School Spotlight: Wildwood Elementary Students are SMART!
Wildwood Elementary Student-Run Credit Union fall volunteers. |
Wildwood Elementary joined in partnership with Community Financial last year. Here are some pictures of Wildwood’s Student-Run Credit Union.
Student volunteers actively counting student member deposits. |
A student accountant gives a student member their receipt. |
Assistant Manager/Community Relations, Mary Kerwin, helps a student volunteer count a member's deposit. |
Student marketing representatives promote and encourage student members to save their money. |
SMART Savings Goals
Community Financial’s Education Partnership Coordinators help to educate students beyond just saving their money. One program highlight is helping student members have a SMART goal. SMART is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely. Each student credit union member receives a goal sheet at the beginning of the year where they can track a specific savings goal.
Student members save their money for various reasons. Some have large savings goals, like paying for college or a down payment for a car, while others want to save for smaller things like a new toy or adventure. Having a SMART savings goal is important for students to see their goals being met monthly. When students have achieved their savings goal for the year, they are awarded with a prize at the Student-Run Credit Union for their efforts!
Student volunteers model the goal sheet all student members receive to help with their SMART savings goal. |
A Wildwood student member chooses a prize for saving her money. |
What types of SMART goals do you have? Tell us what you are saving for in a SMART way?
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