Volunteers from Old Hickory Credit Union recently helped with The Reality Store, a program for 8th graders in Sumner County.  At TW Hunter Middle, a mock “real world” was located in the cafeteria, and students entered and were assigned a mock job, salary, and family.  Their task was to find housing, transportation, insurance, and basically […]

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 […]

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 […]

Sometimes it’s nice to have a friend in the business, so to speak.  As a credit union employee, I use credit reports often to make decisions about member accounts.  But I’ll admit that there’s plenty I don’t know about the world of credit reporting.  That’s why I invited Laura Hooper, our local Equifax representative, to […]

Many of today’s credit union members have no idea how credit unions got started or what makes us different.  Credit unions were all started for pretty much the same reason, the little guy had no say in how banks were run.  Consequently, the little guy ceased to be represented and served by banks.  That gave […]

Our Budget and Credit Counselor, Janice DesMarteaux, has some really good advice for people who want to totally eliminate their debt.
 
Question: “Is it really possible to be totally debt free or is that an unrealistic goal?”
 
Janice:  “It’s totally realistic and really possible.  It’s a mindset, really.  If being debt free is what you want, then […]

We get the advice everywhere, “get out of debt”.  But is it realistic for most of us to eliminate our debt altogether?  So, we want to hear from you.  Are you debt free or have you nearly eliminated your debt?  Post your comments here and share your advice.  I’ll follow up with some advice of […]

Our contracting team at H & H Construction is putting the finishing touches on our Nashville Clarksville Pike branch.  If all goes well, we hope to open for business on Monday, August 13.  As is always the case in construction, things can change, so check our blog and website often for updated information.  A big grand opening […]

Recently, the credit union celebrated the groundbreaking of our seventh branch, which will be located on Clarksville Pike in Nashville.  Weather permitting, we hope the new branch will be open this summer.  Construction is expected to move along quickly, because the branch is a modular building, mostly pre-built before it arrived here.  We plan on […]

We’re pleased to be one of the first credit unions in the blog space and would like to welcome you to our little home.  This blog exists as a communication tool — to let you know about the cool things we are doing out in the community and for you to let us know what […]