Financial Education

Helpful, easy-to-understand articles to guide your financial wellness journey at every stage.

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You’ve Graduated! What’s Your Next Move?

Many high school students think college is the only option, and that to skip college is to miss a major life event, or worse, to have no future. This isn’t true – college is great for some students, but not all! Pursuing a trade becomes more promising each year, and taking a gap year can have great long-term benefits.

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College & Trade School Preparation

Steps to Take After Filing the FAFSA

In our previous posts about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), we discussed how the FAFSA can help you, and how to file it. In this post, we’ll explore steps you can take now that your FAFSA is complete! We’ve broken it down by month to help you stay on track for college funding. Wherever you are in the process, we’d be glad to help!

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College & Trade School Preparation

How to File the FAFSA

Like we discussed in How Does the FAFSA Help Me?, the FAFSA is the first step to financial aid. It unlocks aid for almost everyone – if you feel like you don’t qualify based on family income, file anyway! Chances are very good that you will receive some type of lower cost financial aid based on your application.

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College & Trade School Preparation

How Does the FAFSA Help Me?

Wondering why you should take the time to file for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)? Read on to learn more!

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College & Trade School Preparation

Tips for Finding (and Winning) College Scholarships

Whether you're a high school senior on the hunt for the perfect university, a college junior working towared that last stretch before obtaining your Bachelors, or have just been accepted to grad school, there's one checklist prep to-do that unites any and all degree-seekers across the nation: Pay for School.

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College & Trade School Preparation

Discover the Credit Union Difference!

Whoever said banking needed bankers? What if, instead of shareholders, profits were shared equally with the people actually doing the banking?

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Community Engagement & Impact