Thank you all so much for being here.
This is exciting.
Man, thank you for having us.
We're excited to be here.
Absolutely.
So please, tell us about this.
You started a company called Super Money Kids
and tell us what that is.
Yeah, so Super Money Kids is a non-profit organization started
by my wife and I. What we do is we
design experiences to improve the financial literacy
of youth.
We're the creators of the Super Money Kid
Bank and virtual curriculum.
And ultimately, we knew we always
wanted to create a life for our daughter that we didn't have.
And in that, we also realized that there
was a major gap in the development
of our young people, and that we weren't teaching them
about money.
And so Super Money Kids was birthed out
of those experiences.
Absolutely.
Now you mentioned that you started this company
with your wife.
And then, unfortunately, she did pass away,
so that must have been tough, too,
but also important to carry this through.
Absolutely.
Tia was an amazing person physically and spiritually
on the inside, and when you get married,
you know there's going to come a point where the sun is
going to set on your lives.
But you definitely don't expect it to happen in your 30s.
And so losing her was definitely hard for our family.
She had a heart condition.
She had a heart transplant at 2019,
and actually really like bounced back,
and she is beautiful and glowing.
And we called it like her victory lap on life now.
You know, God had a different plan for her,
had a different plan for us, and it's been difficult.
We've learned a lot our friends and family and on each other.
And so we we're working to move forward.
Absolutely.
And you know, I think it's a beautiful way to look at it,
and also this is such a full circle moment.
Because Ever, I understand your mom was a big fan of the show.
She was.
My mom would always come from work.
She was a therapist.
She helped kids with special needs.
Every time she would come home, she
would call and tell me that was time for The Ellen Show.
I'll be excited.
I would jump around.
So me and my mom would get on our comfy clothes
and we will go to the bed.
We would watch it in her room.
I love it.
I'm so glad you tell it here.
I'm so glad that you're here and now sitting in here,
being able to talk to us.
So also I want to talk about like much so.
Please, we kind of throw out--
these days, we're kind of throwing around the term
financial literacy.
So can you explain what financial literacy is?
Yeah, really simply, financial literacy
is understanding money, which is really, really
important in this country.
Unfortunately, I can send you money right
now through my cell phone.
We can share the cost of a trip.
But we're still learning our lessons
through trial and error, and that's
a travesty, especially for certain students
in certain demographics in our country.
And so, financial literacy is just
being able to understand money.
That's awesome.
And what's great about this is you really hit it on the head
is that there is quite a disparity of this knowledge,
especially within our communities.
And Ever, you've been helping your dad teach this
to kids, too, right?
So tell us a little bit about what
you've learned through this.
So I learned from Super Money Kids.
It's a three money habit-- spend, save, share.
Spend is for spending for your needs and wants.
Saving is for saving for opportunity
for future yourself.
And sharing is for sharing with people in need and people
that are homeless.
I love it.
You all, we are learning so much, and this is special.
This is amazing.
We'll be back.
We need take a short break.
We'll be back with Courtney and Ever.
We are back with Courtney and Ever Hale.
These are the founders of Super Money Kids.
And you all missed it during the break,
Ever was telling me that she wanted to battle me,
and that I was not ready.
So that's--
Dance competition.
We'll see about that.
So you guys are here for our Juneteenth episode,
and your nonprofit teaches kids in Black communities
about financial literacy.
Tell us about the importance about that.
Yeah, financial literacy is exceptionally
important in Black communities.
There was literally a point in history
where there were laws that prohibited us
from being able to build world, and restricted us
from building world.
So we're behind.
White families have 13 times the net worth of Black families.
And so Super Money Kids is our effort
to help us make up that gap.
I love that.
And what's beautiful about that, man,
is just like we're planting the seeds for a better future,
for our kids to grow up better than how we grow up.
And Ever, I understand you have really big dreams
for your future as well.
What would you what would you like to be?
Well, when I grow up, I would like to be a talk show host.
And the reason why I want to do that
is because I want to talk to people
and hear what they have to say about their life.
I love that.
Well, I love that.
Well, you know, actually, I got you something to help you get
started with that, actually.
Check this out, right.
Oh my God.
Oh, yeah.
You all come on down and check this out.
Watch your step when you're going down the stairs.
I mean, that's pretty official, right?
That's official.
So Ever, this is your seat right here.
Oh my God, you even got me my--
This is your seat right here.
You're the host.
Yeah, this is you.
I can't believe.
It's awesome, right?
Now, there's actually one more thing.
I'm not sure if you knew this, but every talk show set
comes with an oversized check, too.
So let me just--
Courtney, Shutterfly heard about your story
and loves helping families like yours,
so they want to give you and Ever a check for $25,000.
Go to our website to find out more about Super Money Kids.