We were pleased to be invited this week to Career Day at Madison Creek Elementary School in Goodlettsville.  Right away, we realized that credit unioning is not nearly as exciting to elementary school students as the helicopters, cement trucks and fire trucks all being displayed at the school.  However, we found a receptive audience of students who were excited to tell us what they wanted to be when they grew up. 

Old Hickory Credit Union Save-A-Saurus member Madie Lewis, pictured above with our presenter Ragena Richardson, has chosen a unique career for her future…she’s planning on owning a horse-boarding facility.  Even though she doesn’t have any horses, or a barn even, she’s got the pink cowboy hat and boots.  That’s a start.  That, and she has an account at the credit union she’s using to save money to buy her first horse. 

Career Day was supposed to be a learning experience for the students.  It was also a learning experience for the credit union volunteers.  When we asked the students how they earned the money they saved we got lots of great alternatives to salary.  Several students got paid for good grades, some for doing chores, and some for special holidays.  Our favorite?  One student said, “That’s all good, but you know sometimes if you just ask for the money…people will give it to you.”  Wow!  In our business, we call that a hold-up and it’s usually accompanied by a note!  That approach probably works better with grandparents.  Keep up the good work, Madison Creek.