ATA Junior Development student Carly Krothe was recently awarded 1st place in the USA of all 4th and 5th graders for her essay about A Glimmer of Hope. Carley is a 5th grader at Serene Hills Elementary.

InvestWrite is an innovative, financially based, national writing competition, produced by The Stock Market Game program, that adds a critical thinking component to help reinforce concepts learned in the classroom.

The essay assignment: Imagine you volunteer at a nonprofit organization to manage their money, help it grow and protect it from risk. What would your nonprofit organization support and why is this important to you? How would you invest their money in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds? How would you diversify these investments?

Carly was awarded first place in the nation for Grades 4-5 at Serene Hills Elementary on Monday, February 26. Her first exposure to A Glimmer of Hope and its work came when she participated in a Walk for Water and heard Glimmer founder Donna Berber speak.