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AAACU hosts reality fair at AHS

Courtesy Photo Pictured above, Jamie Quick sits at a desk looking over a student’s papers at the Financial Reality Fair.

Alpena Alcona Area Credit Union (AAACU) recently hosted a Financial Reality Fair for students at Alpena High School.

AAACU partnered with teacher Erin Sharp at Alpena High School to bring the Financial Reality Fair Program to her second and third hour personal finance classes. Students were able to select from various careers and then based on their career choice, students were assigned a starting salary, a credit score, and a small savings account balance. The students then visited lifestyle stations that focused on expenses in life such as housing, transportation, clothing, and food that they would need to fit within their monthly budget. In addition, students that selected careers that required college degrees were faced with student loans that impacted their monthly budget.

The credit union is proud to continue to provide this financial literacy program to students across Northeast Michigan through its partnership with the Michigan Credit Union Foundation.

AAACU serves members primarily in Alpena, Alcona, Montmorency, and Iosco counties with nine locations: a main office located in Alpena, with branch offices in Ossineke, Lincoln, a Tiger Branch in Alcona Community Schools, Atlanta, Oscoda, the Owl’s Nest in Oscoda Area Schools, Tawas, and an additional branch in Alpena. As of Sept. 30, AAACU provides service to 29,273 members with total assets equal to $360,467,353.

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