EPHS Students Successfully Complete Seventh Annual Student Financial Education Program and Fair Hosted by Community & Teachers Federal Credit Union and East Providence High School

East Providence, RI –The Community and Teachers Federal Credit Union, in partnership with East Providence High School, is pleased to announce that on April 28, 2016, over 150 students from East Providence High School successfully completed the Seventh Annual CU4 Reality™ Financial Education Program and Fair. This year’s Financial Education Fair was hosted at East Providence High School in the Media Center. During the Fair, the students interacted with representatives from the Community and Teachers Federal Credit Union and other selected businesses and volunteers as consumers with a chosen career and an established monthly salary.

The Financial Education Fair is the culminating event that allows the students to experience firsthand what it takes to develop a monthly expense and savings plan and gain a better appreciation of the importance of budgeting, financial planning and making wise purchasing decisions.

The following representatives of the Community & Teachers Federal Credit Union were in attendance: Barbara Geraghty, Chairman of the Board; Joan Saunders, Treasurer; Harry Mutter, Board Member, Kenneth Saunders, President and CEO; Lori Hyder, Executive Vice President and Nelia Furtado, Operations Supervisor. The students were accompanied by teachers, Keith Anderson, James Mihalos and Mike Richardson.

The CU4 Reality™ Fair would not have been possible without the support of the businesses and representatives that voluntarily staffed the booths, and Kenneth Saunders personally thanked the following businesses for their participation: Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Empire Beauty School, Event Planning Specialists, Liberty Mutual, MetLife, Newman YMCA, RE/MAX River’s Edge and the many volunteers that included Chrystine Caffrey, retired East Providence High School business teacher, who also served as the Program Coordinator.

Mr. Saunders stated that during the school year, monthly presentations on Careers/Savings, Understanding Credit and Financial Planning were presented by the following representatives/volunteers: Bill Ryan, Ryan Career Associates, Rachel Wall and Natasha Liriano, Capital Good Fund and Michael Bennett, MetLife, to help the students increase their understanding of the importance of managing their personal finances in order to be prepared for the financial challenges and decisions they will face as adults.
The Community and Teachers Federal Credit Union, chartered in 1961, serves over 2,400 members. The credit union is located at 1169 South Broadway, East Providence.