EECU Brings Innovative Financial Education to High School Campus
February 6, 2025
Educational Employees Credit Union
Our purpose is to achieve unrivaled member satisfaction by understanding our members' financial needs and providing quality financial products and services.
Fresno, CA – More than 500 Clovis West High School seniors recently participated in an interactive workshop specifically created by Educational Employees Credit Union (EECU) to help prepare them to make financial decisions in the real world.
Clovis West High School
seniors learned real-world financial skills during an interactive workshop
hosted by EECU staff and student financial service representatives from the unique on-campus branch.
During the Wise Up event on Jan. 31, EECU staff and student financial service representatives from the unique, on-campus Clovis West branch walked the teens though real-life scenarios to teach them about budgeting and personal finance.
The students were given the
opportunity to choose a career with its accompanying salary and tax deductions
before visiting stations staffed by their peers to learn about the cost of
different lifestyle choices and how each option fits within their budgets.
EECU opened its Clovis West
branch in 2016. Since then 228 students have gained work experience at the
branch, in addition to earning credit toward graduation and the possibility of
earning college credit.
“This partnership with EECU is
having a real impact on our students,” said Clovis West Learning Director
Anisha Mayberry. “It’s amazing to see these students develop real-world professional
work experience and financial literacy skills that will benefit them for a
lifetime.”
In addition to the partnership
with Clovis Unified School District, EECU works with schools throughout the
region to implement a variety of financial education workshops to support their
curriculum.
The Clovis West branch is now
accepting applications for student financial service representative positions
through Feb. 21 for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. The program is open to
juniors and seniors enrolled in the district. For more details or to apply,
visit myEECU.org.
EECU serves 12 Central California and Central Coast
counties and has 23 branches and more than 382,000 members. Since 1934, EECU
has provided affordable financial products and services to meet its members’
saving, borrowing, and investing needs. EECU is very active in the communities
it serves, proudly supporting numerous programs, activities and events that
enrich the community experience, and providing free financial wellness
education to people of all ages.