[Natfinwellness] How to run a "Game of Life"?

[Shannon, Chris]

Hello Kate—

We have a strong model here in MA called “Credit for Life Fairs” that started with HarborOne Bank roughly 15 years ago. (Alternately they are called “Reality Fairs.”) Here is a short video that shows the Fair in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzsI_FQlpug

The State Treasurer’s Office put together a map of existing school sites in MA using this event model as well as a Toolkit for anyone looking to replicate this model that might be of interest to you: http://www.mass.gov/treasury/empowerment/finlit/fairs/

Let me know if I can be of any additional assistance.

Best regards,
Chris
Community Affairs Manager : Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Chris.Shannon at bos.frb.org<mailto:Chris.Shannon at bos.frb.org> : (617) 973-3483

From: Natfinwellness [mailto:natfinwellness-bounces+chris.shannon=bos.frb.org at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Moody, Katherine
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 12:25 PM
To: National Financial Wellness Listserv
Subject: [Natfinwellness] How to run a "Game of Life"?

Hello,
At the conference last summer one event that a few schools had done was a "Game of Life" where there are multiple tables set out, each one representing a different need/want (housing, food, transportation, insurance, etc.). Students have a certain amount of money and go from table to table getting everything they want while staying within their budget. I'd like to do a similar event here in January as part of our MLK week events, the theme being "economic justice."
As I'm starting from scratch, I was hoping those of you who have done this kind of program could tell me how you ran it. A few questions I have are:

What needs/wants were represented?
What forms did you use for the tables? for the students?
How did you come up with pricing?
What were your rules?
How many people does it take to man?
What props will we need?

Any tips, links, printouts would be much appreciated!
Cheers,

Kate Moody
@librarikate<https://twitter.com/librarikate>
Access Services Librarian
Lane Library, Ripon College
(920) 748-8750<tel:%28920%29%20748-8750>

300 Seward Street
P.O. Box 248
Ripon, WI 54971-0248

[twitter]<https://twitter.com/lane_library>[facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/LaneLibraryRiponCollege> [bloggerlogo] <http://lane-library.blogspot.com/>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/natfinwellness/attachments/20151217/b0d8f769/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.gif
Type: image/gif
Size: 600 bytes
Desc: image001.gif
URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/natfinwellness/attachments/20151217/b0d8f769/attachment.gif>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image002.gif
Type: image/gif
Size: 351 bytes
Desc: image002.gif
URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/natfinwellness/attachments/20151217/b0d8f769/attachment-0001.gif>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image003.gif
Type: image/gif
Size: 1444 bytes
Desc: image003.gif
URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/natfinwellness/attachments/20151217/b0d8f769/attachment-0002.gif>