Wednesday started with a balancing act. No joke our youth learned how to balance as part of our Mini-Society Day Camp. Balance a check-book that is. Our friends from the State Employees Credit Union came to visit us on Wednesday. As part of our lesson we learned about writing checks and balancing a check book. It is good information to have as we get ready to open our stores today.After taking care of business and enjoying our lunch of grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, and french fries, it was time to get down to business. We mean that literally. 
The youth had a chance to open up their stores and buy, buy, buy and sell, sell, sell. Many of them learned about price comparison quickly. For example at one store you might be able to get two candy bars for $500. 
However at Mrs. Aggie's store one candy bar was a $1,000. As a matter of fact many of our youth learned that items at Mrs. Aggie's store might have been nice but they were rather high priced. They also learned the way around that. After closing their stores it was auction time. Mrs. Aggie auctioned items from her store to raise capitol. What was priced at $1000 might only sell at auction for $500. The other lesson youth learned about their money was to watch how they spent it. Sometimes they needed to make choices on what they wanted based on how much cash they had left.
The youth had a chance to open up their stores and buy, buy, buy and sell, sell, sell. Many of them learned about price comparison quickly. For example at one store you might be able to get two candy bars for $500. 
However at Mrs. Aggie's store one candy bar was a $1,000. As a matter of fact many of our youth learned that items at Mrs. Aggie's store might have been nice but they were rather high priced. They also learned the way around that. After closing their stores it was auction time. Mrs. Aggie auctioned items from her store to raise capitol. What was priced at $1000 might only sell at auction for $500. The other lesson youth learned about their money was to watch how they spent it. Sometimes they needed to make choices on what they wanted based on how much cash they had left.It was a day of great fun and excitement as our youth put their money away in the town bank for the last day of Mini-Society. Please stay tuned to see what happens on day four.
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