CSU Receives Donation from Good $ense Kids’ Club to Support Students Residing on Campus

Chicago, IL (August 3, 2023) – The Good $ense Kids Club® (G$KC) presented a donation to Chicago State University leadership on Wednesday, July 26. The donation will support students staying in the Residence Hall this Fall semester by assisting with necessities to ease the financial costs of higher education.The Good $ense Kids Club is an organization started by seven black males to improve financial literacy to better enable young men to leave a legacy while living. The mission of the club is focused on youth education in financial literacy, money management, and investing. These young men discovered that by utilizing a practical application discipline, young people increase their financial literacy and build good habits of money management that last a lifetime. The members of the
Good $ense founding chapter are:

Micah Askew	Jameson Brown
Mario Davis, Jr.	Noah Gills
Miles Johnson	Andrew Wheeler
Wesley Williams

 

This is of particular interest to the founders as they prepare to start their own college journeys this Fall. The investment club will remain active while these young men
begin pursuit of their degrees at Hampton University, Indiana University, Vanderbilt University and New York School of Design. One member is also a rising sophomore
at Cornell University.

 

About Good $ense Kids Club® (G$KC)

The mission of the Good $ense Kids Club® (G$KC) is to teach children the value of money and financial responsibility. G$KC equips children with FIVE fundamentalmoney management principles: Earnings, Savings, Charitable Giving, Investing and Smart Spending.

 

About Chicago State University

Chicago State University, founded in 1867, is the oldest public university in the Chicago Metropolitan area. The University’s five colleges offer over 70 undergraduate
and graduate degree-granting and non-degree programs. CSU is committed to equity in education, serving as the only U.S. Department of Education-designated four-year Predominantly Black Institution in Illinois and ranked by a Harvard economist in the top 4% of public and private universities nationwide in supporting
our graduates’ economic mobility. The University serves as a prominent civic space on the greater South Side of Chicago by hosting a multitude of athletic, educational,
cultural, and recreational activities. The University is located near public transit that provides convenient access to the campus.