REALITY STORESM Note: Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Indiana originally developed the Re

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REALITYSTORESMNote Business and Professional
Women's Clubs of Indiana originally developed the
Reality Store. The term Reality Store is
protected and should be followed by SM to
represent service mark.
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Reality StoreSM Helps Participants

• Learn skills for financial planning
• - goal setting
• - decision making
• Examine attitudes about
• - careers
• - earnings
• - quality of life
• Develop guidance relationships with community
  volunteers

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1. Student Preparation

• Career Interest Inventory
• Quality of Life Assessment
• Career Exploration
• Occupation Selection
• Occupation Research
• monthly income

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2. Reality StoreSM Visit

• Check Book
• - Monthly Income
• recorded as balance
• Reality Stations
• - Staff by community
• volunteers
• Choices
• - How they will spend
• their money?

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Reality Stations

• Taxes
• Housing
• Transportation
• Insurance
• Utilities
• Child Care
• Groceries

• Lifes Little Surprises
• Travel Entertainment
• Clothing
• Personal Care / Hygiene
• Bank (college loan)
• Charitable Contributions
• Investments

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3. Follow-Up Discussion

• Evaluation Form reflection
• Discussion
• - What are your reactions to the Reality
  StoreSM?
• - How did the Reality StoreSM compare to your
• picture of reality?
• - Did the Reality StoreSM change your future
• plans in any way? How?

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REALITY STORESMHelping kids make decisions
about their futures!