TAYLOR PARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Operating the school savings program

Students from Taylor Parks Elementary School have joined the work force.  

Advia Credit Union, under the tutelage of Community Marketing Coordinator Marianne Hammons, has been helping students to operate a school savings program.

Twice a month, the Learn2Earn staff open their doors for students who wish to open an account or for students who already have active accounts to add to it. Some TP students have been saving with the Credit Union since they were in Kindergarten.  The Learn2Earn program is in its 12th year at Taylor Parks.  

Open to 5th graders, interested students first had to apply and then interview for the positions that they were interested in having. Once chosen, the students underwent an intensive training period with Mrs. Hammons, which included such jobs as marketing and advertising, computer technicians, team leaders, member services and tellers.

Mrs. Hammons feels that, "financial responsibility is greater now than in the past.  Our children need to know the difference between need and want."