Back to School for Our Student-Run Credit Union Team!

Education Partnership Coodinator, Amy Pashukewich, reads to 1st graders at Farrand Elementary.

Back-to-school time means another busy year for our Education Partnership team! Each year, through our Student-Run Credit Union Program, we partner with Michigan school districts to help expose thousands of students to money management skills and financial wellness. Students run, or participate in school branches as members, credit union tellers, branch managers, marketing representatives, computer operators and accountants.

New Partnerships 
We are excited to announce our new partnerships with Grand River Academy in Livonia and Edison Elementary in Westland. Through our program, students at these schools will be able to experience financial education presentations from our team, as well as the opportunity to make a deposit into their credit union savings account at the school. With the addition of these two schools, we now have 52 school partnerships in Michigan!

Senior Education Partnership Coodinator, Jeremy Cybulski conducts an interview with a student at Webster Elementary.

Team Member Involvement 

Community Financial team members deliver school supplies to Wayne-Westland Community Schools.

Throughout the school year, team members at Community Financial help conduct student interviews. Even students that don’t want to participate in the Student-Run Credit Union get the opportunity to practice their interviewing skills with our team! This gives students a valuable real-world experience of dressing up for an interview, shaking hands with the interviewer, making eye contact, and answering job and skills-related questions.

To celebrate our new partnership with Wayne-Westland Schools, Community Financial team members participated in a school supply drive. Donations were collected and dropped off to the district’s Family Resource Center for students in need.

National Recognition 
Community Financial was also recently recognized at the National Youth Involvement Board (NYIB) annual conference for its financial education efforts.

For Presentations Given ($500-$999 million asset category) 
3rd Place – Erin Ilg (386 presentations)
4th Place – Kristen La Forest (195 presentations)

For Students Reached ($500-$999 million asset category) 
2nd Place – Erin Ilg (5,722 students)
3rd Place – Suzanne Sundberg (5,193 students)
5th Place – Jeremy Cybulski (4,090 students)

We’re proud to be leading the way regionally, and nationally in financial education! We wish all students their best in the 2018-2019 school year and we look forward to working with them during the year. You can learn more about our Student-Run Credit Union Program by visiting cfcu.org/SCU.