Youth Initiatives

2008 Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award

State-level judging deadline for credit unions and chapters:
Consult your league

National judging deadline for league and state-level winning entries:
OCTOBER 1, 2008

The Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award recognizes leadership within the credit union movement on behalf of youth financial literacy. It considers all activities supporting the personal finance education of young members and nonmembers, including, but not limited to, face-to-face teaching, publicity, lobbying for curriculum requirements, teacher and volunteer training, and promotion and use of the NEFE High School Financial Planning Program® (HSFPP).

Naming the new award after Alphonse Desjardins emphasizes the movement's long-time commitment to youth. Besides founding the first credit unions in Canada and the U.S., Desjardins pioneered youth savings clubs and in-school "banks," known as caisses scolaires.

• League Program and State-Level Judging Information/Forms
• Credit Union & Chapter Program Information/Forms
  
  
• Past Desjardins Award Recipients

Direct questions about the Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award or the HSFPP to Philip Heckman (800-356-9655, ext. 4088).