Palm Beach State College received a $35,000 grant from PNC Foundation to fund financial education programs for preschoolers.  Children and families of Palm Beach County’s Center for Early Learning will benefit.

Learning how to manage money can’t start early enough believes the folks at PNC Foundation, which is why they awarded a grant to Palm Beach State College to help teachers teach local children about sharing, saving and spending and to equip their parents to reinforce the lessons.

Funding is in support of Grow Up Great, PNC’s innovative early childhood education program, which was just extended for 10 years and $250 million dollars.  Grow up Great was launched in 2004 as a 10-year, $100 million initiative.

In October, 15 children were broken out into two groups: one where they will be counting, sorting, and learning to manage money. The other group will be reading a book on how to learn to save at an early age.

The PNC Foundation, which receives its principal funding from The PNC Financial Services Group, actively supports organizations that provide services for the benefit of communities in which it has a significant presence.

The foundation focuses its philanthropic mission on early childhood education and community and economic development, which includes the arts and culture. PNC has extended its signature cause, PNC Grow Up Great, by $250 million over 10 years to enhance early childhood education and school readiness. For more information, please visit www.pncgrowupgreat.com.