Mission Update: Sullivan's School of Accounting Offers Dollars and Sense Training

Sullivan's School of Accounting Offers Dollars and Sense Training

     One of our goals is returning our women and men back into the community as sober, responsible, self-supporting citizens who enjoy the dignity of caring for themselves and their children.  We seek for foster a sense of independence among our resident clients and, as such, we make vocational and life skills training readily accessible.  Recently, Sharon Williams and Lori Vowels from Sullivan University's School of Accounting led a class in budgeting and money management. 

 

     As our guest instructors were quick to explain, most people do not plan to fail, but they often fail to plan--and this is particularly true in matters of money.  Using an easy to read and easy to understand spreadsheet, a group of our resident clients were introduced to a simple method of keeping tabs on income and outgo.  The only way families can survive is to spend less than their earnings; however, many of those in our care have never learned this basic principle.  Our classroom participants quickly caught on to this concept and were soon discussing budgeting ideas among themselves and their two visiting instructors. 

 

     Our resident clients do not stay with us forever and when they leave, we want them equipped for the rigors of independence--including financial independence.  We are grateful to Lori and Sharon for their sterling presentation.  Our thanks to Sullivan University, too, for sending these two gifted instructors.  Teaching financial independence concepts to the poor is one way of breaking the cycle of poverty.