GU SIFE Partners
GU SIFE values the many partnerships that we make while doing amazing projects. We would like to recognize those partners in order to show the incredible ways they are helping our SIFE team. CompaniesHealthEd ConnectIn affiliation with ProWorld, we have worked with their sub-organizations: ProPeru , ProBelize, and ProThailand.
The Waste Audit group is a brand new project this semester for GU SIFE. The team has partnered up with the Blue Springs School District in Missouri and Deffenbaugh , a recycling and waste management provider, to reduce the amount of waste the schools have. Motion Picture Association of America Bank of the West - Kids Bank has worked with the Lamoni Bank of the West for three years now. Each year we have taken the 5th graders to the bank for a field trip. The Bank of the West has been very supportive of our efforts to help the students understand the importance of savings by donating money for the students to start savings accounts. American State Bank -American State Bank has supported the Kids Bank team for three years now by helping the students learn about the importance of savings and donating money for the students to start their own savings accountsLamoni: Kid's Bank and JA Biztown has worked with the 5th and 6th teachers in the past few years to help them teach their students about concepts related to Free Enterprise. The teachers have graciously allowed us in the classroom and have supported our efforts by helping us schedule field trips and parent parties. Great Western Bank of Mt Ayr: Last fall, the Kid's Bank began their program in the Mt Ayr 5th grade classroom. Great Western agreed to donating money to opening the students savings accounts, hosting the field trip (although it was cancelled due to a snow day) and also helped us pay for the students to receive Kids Bank t-shirts. Great Western bank told us they would like to continue this partnership and to call them when we come back next fall! Mt Ayr: Last semester we decided to expand our Kid's Bank program to surrounding schools. We spend four days teaching lessons over budgeting, saving and banking basic. Junior Achievement of Iowa: Our JA Biztown program has worked with Junior Achievement to help teach the students of Lamoni extensively about Free-Enterprise. Each year, we have spend 4-8 weeks in the classroom ending our time by traveling to JA Biztown(a simulation of how an American community works). The students love this experience and are able to apply the knowledge they have learned through the Junior Achievement curriculum Lamoni Development Corporation JS Kemper FoundationSIFE TeamsBritish University in Egypt SIFE Emory and Henry College: The Stock Market Simulation team has been working with Emory and Henry College in implementing the curriculum that has been created by Graceland SIFE, teaching about capital markets and the importance of investing, in high school class rooms. We partnered with Emory and Henry College by conducting the exact same project in different parts of the US, and we will be combining our results to see the overall impact of the all the students involved in the project. New York Stock Exchange: We are currently working with the New York Stock Exchange to take winners of the stock market simulation out to New York for a real life visit. We are working with them also in getting some education courses during the visit, and possibly ringing the opening or closing bell. This partnership is still in progress, and continues to grow. |