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Shape your money for Smart Money Week
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Cindy Beach, librarian, folded money for Money Origami in light of Smart Money Week at the Boardman library on April 20.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Some of the finished pieces from Money Origami made on April 20 at the Boardman library.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.The heart locket made in Money Origami at the Boardman library held a quarter in its center.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Pictured, from left, are Cindy Beach, Cheri Halas, Gerlina Thomas and Debbie Roberts showing their fish made from Money Origami on April 20.
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Neighbors | Amanda Tonoli.Reading materials were provided for financial advice for Smart Money Week at the Boardman library in Money Origami.
By amanda tonoli
Smart Money Week – a week dedicated to education of financial literacy – was celebrated among all the Youngstown area libraries during the week of April 20.
Librarian Cindy Beach hosted Money Origami on April 20 at the Boardman library. Money Origami was a class that taught how to make origami out of money while discussing tips about financing throughout. In addition to fun and education, there was also a display provided, giving those who attended the opportunity to look into financing further – outside of the class.
Beach learned this craft for this specific event using tools and materials provided by the library. In the class she crafted displays of a house, a fish and a heart locket, prepared to show the class how to make all three out of fake printed paper money. The heart locket, one of the more difficult projects of the three, had a pocket which held change on the inside of the heart shape.
The fun of learning origami with money was the draw for patrons, but the importance was placed on education the library seeks to provide.
“We like help educate our patrons about finances,” Beach said. “Everything from coupons to investing.”
There were programs like Money Origami offered throughout the week at various libraries with different topics and teachers with backgrounds and information to expand finance knowledge.
“We have another librarian is doing a program about the first time you buy a car or the first time you buy a pet, whatever hidden financial things you might want to think about for that,” Beach said. “One of them is how to get your first apartment, stuff like that.”