Sponsors
Personal Finance & Entrepreneurship
Budgeting, Investing, & Business Pitches
Competitions, Events, Simulations, Courses & Lessons
Premier Sponsor
Jack W. Jones, President & CEO (standing), and Stacy Gordner, Assistant Vice President and Interim CFO (seated) are excited to share that First Keystone Community Bank will award the student with the highest portfolio in the First Keystone Community Bank Columbia County Stock Market Challenge a brand new Chromebook in addition to the regular student and teacher prizes.
All Columbia County schools are invited to participate in the elementary, middle, or high school competitions.
In the Spring, we celebrate with special County prizes for Middle School & High School competitions
Columbia County Full Spring Game:
Top Middle & High School Wins: *
Spring Semester Prizes
Top Investing Challenge Wins:
First Place - $100 - top game, $60 teacher
Second Place - $50 game, $40 teacher
Third Place - $30 game, $30 teacher
Personal Budgeting,
Challenge Wins:
First Place - $100 - top game, $60 teacher
Second Place - $50 game, $40 teacher
Third Place - $30 game, $30 teacher
*Must be active games, no cash only portfolios
The Budget Game must be completed to win prizes.
Entrepreneurship Prizes:
Scholarships and more!
Click here to view prize details
Leaders' Board - Spring 2025
Special funding for our programs has been made available for Columbia County and more thanks to the following additional sponsors:
Our sponsored Personal Finance Lab includes both a Personal Budgeting Game and an Investing Challenge.
The Budget Game simulates the experience of students living on their own while managing their bills, credit cards & finances. The game plays out 18-months but takes about 6-hours real time to complete.
The Investing Challenge offers students the opportunity to manage a hypothetical $100,000 portfolio by investing in stocks chosen from the American, New York and NASDAQ exchanges with live market data.
Our Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition is a business plan challenge that jump-starts minds and encourages critical thinking. Students practice the skills necessary for writing a successful business plan; written and oral communication; math proficiency; economic understanding; technological competence; business aptitude.
Our competitions teach students budgeting, investing and other financial literacy skills through hands-on learning activities in the classroom. For more information on our partnership with these sponsors, click to view the full press release.
Sponsored Schools
The schools invited to participate are Southern Columbia, Bloomsburg, Central Columbia, Danville, Berwick, Benton, Millville School Districts, along with other schools in Pennsylvania.
If you are ready to create a sponsorship relationship which exceeds your goals and gives you the chance to become a part of our growing, passionate organization, contact us at CShirk@penncfl.org or call 570-975-5149.