By: Thomas Shara, CEO
Opportunities to teach children about money, and especially about earning and saving money, happen all around us -- at home, school, and during family leisure time. As children get older, they are more likely to make smart financial choices if they already have good habits to fall back on. While schools are also getting more involved, a parent is the first link in the learning process. Understanding at what age children can understand certain topics about money will help you to set them on the path towards achieving good financial habits.
Ages 3 – 6: What Is Money a ...
By Thomas J. Shara
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Fostering a “Culture of Caring” or “Corporate Giving” program at your organization is good for your employees, the community and your business. Especially when your employees are engaged in the process and help choose the programs and the beneficiaries. At
Lakeland Bank, we’ve been giving back since the day we opened our doors over 40 years ago, and our colleagues are an integral part of the Bank’s philanthropy efforts. If your business is looking to establish a program, then you ar ...
By: Thomas J. Shara
It’s back-to-school time, 42 percent of consumers are expected to increase spending on apparel and school supplies, according to a survey by the International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs
1. Whether you fall into this group, or plan to stick to last year’s budget, back-to-school shopping is a perfect time to teach children to save.
Learning how to save is one of the most valuable lessons we can impart to our children. Children who learn how to manage their money early can become lifelong savers and hopefully financially responsible adults. Spending and saving wisely also teaches discipline and patience. Having good financial habits will be especially helpful as the next generation faces the challenges of planning for retire ...
By: Thomas J. Shara
I’m very proud to say that at Lakeland Bank, we foster a culture of caring and encourage colleagues at all levels to give back to the communities we serve. We did so in 2011 in many ways including building homes, collecting food, and raising funds for college scholarships. We donated more than $380,000 to numerous charitable and nonprofit groups in North Jersey to enhance the services they provide to our local communities.
Our tradition of giving back to the community started more than 4 ...
By Thomas J. Shara
All of our branches have a poster listing Lakeland Bank’s Core Values, and one of them is to give back to our communities. We take our core values seriously and believe they are more than words on a poster. Lakeland Bank and its employees regularly give back to the communities we serve…it is a part of our corporate mission and culture.
Recently, we sponsored the 30th Annual Sussex County Golf Classic at Newton Country Club in Newton, N.J. We were there when this event got its modest start, supporting a single charity. Now this outing raises much-needed funds for over a dozen Sussex County chariti ...