Youth Month™ Focus Week—April 18-23

Next week is Youth Month™ Focus Week—April 18-23! Stop by your local WESTconsin office for games and learning activities. During the month of April, any child who makes a deposit into a new or existing WESTconsin account will receive a flying disc to thank them for their membership! Let's celebrate and help youth and teens get Credit Union Strong! 💪👍

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Definition of Credit Union Strong

Credit Union Strong 
(noun): When your local, not-for-profit financial cooperative strengthens your money skills—so you're ready for an awesome future.

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Get Financially Fit! | Reduce Spending

WESTconsin Credit Union partners with Accel Members Financial Counseling to provide members with access to financial education and counseling services. These services are free of charge to all WESTconsin members. Accel, a financial counseling program, has been helping individuals for more than 40 years. Accel offers a variety of resources and tools such as the "How Americans Overspend" infographic below.

The first rule of personal finance is to spend less than you earn.  Pretty simple, right?  Unfortunately, this basic rule can be difficult to follow.  It takes discipline.  Here are some tips to help you reduce spending.  Day after day, these small savings can add up to big savings.

Get Financially Fit! | Do you know your financial "GPA?"

Do you know your financial "GPA?" Tips for managing money from Latacia Greeley, Office Supervisor at WESTconsin Credit Union's Eau Claire office.

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Do you know your financial "GPA?" Tips for managing money from Latacia Greeley of WESTconsin Credit Union
Posted by Queen Of The Castle on Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Teaching Your Child Money Habits for Life

Financial responsibility goes beyond the porcelain pig.

By Kimberly Castro July 30, 2010 | 12:00 a.m. EDT

For most adults, the first brush with money management came in the form of a porcelain pig. A nickel here or a dollar there for every chore completed or good deed. Financial responsibility, for the most part, stopped with the piggy bank. Many of the Echo Boomer generation—those born between the 1970s and early 1990s—agree that learning how to spend, save, and invest wisely just wasn't a part of life's lessons growing up. "I wish I understood the value and attributes of money at a young age," says Christopher Rogers, a 33-year-old, New York native and associate director at a financial services firm. "Although I grew up around a successful family, no one instilled the value of money in me until I began to do it myself, and fairly recently, too."

No-sweat ways to help kids start out strong, financially

By Laura Schlachtmeyer
America Saves Week is coming up on Feb. 23. This annual event helps thousands of us start out on a regular program of saving money toward our goals. We’ve all got goals and plans for the future, and a lot of them cost money.

Parents, take the America Saves pledge and get started on saving today.
If you’re a parent or caregiver, setting up savings is also a great opportunity to include your kids. Here’s a quick guide to encourage your kids to start thinking about saving. We’re never too young (or old) to learn!