It’s time for year two of Reality Check, a program run by community volunteers to teach high school seniors about living on a budget while dealing with life’s unexpected surprises.
High school seniors from MCC and Fulda high schools will attend an interactive program March 29 that assigns them an income, then sends them out to choose insurance, transportation, medical, finance options and more. It’s the live-action version of the game of Life!
Last year’s event took place at MCC and involved every MCC and Fulda High School senior. Two dozen volunteers helped brainstorm ideas, compile information, run booths at the event and just generally step up to help give students a Reality Check while having fun in the process.
Booths at the Reality Check event include statistics such as marital status, number of children and salary. There will be a booth for banking, housing, transportation, groceries, insurance, childcare and more. Cards with a few of life’s unexpected surprises will be chosen as the students work their way through a monthly budget.
This year’s Reality Check event will take place March 29 at MCC, and once again, organizers are looking for volunteers and ideas! There will be an event planning meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, February 28 in the Courts Meeting Room in Slayton.
Volunteers will need to be available from 8 a.m. to noon on March 29. The students will go through the program in two 1 ½ hour sessions. Donations such as gift cards are being sought as prizes for the students who make it through the month with a positive balance!
Volunteers or donors are asked to contact Reality Check Committee members Kim Hause at 507-836-1144 or hausek@ umn.edu, Justine Wettschreck at 507-836-6023 or jwettschreck@ co.murray.mn.us or Kim DeLong at kim_delong@ mcc.mntm.org.
