The 197,000-member, $1.6 billion Truliant Federal Credit Union in Winston-Salem, N.C., is usinga grant from the National Credit Union Foundation to train entrepreneur andsmall business members in financial and business literacy.
|The credit union used a curriculum developed by North CarolinaREAL Enterprises, Inc., an organization whose mission is to developentrepreneurial talent through action learning.
|The foundation made the grant to Truliant last year to cover thecost of instruction and materials for program classes for the REALEntrepreneurship program.
|“Our goal is to work with entrepreneurs in low-wealth and ruralcommunities to provide money management skills that improve theirfinancial position and also build their financial strength toaccess more products and services,” according to Marjorie Rorie,Truliant's director of community services.
|“Truliant FCU's focus on experiential learning for their REALEntrepreneurship program is a great approach,” said Lois Kitsch,NCUF national program director.
|“At the National Credit Union Foundation, we've foundexperiential learning strategies to be one of the keys to asuccessful financial literacy program,” Kitsch said.
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