HEALTH AND FINANCE WORKSHOPS
Health topics include:
Understanding Health, Exercise / Tai Chi Chaun, Medicare, Medicaid, Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease, Domestic Violence, Disease Prevention, Personal Hygiene, Diet, Healthy Cooking, Helpful Tips to Maintain Health and Mental Health.
Finance Topics Include:
Budgeting, Credit (Credit cards, loans…), Saving and Investing, Dealing with Debt, Real Estate, Retirement, Social Security, Succession Planning, Elder Financial Abuse, Home Buying, Foreclosure, Financing your Education, Etiquette/Protocol and Insurance.
PROGRAMS: GENERAL
STRAIGHT ROAD SCHOLARSHIPS
Straight Road International awards two scholarships to the winners of our annual essay competition:
- Straight Road Finance Scholarship
- Straight Road Health Scholarship
Essay topics focus on financial accountability and health conscious behaviors.
BLOG
Quarterly blog addressing health and financial issues affecting our communities
MENTORING PROGRAM
Straight Road’s i-Mentor program is a mentoring program targeting the students of Mon Repos R.C. School. The “i” in “i-Mentor” stands for inspirational. Our objective is to inspire students to reach their full potential.
PROGRAMS: HEALTH
COMMUNITY COOKBOOK
We’re creating a community cookbook that features healthy, locally grown food and healthy dishes. We encourage those who want to get involved to contribute their favorite healthy recipes or come up with a healthy twist on a classic dish. This particular program falls inside of First Lady, Michelle Obama’s, Let’s Move initiative which is dedicated to solving the problem of obesity within a generation, so that children born today will grow up healthier and able to pursue their dreams.
FITNESS FAIRS
We host regular fitness fairs within the communities that we serve introducing participants to different types of fitness activities, fitness organizations and fitness information; with an emphasis on stress relief.
PROGRAMS: FINANCE
BUSINESS BUILDER PROGRAM
Financial literacy and entrepreneurship program targeting both youth and adults, introducing them to business plan development and critical financial literacy skills.
FINANCIAL SWORDSMANSHIP
Collaboration with the Peter Westbrook Foundation to financially educate and empower its students, families and community
FINANCIAL LITERACY SPEAKER SERIES
Collaboration with South Carolina State University to deliver a financial literacy speaker series designed to effectively empower its students