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Deposits add up to fun:
Our 2008 Youth
Challenge winners.
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 This year’s Youth Challenge program was a rousing
success. More young members discovered the advantages of membership and
making deposits. This year’s program stats: More than 130 new
accounts opened; 760 deposit transactions made and more than $130,000
in deposits recorded. Congratulations to these Youth Challenge prize
winners.
(From the top)
Kanoa Lesher, age 2 – $200 Budget Share Certificate and a Honu
Piggy Bank
Eloise Robertson, age 5 – $200 Budget Share
Certificate and LeapFrog™ Click Start© My First Computer
Jennifer Kalili, age 12 – Nintendo© DS™
Taylor White, age 16 – Nintendo Wii™
Staff participation counts too! Jaren Ashcraft,
son of Tim
Ashcraft, Kaloko Branch Manager, was chosen to voice the radio commercial
for Youth Challenge
Week 2008. He
recorded his spot at the Pacific Radio Group station,
working with radio
DJ Jaz Iglesias
and received a Nintendo Wii.
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On to College:
2008 recipients of $2,500 HCFCU college scholarships.
After reviewing 62 applications from 12 Big Island high schools, we are proud
to announce our 2008 recipients. Congratulations to all!
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Ryan Daugherty
Peter T. Hirata
Scholarship
Konawaena High School
Engineering |
Caylin Gans
Albert Akana
Scholarship
Kealakehe High School
Archaeology |
Mariko Fujio-White
John Y. Iwane
Scholarship
HPA
Hotel Management |
Allyson Fujii
Frank Ishii
Scholarship
Honokaa High School
Nursing |
Reina Ojiri
Katsumasa Tomita
Scholarship
Hilo High School
Education |
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$1,000 Award. In the event that an
Island of Hawaii high school student with an HCFCU-sponsored student
credit union does not receive a $2,500 scholarship recipient for the
current school year, a special $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to
one graduating senior who was a finalist at that high school in the
name of their HCFCU-sponsored student credit union. |
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Chelsey Utemei
Student CU
Scholarship
Kohala High School
Dental Hygiene |
Programs for kids of every age.
Get your kids started on the right track to financial responsibility by
opening accounts for them while they're still young. The credit union is
a great place for kids to deposit gifts from family while having the fun
of watching his or her little nest egg grow. Kids love the opportunity to
feel grown up about money!
Watch for the annual youth savings challenge, a part of National Credit
Union Youth Week, during April, where kids are challenged to make a deposit
or open an account. They can win some great prizes!
HCFCU student credit
unions.
In 1972, the first student credit union to open in the state of Hawaii
was the HCFCU-sponsored Konawaena Student Credit Union. The student credit
union provides financial education to young people and promotes thrift
and savings to its members. At all student credit unions, the tellers
are supervised by actual HCFCU staff. And like their grown-up counterparts,
the SCUs have an elected, all-volunteer board of directors.
Benefits of joining. 
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Only $5 to join
- Convenient campus locations and hours
- Make
deposits or withdrawals
- Cash checks
- Get a checking account with ATM card (You must
be 15 and have parental consent.)
- Discount movie passes
- Other perks and discounts
- College scholarship program
- Loans
Work for the credit union!
You can be a part-time paid teller-clerk and receive on-the-job
training at your student credit union. Or serve on the SCU board
of directors. However you choose to get involved, you'll find
that the SCU will put you on the path to financial enlightenment,
power and responsibility.
Student Credit Unions
location and hours
KEALAKEHE HIGH SCHOOL
Room E 303
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
7:45 -8:15AM
12:53- 1:25PM
Closed Wednesday
KOHALA HIGH SCHOOL
Room S-35
Hours: Monday through Friday
Lunch Recess
KONAWAENA HIGH SCHOOL
Bldg. G, Room 120A
The School Store
Hours: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
12:45 - 1:15 PM
Find out more by visiting http://www.konawaenahs.org.
Go to Googolplex.
Kids and teens can have fun online and learn about finances by connecting
with Googolplex.
Here you'll find three online magazines for kids in one.
- Five-Spot Clubhouse introduces elementary students to basic money
concepts, addressing saving, spending, and of course, getting rich.
- AJ's Mega-Mall helps middle schoolers fit in and tackles popular
topics such as making friends, getting rich and shopping.
- The C-Note University section talks to high schoolers about the topics
that interest them (cars, college, etc.)
Googolplex is also lots of fun, offering puzzles, quizzes and moneymaking
stories, all designed to help young members learn how to save for the future,
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