People’s ushers in new class of Youth Advisory Board

MIDDLETOWN – People’s Credit Union has named 13 students to its third Youth Advisory Board, a program the institution uses to help “the credit union better understand the needs and perspectives of today’s youth and their finances,” according to a release making the announcement.
“At People’s Credit Union, we feel strongly about teaching financial responsibility at a young age,” said People’s President and CEO Ellen Ford in a statement. “We have designed products and services specifically for youth and young adults.”
The 13 students on the board must be 13-20 years of age and commit to a monthly meeting through the academic year. All of them will take part in EverFi Financial Literacy Program, an online-based program designed through 10 modules to deal with financial literacy concepts that include budgeting, credit health, insurance, student loans, mortgages, taxes, and saving and investing.
The credit union also offers the EverFi program to any school with teachers interested in using it to further students’ financial literacy. The payoff once a class is certified as having completed the program is a pizza party put on by People’s as well as individual certificates for each of the students in the class.

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