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    About The Company

    The Foundation for Free Enterprise Education (FFEE) exists to provide young Pennsylvanians relevant, impactful education and skills that help them explore, create and sustain successful careers and lives that ultimately strengthen our communities and state. Founded in 1979, FFEE operates three dynamic youth education programs, Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week (PFEW), The Stock Market Game (SMG) and the Speaker Series that prepare Pennsylvania’s youth for the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century workforce.

    PFEW is an award-winning program that teaches high school students the inner workings of modern business and the American free enterprise system. PFEW opens students’ eyes to great careers and helps them develop job-ready skills that prepare them for success. PFEW typically serves over 1,600 students each year, and in 2023, this award-winning program graduated its 50,000th student.

    The Stock Market Game is an in-class program for students in grades 4-12. Students form teams, research stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other securities, invest an imaginary $100,000 in real time, and make trades as they compete against other teams for the highest return on their initial investment. Through the game, students learn about investing, the stock market, financial literacy and develop skills that will lead them to successful financial futures. SMG served over 9,500 students in 2023.

    The Speaker Series is an online library of video resources geared toward career exploration, motivation, and skills development. The videos focus on the education and skills required for success in various fields, workforce preparedness, inspiration, mentorship and personal development. Also included are digital resources that help students with resume writing, interviewing, workplace etiquette and job readiness. The Speaker Series serves thousands of middle and high school students each year.

    For more information on FFEE or to learn more about our program, please visit our website at www.pfew.org.

     

    Opportunity Overview

    The Speaker Series is an online library of video resources geared toward workforce preparedness, career exploration and preparation, motivation, and skills development. The Speaker Series iscomprised of informational videos focusing on students’ inspiration, personal development, career exploration and workforce preparedness. This FREE collection of continuously growing videos can be accessed by anyone at any time either on our website or our YouTube channel. New videos are added regularly to add relevant content and provide even greater impact.

    Additionally, our CEW standards-aligned Speaker Series Accompaniment Workbook is a great tool to use in conjunction with the videos. Whether used whole or by section, the workbook can also serve as an artifact to demonstrate implementation of each student’s individualized career plan.

    To view the collection of videos and the workbook, visit https://www.pfew.org/speaker-series.

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