National Credit Union Youth Week is April 20 through April 26, 2008 and Old Hickory Credit Union is responding to the national call of credit unions to help prepare the next generation for their financial futures.  We’re celebrating Youth Week at each of our branches, including our mini branch at  Madison Creek Elementary School in Goodlettsville.  Check out our Youth Week plans and be sure to include your children in the fun.

Grow Your Green at Old Hickory Credit Union is this year’s Youth Week theme.  All members under the age of 18 who make a deposit of at least $20 during Youth Week are automatically entered into our drawing for an iPod.  Save-A-Saurus members ages 11 and under can pick up a free kite when they visit our branches during Youth Week, and parents and grandparents of younger children ages 8 and younger can register to win one of our Grow Your Green gardening baskets at each of our branch locations.

We’ll also be opening our mini branch at Madison Creek Elementary School in Goodlettsville for Youth Week.  We visit the school monthly during the school year with our Save-A-Saurus dinosaur Nickelous and open new accounts and accept deposits from our members there.  A series of mini-seminars about saving money will be conducted for 5th and 6th graders on Tuesday.  We’re also rolling out the “green” carpet for incoming students there that week, enrolling new kindergarten students and opening their first savings accounts on Friday.

Students at TW Hunter Middle School can look for us Friday, May 9 at their Reality Store event where students learn how to manage their household finances, juggling an imaginary mortgage, salary, insurance and more.

If you haven’t passed along the benefits of credit union membership to your young children, visit us during Youth Week to find out more.