Votes are In for Common Wealth CU Young & Free Spokesperson

LLOYDMINSTER, ALBERTA, Canada -- Common Wealth Credit Union has found its Young & Free Spokesperson.

By Myriam DiGiovanni | December 10, 2007 at 09:18 AM

LLOYDMINSTER, ALBERTA, Canada — Common Wealth Credit Union has found its Young & Free Spokesperson. Young Albertans voted 19-year old Larissa Walkiw as the credit union's first Young & Free Spokesperson.

Walkiw, a visual artist, with a quirky, likeable personality, managed to secure 49% of the votes with her creative video blogs and e-journals posted on the Young & Free Website www.youngfreealberta.com. In one month, her lively videos were viewed 3,632 times on YouTube and her Facebook group is up to 300 members.

As the Young & Free spokesperson, Walkiw will travel around the province, attending and speaking at events, producing and posting audio and video podcasts and writing regular blog entries on everything from finance to pop culture.

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