Our first project on Gulf Coast Gives, the giving portal of the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, was a huge success thanks to 7 generous donors. The ‘Calculate The Difference’ Holiday Shopping Project enables teens to go shopping with a gift card and calculator to choose their own gifts while learning some money management tips at the same time. The teens enjoyed their independent shopping trip, choosing presents for themselves and family members, and enjoying the challenge of squeezing every last penny from the gift card, with the aid of a calculator to help them keep track.

One girl was busy choosing something for her baby brother, mom, and grandmother, leaving herself to last!

Everything Second Chance does has an element of education to it, some obvious, some not so, and our ‘Calculate The Difference’ Holiday Shopping Project is a perfect example.