Students Advocating Financial Education (SAFE) is a student organization at Florida State University aimed at providing financial education to the local community. SAFE's mission is to understand financial difficulties faced by lower and lower-middle class communities, educate them on personal finances through workshops and handouts, and generate philanthropic support. SAFE plans to hold fundraising events, volunteer workshops, and network with local organizations to achieve its goals and help students gain experience.

1. Students Advocating Financial Education Organization Overview Florida State University February 8, 2008

2. Things to bring to meetings… Agenda/calendar Notebook Any paper work or info relating to previous assignments Ideas!

3. Contact Info Jeannine Mazer Cell: 904.612.6355 Email: [email_address] Website: http://fsu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20830718912

4. Mission Statement Students Advocating Financial Education is a volunteer based organization by students aimed at helping the community in the immediate Tallahassee area through financial education, as well as giving students an opportunity to earn volunteer hours and learn practical life experiences.

5. Mission Statement, cont. Our principal roles are: To understand the financial difficulties faced by the community, focusing on all age ranges within the lower and lower-middle class. To initiate creative and accessible ways to educate the community in personal finances through credible and professional teachers and sources.

6. Mission Statement, cont. To generate resources which can aid to continuing our organization’s offered education within the finance realm, as well as for philanthropic giving to individuals in the community To research credible improvements that could be made to the local economic atmosphere and act upon implementing them by available means.

7. What we will be doing Behind the scenes… Planning events Contacting the necessary people to make this happen: speakers, banks, credit unions, churches Looking for financial support: companies, philanthropies, etc.

8. So what will we really be doing? Creating ways to communicate information to people Workshops and Information Handouts

9. What Else? We will be planning and participating in fun and profitable fundraisers to give money to families in financial need.

10. Anything Else? The scope of this organization has a lot of room to grow. Partnering with other organizations for projects Litigation and political action Expanding to other Universities/High Schools?

11. Social Aspect Social events will be planned periodically, but will not use any of the funds raised by the organization. This by no means will be a social club. The goal of these events is to unwind and have fun, and will hopefully help member participation and retention, as well as communication and team building 

12. What’s in it for me? Real Life Experience Help out people in a very real way! Learn to plan and execute events such as workshops and fundraisers, which also involves professional communication skills Actually learn about personal finances and saving for the future!

13. How Else Could This Help Me? Help out your resume not only by being involved (maybe holding a position), but also by earning volunteer hours Meet professional contacts from the business world as well as get acquainted with FSU’s faculty

14. Volunteer Hours Currently working on ServScript to record hours put online Hours for fundraising events, workshops, planning, (meetings?)…TBA

15. Short Term Goals Meet with Dean /get enthusiastic Faculty Advisor Become a Recognized Student Organization Get a core Executive Board to begin strategic planning Begin PR and membership recruitment Network with possible seminar volunteers Look for accessible community locations to hold seminars

16. This Semester’s Goals Membership Retention and Participation Plan Fundraising Activities; determine % towards organization’s needs and % towards philanthropy, fund raising goal: $1000? Determine Educational Activities Procedures; Plan and Execute.

17. Long Term Goals Build Reputation on campus (among students, faculty, departments) and in the community (PR). Grow fundraising goals Continue, improve, and create new educational activities Create goals for improving economic atmosphere of the community

18. S.A.F.E.’s Constitution This will be available online at the website.

19. New Developments Center for Civic Education and Leadership Contact interested in speaking: Farhood Basiri Joe Icerman: Associate Dean of Undergraduate Program, College of Business

20. Officer Positions: President VP Fundraising VP Community Relations Secretary Treasurer Recruitment Chair PR Chair Research Chair? Assistants?

21. Executive Board and Chairs Officers will have their own Executive Board meetings and the chairs will present their recent activities.

22. Next Meeting When is good for everyone??? We will be discussing… Becoming a Recognized Student Organization Fundraising Plan Workshop with Speaker Evaluate Meeting with Dean

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