Credit unions are being encouraged to participate in“Financially Fit Day” on April 3 to kick off National FinancialLiteracy Month and a related fundraising campaign, the NationalCredit Union Foundation said.
|Suggestions include a jeans or casual day for staff to helpraise funds for the new campaign titled “Credit Unions SupportFinancial Education: Leading the Way to Financial Freedom,” theMadison, Wis.-based NCUF said.
|Fundraising could be as simple as a jeans or casual day forstaff, the NCUF said, and additional ideas for the month-longeffort are at financialeducation.coop, thecampaign website. Also there are other campaignresources including optional pledge forms, sample newsletterarticles, sign-up sheets, stickers, flyer, statement stuffer, wallpin-up templates, a YouTube video and Web buttons, the NCUFsaid.
|“Holding a casual day on April 3rd is a simple wayfor credit union organizations to make an impact on state andnational financial education efforts,” said Christopher Morris,NCUF director of communications.
|“If credit unions want to do more than casual days orfundraising, we encourage them to be creative in their efforts anduse any of our materials as a starting point,” Morris said.
|The NCUF and the Texas Credit Union Foundation created the pilotcampaign last year to help fund financial education grants and programs through the NCUF and state foundation. Nowthe effort has gone national and funds raised will be equally splitbetween the NCUF and the respective state foundation.
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