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faces&places
On April 2, high school students from
Frankel Jewish Academy’s Finance Club
partnered with JARC, a nonprofit organi-
zation serving adults with developmental
disabilities in Metro Detroit, to host a
“Fun with Finance” event.
The event took place at the Max M.
Fisher Federation building and was
attended by 15 people JARC serves and
12 students. The participants engaged
with one another by splitting into smaller
groups to play finance-related games and
discuss how the concepts in the games
relate to money management in real life.
The event was a big hit with everyone
involved, and requests to make this a
regular JARC activity came from a couple
of people JARC serves, who are eager to
repeat the experience.
The idea for the event was presented to
JARC by Harry Shaevsky who serves as
an Alumni Teen Adviser of JARC’s Tony
Richman Teen Action Project and presi-
dent of Frankel Jewish Academy’s Finance
Club.
“Serving three years with the Teen
Action Project, I have been able to engage
with many of the same people JARC
serves, and it always brings a smile to my
face when they remember me from pre-
vious events. We always have nice discus-
sions and a good time.”
Harry was inspired to coordinate this
initiative to teach the people JARC serves
financial literacy in a fun way.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF JARC
FJA Students Host ‘Fun with
Finance’ Event for JARC
FJA students play
Fun with Finance.
People served by
JARC and students
at the event
Students explain the
game to persons
served by JARC.
FJA students alongside a
person served by JARC
enjoy a finance game.