California & Nevada Youth Involvement Scholarship
The California & Nevada Youth Involvement Board will award three $500 scholarships to CNYIN credit union members. The scholarship award will be based on an essay, listed below, and a resume' of community service and/or extracurricular activities:
What can you or your credit union do to encourage today's youth to join and take advantage of credit union products and services?
Essay must be submitted by May 23, 2008
Participating credit unions must submit a cover sheet with each scholarship application to:
Greater Nevada Credit Union
Attn: Jenny Casselman
PO Box 2128
Carson City, NV 89702
For more information, please contact Jenny Casselman at jcasselman@gncu.net
2007 CNYIB Scholarship/Youth Involvement Award
The CNYIN is pleased to announce the winner of the 2007 Youth Involvement Award is Michael Lee!
Mr. Lee is the Member Education Manager and Financial Consultant at Golden 1 Credit Union. During the last twelve months he conducted 33 youth financial workshops to 774 students from elementary age to post-secondary students. Michael also stays active in a host of organizations including Junior Achievement, California Society of Certified Public Accountants and California JumpStart (just to name a few).
We would like to give a big thank you and hearty congratulations to Michael for all of his hard work and dedication on behalf of youth financial literacy.
The California and Nevada Youth Involvement Network (CNYIN), organized in 1992, promotes financial education, credit union philosophy, and credit union products and services to young people in California and Nevada. CNYIN Members have joined to help their credit unions develop or maintain various ongoing youth programs. The CNYIN strongly believes that today's children are tomorrow's loyal credit union members, employees, and volunteers. Credit unions have a unique opportunity to affect not only the future of credit unions, but also the future economic well being of the nation through educational efforts that produce financially literate adults.
- CNYIN members participate in youth marketing; make classroom presentations; present programs at chapter meetings and League educational conferences; distribute credit union information to high school and college career centers; and attend CNYIN Roundtables.
- Regional Roundtables are scheduled throughout the state to exchange ideas related to youth marketing and education.
- The CNYIN developed a working relationship with the California Jump$tart Coalition, as well as with the Children's Miracle Network and the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE).
- The California and Nevada Youth Involvement Board (CNYIB) is committed to increasing CNYIN youth educational classroom presentations and increasing the state's ranking with the National Youth Involvement Board.
If you are interested in joining the California and Nevada Youth Involvement Network, or would like to find out more about us, please contact the California and Nevada Youth Involvement Board chairperson, Marissa Lott at Farmers Insurance Group FCU, (323) 935-0100 x404 or call your League's Credit Union Development Department, (800) 472-1702, ext. 3486.
Find a membership form here.
