Prepared a teaching guide to accompany the video. A participant piece is under development. All of the respondents who did not have a plan, committed to complete their business plan. The impact of the Women's Financial Management program is a true success story. Many older women are timid about being assertive in any facet of their lives.
Finances are especially problematic if in the past their husbands have managed that aspect.
An number of the participants came as couples, with the realization that the responsibility for family fiscal affairs would soon need to be shifted. These couples found the format of the program to be very beneficial in creating discussion and sharing opportunities to facilitate a smooth transition, and to reorganize and plan where needed. In many cases the changes included making wills or establishing trusts to protect and transfer assets more smoothly. When Hurricane Irene hit Broward County in October of 1999, the Large Animal Committee was prepared to act. The organization was such that the first thing Saturday morning, volunteers were on the road assessing damage and attempting to find dry pasture for animals in most distress from flooding.