2011 Stock Market Challenge
On November 10, 2011, our teens participated in our 4th annual Stock Market Challenge event in the afternoon, while over 200 participants from Omaha’s business community came together that evening to buy, sell and trade their way to the title of Stock Market Challenge champion.
In the end, The Kitty Cats team from our Council Bluffs unit were the champions during the teen event. Our corporate winners that evening were the Energizers from Tenaska.
This event would not have been possible without the help of all of our generous sponsors, our 2011 Event Chairs, Judy Willour and Casey Fehringer, our Boys & Girls Clubs Family Guild, our BGC staff and our evening emcees — BGCM CEO, Ivan Gilreath and Channel 6 Newscaster, Jim Siedlecki.
The funds raised at our 2011 Stock Market Challenge help provide services to over 6,000 members that belong to one of our Clubs. With membership fees at only $30 a year, the Club relies on support from the community to help provide the programs we offer every day after school and during the summer. Almost 160 of our Club teens participated in the Stock Market Challenge event in the afternoon, with the help of our partners from University of Nebraska at Omaha’s College of Business. UNO College of Business faculty and students provided the training support prior to the game and served as our floor traders for both events.
Our winning teens, The Kitty Cats, ended with a net worth of just over $1.1 million and collectively received $5,000 from First National Bank’s Nebraska Educational Savings Trust and $400 in Visa Gift Cards.
