The Lewis County Extension Office collaborated with the Youth Services Center to conduct the program Reality Store with 8^th grade students at the Lewis County Middle School.   There were 129 participants in the program.   It was important to do the program because youth need to learn skills that will help them when they get out of school and need to make decisions on how to spend their money. “Kentucky 4-H believes that all youth should have opportunities for positive youth development in our four guiding concepts: mastery, belonging, independence, and generosity.”  This program fosters mastery by learning wise consumer practices, decision-making, budgeting, how credit works, and how to prepare for an employable future. Using the curriculum "It’s Your Reality" a series of lessons was taught on setting goals, budgeting, decision-making, how credit works, and preparing for employment in the future. At the end of the series of lessons and the final “Reality Store” a survey was conducted of participants.  The greatest increase in understanding were in budgeting money, what it cost to raise a child, how to make wise financial decisions, and what it cost to maintain a household.  The greatest increase was in budgeting money with 78% of participants indicating they had increased their level of understanding on how to budget money, 72% indicated they had increased their level of understanding on what it cost to raise a child, 67% indicated they had a better understanding of making wise financial choices, and 66% indicated they had a better understanding of what it cost to maintain a household.