Wesley Learns Book Club is the only literacy program driven to incentivize children in becoming first-time shareholders of stocks
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Waynesboro GA, Global Children’s Financial Literacy Foundation (GCFL) Co-Founders and Navy veterans, Prince Dykes and Chadrick Davis, launch a kid’s book club that awards $30,000 worth of stocks and books. GCFL Co-founders newest initiative drive focusing on the emergence of practical financial habits beginning in the earlier childhood stage. Based on a children’s financial literacy book series Wesley Learns, inspired by Prince Dykes to teach his son Wesley; the book club program emboldens kids to read financial books that will help develop and strengthen their investment acumen. It requires participants to read three (3) books: Wesley Learns about Credit, Wesley Learns to Invest, and Wesley Learns about Insurance. Upon completion of the program, participants are awarded the opportunity to receive stock options.
