GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Children rule here at Kid Town Credit Union where a hands-on approach to financial education is a must. The "credit union" is actually one of the interactive exhibits at the new Great Falls Children's Museum. The exhibit features a small, brightly painted building complete with a safe, computer with money games, check endorser, rate board with foreign exchange rates, play phone, play money in teller drawers, membership cards, endorsable money orders, and other items geared toward teaching kids about money management. Volunteers from the Giant Springs Chapter of Credit Unions provided all the labor and over $1,700 in materials for the project.

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