harvill, IMPACT Day chair. “Self-determination is one of the most significant accomplishments an individual can make in their life; and early financial literacy and early financial education starting with our youth can help direct these students’ path,” says Hunter-Harvill.
