{"id":3508,"date":"2021-04-12T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westport.org\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2025-11-03T14:47:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:47:00","slug":"celebrating-credit-union-youth-month-at-westport-federal-credit-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/celebrating-credit-union-youth-month-at-westport-federal-credit-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Credit Union Youth Month at Westport Federal Credit Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/YM21_Social_Logo_TW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3510\" src=\"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/YM21_Social_Logo_TW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/YM21_Social_Logo_TW.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/YM21_Social_Logo_TW-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-content\/uploads\/YM21_Social_Logo_TW-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>Promoting the financial health of our youngest members<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Providing financial education embodies the movement\u2019s \u2018people-helping-people\u2019 philosophy. The theme for this year\u2019s Youth Month is \u201cBe a Credit Union Saver and Your Savings Will Never Go Extinct.\u201d Together, we\u2019re encouraging our youngest members to open their own savings account (with a parent or guardian\u2019s help), begin a habit of putting money into that account regularly, and learn how compound interest helps their account to grow.<\/p>\n<p>As more Americans seek financial guidance and more credit unions begin to offer services like financial counseling, it\u2019s essential to consider initiatives that also educate young members. If parents have trouble managing money, you can imagine that it\u2019s going to be even more challenging for them to have conversations about money with their kids. Westport Federal Credit Union\u00a0can serve as an important ally for parents in their mission to teach their kids to be financially responsible. Providing this kind of support and education can help build long-term member loyalty.<\/p>\n<p>If you have been wondering how to empower youth to save for their future, National Credit Union Youth Month is a great opportunity to start or boost your youth initiatives! Join us this April as credit unions across the country focus on educating youth about financial health. This year\u2019s kid-friendly theme emphasizes the benefits of wise saving habits using fun dinosaur characters. This celebration is a great time to engage kids at Westport Federal Credit Union and within your community to help them develop healthy money habits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Promoting the financial health of our youngest members Providing financial education embodies the movement\u2019s \u2018people-helping-people\u2019 philosophy. The theme for this year\u2019s Youth Month is \u201cBe a Credit Union Saver and Your Savings Will Never Go Extinct.\u201d Together, we\u2019re encouraging our youngest members to open their own savings account (with a parent or guardian\u2019s help), begin&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-promos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3508"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3517,"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3508\/revisions\/3517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandieboxx.com\/grapes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}