We had the pleasure of shooting the Grand Opening of the West Forsyth Student Run Credit Union (SRCU) on September 21. Allegacy Federal Credit Union, in Winston-Salem, has created this program to increase financial literacy for high-school students. They are the first in the state to implement such a program. Representative Virginia Foxx was onsite to cut the ribbon.
The SRCU is open at certain times during the week, run by a group of students participating in a financial literacy class. These students assist other students and teachers with simple transactions to their accounts through WebBanking. Each SRCU has a sister Allegacy branch they work with as well.
To date, Allegacy has opened three SRCUs (Reagan, Atkins and West) with another opening 9/28 at Glenn High School in Kernersville. Look for another post from the Glenn opening soon!
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