The Web-based FoolProof literacy package being promoted by the Credit Union Associations of Colorado/Wyoming is gaining more state leagues as partners and adding sizable numbers of high school students.

The recent surge in favorable coverage of credit unions by the national media triggered a new ad buy by a Denver CU that mentions New York Internet publisher and blogger Arianna Huffington.

"CBS News MoneyWatch" has solidly endorsed credit unions for consumers.

The SBA has awarded SouthWest Federal Credit Union its 2009 Blaine Andrus Memorial award for the $147 million cooperative's dedication to Utah's small businesses.