The Esther Pfleiderer Charitable Trust Foundation awarded a $4,800 grant to Junior Achievement serving Kosciusko County to fund the Lincoln Finance Park experience. An estimated 430 Lakeview Middle School and Milford Junior/Senior High students will build personal finance skills through the program this year. In partnership with educators, parents, business and the community, the Lincoln Finance Park program is scheduled for these students. It provides hands-on learning in a life-like facility and teaches them the uses of and realities of money relative to personal lifestyle choices and lifelong planning. John Elliott, trust officer at 1st Source Bank, visited and spoke with the Lakeview Middle School students in the classroom while they were learning about balancing their budgets and making discretionary spending choices, where he recognized the value of the experience in helping students prepare for their lives after graduation. Pictured in the classroom (L to R) are Clay Anderson, Sarah Bell, teacher Anita Wagoner, Elliott, Fabian Rodriguez and Ana Melendrez.[[In-content Ad]]
