The National Credit Union Foundation said Monday that it hasdistributed more than 80,000 copies of the Jean Chatzky bookMoney Rules: The Simple Path to Lifelong Security in thepast six months.

The foundation has been offering the book to credit unions and state associations at areduced price through donations to the NCUF. They then are to bedistributed to members and employees.

The NCUF said large quantities of the book have been ordered bysuch organizations as the $934 million Fox Communities Credit Unionin Appleton, Wis., and the Michigan Credit Union League &Affiliates in Lansing.

The Wisconsin credit union is distributing the books atorientation this summer for more than 1,000 teachers in the localschool district.

“We know the teachers will love them and use the valuable, butshort insights to help their students succeed said Lynn MarieHopfensperger, community development officer at Fox CommunitiesCU.

The Michigan league said it has distributed more than 2,000copies of the book to be used in community outreach projects bycredit unions receiving them as mini-grants through the MichiganCredit Union Foundation.

The NCUF said other credit unions are giving the book away atcommunity events, offering it to new members as part of theiron-boarding program, and giving copies as thank you gifts tomembers and volunteers.

When an organization requests 1,000 or more copies of the book,the donor organization's name will be included on a sticker on thefront cover. Each book already comes with “Compliments of: NCUF”printed on the cover.

More information on getting copies of the Chatzky book from theNCUF isonline.

Chatzky is the financial editor for NBC's Today andthe host of Money Matters with Jean Chatzky on RLTV.