The Ohio turnout and news coverage supporting an International Credit Union Week event on high school financial literacy has proved "far better than we expected" with 1,000 students participating so far, the state CU league said.

Indeed, according to the league, TV news crews in Toledo, Dayton and Columbus have turned up to report on an assemblage of young people taking part in CU-sponsored "reality games" with a serious theme of money management and financial health.

The "reality" series put together by league staff with aid from the National Credit Union Foundation REAL Solutions project began Monday at Wright State University in Dayton with students playing a hands-on "Game of Life."

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