School is out for the summer! It’s a time for students to celebrate and
many parents to start looking forward to the fall.
At Community Financial, we helped with the party last week by
hosting two “School’s Out Celebrations” with radio station WYCD at our Canton
Center and Plymouth branches, where we treated kids to pizza and all kinds of
fun activities.
But just because school is out, it does not mean that the
learning or saving has to stop. The
Community Financial School Credit Union Program remains open and active all
summer long. In fact, students can get double
deposit punches every Tuesday in the summer at their nearest Community
Financial branch location.
Over the course of the 2011-12 school year, the Student-Run Credit Unions successfully
served 1,944 students. . And, over
800 students worked to learn about various banking careers and how to run a
business. The students saved a total of
nearly $870,000 this year.
“Our commitment to helping students learn
goes beyond the school walls and beyond the school calendar,” said Natalie
McLaughlin, Community Financial education partnership coordinator. “Summer really is the time for students to
save more of what they earn, a practice which will help them later in life.”
Operated in
partnership with local elementary, middle and high schools in Plymouth, Canton,
Novi, Northville, Gaylord, Hillman and Lewsiton, the credit unions provide
students with a hands-on credit union experience emphasizing the importance of
saving money and financial responsibility, as well as career skills. Community Financial staff assists with
interviews and tours to cement these concepts with students.
For more
information on the Student-Run Credit Union Program, or our student savings
programs, please visit www.cfcu.org.
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