St. Louis Fed Offers Free Personal Finance Virtual Summer Camp

ST. LOUIS — Parents hoping to fight pandemic-related learning losses have a fun, free way to keep children engaged this summer.

By popular demand, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is bringing back its free Personal Finance Virtual Summer Camp and is expanding it to high school students.

When: This self-paced online camp will be available to students nationwide any time from May 24 to Aug. 20, 2021. It is designed to last a couple of hours each day, for a total of one week.

Cost: Free

What: St. Louis Fed economic education experts have created age-appropriate activities for elementary (grades 3-5); middle school (grades 6-8); and high school (grades 9-12). Through videos, quizzes, podcasts and Q&As, students will discover and apply essential concepts such as:

• how money and the economy work
• how to evaluate everyday decisions
• how to use savings and credit responsibly

Campers’ progress will be automatically tracked, and campers will earn a certificate and virtual badge upon completion.

More information and to enroll: Visit https://www.stlouisfed.org/education/personal-finance-virtual-summer-camp

“Parents want flexible summer programming for their kids, including online camps. We are proud to offer busy parents a free way to teach invaluable personal finance and economics lessons,” said Mary Suiter, economic education officer at the St. Louis Fed. “Research shows that children develop their financial behaviors at a very young age, so it’s vital to introduce and reinforce financial literacy concepts.”