COMMUNITY FOCUS on our UFCU YOUth …
                                                             

It’s fun to spend money, but it can also be fun to SAVE money! It’s not as hard as you think, especially when you have a budget plan!
Mitten Club for ages 0-18
With as little as $40, you can open an account in a child’s name and start earning dividends right away with no monthly service charges. All Mitten Club members are eligible for:

• gift deposits
• special event discounts
• holiday prize drawings

      Help grow their savings even faster when you make regular deposits through payroll deduction. At age 18, Mitten Club accounts automatically convert to adult account.
Managing Money While in College

      Saving money in college should be a priority. First save for your tuition each semester or quarter by working summer jobs, or part time during the school year. This can really make a difference in the amount you may end up borrowing. You should definitely have an  emergency fund saved as well, for all those unexpected expenses.

Where are they now!

2007 UFCU Board of Directors Scholarship recipient and former Mitten Club member Olga Kravets is an academically and artistically accomplished member. A graduate of the School of the Arts in Rochester, NY with a major in dance, Olga was the 2007 class valedictorian. She also was student government president, member of the National Honor Society, student-representative to the School-Based Planning Team, an AP scholar, a four-year performer in the SOTA Dance Concert and student choreographer for the SOTA Dance Showcase. Olga received the 2007 Young Women of Distinction Award from the Greater Rochester Women’s Council. Currently she attends Wagner College, pursuing a degree in International Business. Congratulations!

2006 UFCU scholarship winner Olena Malanchyn graduated from high school in Ukraine in 1992.  She came to the United States in 2002 with her husband Ruslan. A student at Monroe Community College, she is studying finance and international business.  Olena has been on the Dean’s List all four semesters with a GPA of 3.5.  Current Olena is a student intern at the UFCU Main Office in Rochester, NY learning credit union accounting and assisting in the teller area.  She lives in Hamlin, NY with her husband and three children, Martha 12, Julia 4 and Daniel 9 months.