The Fleming County 4-H Program annually hosts the “Welcome to Reality” Reality Store for the entire 5th and 7th grades in the community. In 2017-2018, these 5th and 7th grade students felt reality when they participated in the elaborate reality store involving more than 15 real life stations. Throughout the program, youth draw a profession, research it and its educational background, then apply their monthly salary to a monthly budget. It takes the support of the entire community of Flemingsburg to successfully complete this endeavor having nearly 30 community volunteers and around 15 local businesses represented in their specialties this program was able to come together nicely. Upon conclusion of the event, students commented that “they didn’t realize how much money it took to survive”, and “child care is expensive”. With nearly 300 youth participating in 2017-2018 school year approximately 85% of the students expressed that they “now understood the importance of their parent’s monthly budget”, 73% The volunteers in attendance stated “this is great, this really does give a real life look at what adults deal with every day” and “this is important information and causes the youth to think about things not typically on their radar at this age such as child care”. Student and community feedback is essential when planning the future of the program.