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The Village Boutique will be sustained by the TFL participants both present and future. The families will have an active role in planning and preparing for the event. They will also be a part of the ensuring the overall success of the shoppping experience for the students.

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5/23/17. We celebrated the success of the Village Boutique with a Movie and Popcorn party.

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The Boutique was held on April 27, 2017. Many students showed up for the event ready to shop! Thanks to the TFL families' hard work, Wells Fargo Hands on Banking and Dollar General resources, the event went very smoothly. It was a learning experience for all. Students used their Family Literacy Bucks they earned from attendance and performance in their ESOL and GED classes to shop for items they needed and wanted. Many students also won great items at the Chance to Win.

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The families reflected upon the outcomes of the  Village Boutique and agreed it was an overall success. They expressed that they learned a lot of new skills and brushed up on some already learned skills.

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Students started this service learning project by investigating the needs of the other students attending classes at Community School South's Village Multipurpose Center. They surveyed the students and asked what types of items they needed. Students stated the following necessities: children's clothing, baby essentials, housewares, etc.

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Preparation for the event included learning and practicing financial literacy skills. Through the Wells Fargo financial literacy initiative, students used the Hands on Banking online learning resources to learn about money management.The TFL families and the entire student body at Village Multipurpose Center worked on skills such as identifying the names and denominations of several U.S. currency, budgeting, wants vs needs, savings and checking accounts and more. The students also took a pre and post test to determine what they learned from the lessons. In addition, students used A Day at Dollar General to take a virtual trip to the grocery store. The students also had a special presentation on money management from CareerSource Broward.

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TFL participants brought in donations and sorted everything into different categories. They set up the Boutique and also prepared the Chance to Win area, which is where items are won by purchasing a ticket that is later drawn randomly.

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The parents discussed the logistics of the boutique and how they can improve the quality of the shopping experience for the other students. They discussed preparing the students for the boutique through the financial literacy lessons and also agreed to incorporating financial literacy lessons into Parent and PACT time sessions. They expressed their desire to offer the students coupons just like real stores offer to enhance the shopping experience. Many of our TFL participants gathered and brought in donations they collected from their homes and from friends and family.