DES MOINES, Iowa — Credit unions were hardly taking a back seat for the Iowa Caucuses with employees and volunteers joining the AARP last week, actively promoting financial education to the presidential candidates at campaign stops over the last month.
"Let me tell you those credit union people have been wonderful to work with since the financial education is so very much on their agenda," said Peter Jeffries, AARP's senior campaign coordinator and Iowa head of the "Divided We Fail" project promoting money management and financial literacy.
The Iowa Credit Union League said it managed to recruit numerous CU staffers from across the state to climb aboard an AARP bus appearing at campaign rallies and town hall meetings to talk up "Divided We Fail" with both candidates and the public.
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