Celebrate Credit Union Youth Month!
Each April, credit unions across the country celebrate National Credit Union Youth Month, a time dedicated to helping young people learn the value of saving, budgeting, and building healthy financial habits early in life. Throughout the month, credit unions place a special focus on youth financial education, engaging children and families with fun activities, conversations about money, and opportunities to start saving for the future.
The Michigan Credit Union Foundation is proud to support credit unions across the state with ready-to-use Credit Union Youth Month resources designed to make financial education engaging, accessible and easy to implement. The materials below include activity sheets, promotional graphics, and educational tools that credit unions can use in their branches, classrooms and community events throughout April.
These resources are intended to help Michigan credit unions spark meaningful conversations about money with young members, while making learning about saving fun and memorable. We encourage credit unions to customize and share these materials widely as you celebrate Youth Month and inspire the next generation of savers!
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Credit Union Youth Month Toolkit
Dive Into Lending: Deep Sea Loan Adventure
This map and activity sheet, created by the Michigan Credit Union Foundation in partnerships with My First Nest Egg, is an educational resource designed to teach children about safe lending - well before credit cards and student loans even come into play. This interactive tool uses an under-the-sea-themed adventure to engage kids in learning essential financial concepts, making the process both fun and informative.
Learn in Shallow Water: A Parent Guide
The parent guide is a resource designed to help parents teach their children about financial literacy. It offers guidance on using the Dive into Lending interactive map and activity sheet to make learning about money engaging and effective for kids.
Turning Engagement into Results: A Front-Line Guide
This quick guide helps credit unions front-line staff make the most of Youth Month by turning simple interactions into meaningful moments with young members and their families. It offers easy ideas for creating a fun branch environment, starting natural conversations about saving and borrowing, and tracking engagement throughout the month. Even small actions like sharing a Youth Month packet or starting a quick conversation can spark curiosity and help kids begin building strong financial habits.
Youth Month Video Library
Bring this year’s Youth Month theme to life by sharing the Dive Into Lending video series with young members and families. These short, engaging videos help explain borrowing and lending concepts in a fun, easy to understand way and can be shared on social media, displayed in branches, or used during youth events and classroom presentations. Credit unions are encouraged to share the videos widely to spark curiosity and reinforce the financial lessons found in the Youth Month materials.
My First Nest Egg: Empowering Kids for Financial Success!
Looking for a comprehensive youth program to educate elementary and middle school-aged kids about money management? My First Nest Egg offers turnkey solutions for both home and classroom use. For families, the branded chore, allowance and financial education app make learning about money interactive and fun for kids, while allowing credit unions to be kids’ first virtual banking partner. In the classroom, the 2-minute per day curriculum makes teaching financial literacy a breeze, with a fun classroom economy that teachers and students love.
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