Thank you for sending youth our way to compete for new positions on the Googolplex youth editorial board for 2012-2013. Even though competition was strong, 12 outstanding young people made the cut.

Click the link for each reading level and meet:

5-Spot (elementary school)

Sean Fogerty, Misawa Air Base, Japan, Navy Federal Credit Union

Thanks to you, credit union teenagers know how to save their money. The most recent reader poll in AJ's, the middle-school level of Googolplex, shows that when they receive money, 56% say they save it for something big.

Introduce your young teenage members to Shawn. When he was five, Shawn, now 11, started getting an allowance. "My parents told me to budget my allowance and save some for my future," he says. His response: “I'm only five, why save now?”

Now Shawn says he understands why. In "Investing Can Get You Free Money," Shawn tells his preteenage cohort what he learned about earning, budgeting, and investing money.

Here is the recent reader poll question* submitted by online reader jlu11:

Q: When you receive money, do you...

1. Spend it right away? 2. Save for something big? 3. Give to charity? 4. Put it in your wallet?

22% 56% 00% 22%

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5-Spot for elementary school kids

Fashion Is My Passion: Talia, 8, interviews two designers about fashion and shares their advice. http://googolplex.cuna.org/00001/5spot/article.php?doc_id=4026

The 93 Days of Summer: Load yourself up with this yummy summer-vacation fun list! http://googolplex.cuna.org/00001/5spot/games/93daysofsummer/start.htm?doc_id=4073

AJ's for middle school preteenagers

Birthday Tycoon: Chloe, 10, says, "I started a birthday party business!" You can too--find out how! http://googolplex.cuna.org/00001/ajsmall/article.php?doc_id=3995

Piece of Cake: Jigsaw puzzles are relaxing activities that soothe the spirit. Yeah, right. http://googolplex.cuna.org/00001/ajsmall/games/pieceofcake/start.htm?doc_id=3958

C-Note for high school teenagers

Driver's Dilemma: Spencer, 17, shows you how to keep "both the ID and the money pockets of your wallet happy." http://googolplex.cuna.org/00001/cnote/article.php?doc_id=4076

Master of Games: If you think you’re the only game in town, you might be about to find out where your master gets his name. http://googolplex.cuna.org/00001/cnote/games/master/start.htm?doc_id=1309

Get a Different Perspective: Blogger Kevin ponders the entrapment of "all these electronic devices." http://googolplex.cuna.org/00001/cnote/blog/?p=963

Use Strategy: Bridget blogs about spending on "the life you want to live vs. spending on the life you actually live." http://googolplex.cuna.org/00001/cnote/blog/?p=956

I Don't Like That Sound...Did Marcy check her vehicle's history online before buying? Read the serial comic, Wheels. http://googolplex.cuna.org/00001/cnote/wheels.php?e=116#w

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