Kids & Family

Participants at Mineola Non-Profit Named 2013 Financial Literacy Challenge Winners

Hassaan Patterson and Delia Benitez named winners after using Family and Children Association's money management tools.

Delia Benitez and Hassaan Patterson from Family and Children’s Association in Mineola were recently named one of the nonprofit winners of Capital One Bank’s inaugural Financial Literacy Challenge, an awards program designed to encourage money management best practices among kids and adults throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties.

These two individuals were selected out of 25 finalists and will be awarded $5,000 in unrestricted funds.

Benitez is a seventh grader who participates in the Family and Children Association’s Advantage After School program. As a result of her participation in Capital One Bank’s Financial Literacy Challenge, she developed an interest in better understanding money management and inspired her parents to open their first bank account since moving to the United States from El Salvador and to begin planning for her future scholastic endeavors.

Patterson also participated in the financial literacy program offered by the Family and Children Association. The skills he learned from the money management workshop introduced by Capital One Bank helped him to balance a check book, make and stick to a budget, and understand the importance of saving. Over the course of the Challenge he saved $4,500 dollars.


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