|
Upcoming
Financial Education Webinars:
October
25
Demystifying Social Media:
Tools & Resources for Streamlining Your Online
Presence
November 22 (last
one!)
Topic will be revealed as the
date gets closer.
|
|
|
ICUF was established in 1995. Its
mission is to help Iowans build wealth,
responsibility and independence, with the vision
to eliminate poverty in the State of
Iowa. |
|
_________________________________________________________ |
|
2011
Convention: Thanks for Your
Support!
 Thank you
for making the ICUF events at the 2011 Iowa
Credit Union Convention such a success! This
year's Silent Auction netted $6,015, which
is nearly $900 more than was raised
the last time in Des Moines! Whether you
participated in the Silent Auction
or rocked out at the 2011 Benefit
Night, we thank you for your support. Click here to see pictures
from the event! Download Adam
Carroll's, ICUF's Financial
Education Consultant, PPT presentation and handout from his "Financial
Education for All Generations" breakout session
at the 2011
Convention. |
|
_________________________________________________________ |
|
ICUF
Fundraising Campaign: We Need Your
Help!
 Since its founding,
ICUF has helped hundreds of families and
Iowa credit union staff through grants
and scholarships, matched savings and financial
education. We've been able to achieve our
success through the generous support of our Iowa
credit union community. We're
writing today to ask you to protect and sustain
ICUF. We rely on donations from you and your
credit union in order to serve our philanthropic
mission. In order to keep our operations
going, we really need your support.
Soon, you'll be receiving a dues notice
from the Iowa Credit Union League. On that form
is an optional donation to ICUF. As you begin
your 2012 budget conversations with your boards
of directors, we hope you will include a
financial contribution in your budget to ICUF
and can note that on your credit union dues
form. Thanks for your past support and
your consideration. Download our fundraising campaign
brochure for more
information. |
|
_________________________________________________________ |
Financial Education
Webinar -
October 25
"Demystifying
Social Media: Tools and Resources for
Streamlining Your Online
Presence"
|
|
_________________________________________________________ |
|
September Financial
Education Webinar -
RECAP
"Car Buying Tricks
and Traps"
 Thank you to those who
attended the "Car Buying Tricks and
Traps" webinar. If you would like to review
or share the information discussed during the
webinar, the following information is available
on the ICUF website:
Webinar
Description:
The webinar focused on
several strategies to remember when looking at
vehicles. Presenter Adam Carroll also provided
forms to help you stay on track and divulged a
few creative ideas to help you make a little
extra "debt-elimination" money.
Don't
have a username and password for the ICUF
members-only site? Get one today by clicking
here.
|
|
_________________________________________________________ |
2011
Scholarship & Grant Application Due November
7
 The 2011 application
deadline for several ICUF grants and
scholarships is coming up fast with a deadline
of Monday, November 7.
This application includes the AWJ Scholarship for CUNA
Management School, the League President's Grant for
a credit union or chapter initiative, and the Small Credit Union Grants.
Please remember to include all required
attachments with your application. If
you have questions or need more information,
please contact Marybeth Foster,
Executive Director, at 800.860.6180
x3001. |
|
_________________________________________________________ |
|
Coming
Soon: 2012 FIB
Scholarship
 The Family Involvement Board (FIB)
scholarship program, through ICUF, provides
six scholarships to high school seniors and
post-high school students to further their
education. Essay questions are designed to
encourage learning about the credit union
movement and its mission. Stay tuned for
news and information regarding the 2012
application! |
|
_________________________________________________________ |
|
Miracle
Jeans Day - Where to send
donations
 For donations to be counted
specifically towards the Miracle Jeans Day campaign,
money should be submitted to the Children's
Miracle Network (CMN) National office.
If donations are submitted to ICUF
or sent to the University of Iowa's CMN office,
they may not be specific to the campaign and
will just be added to the credit union's yearly
total.
Questions?
Contact Mackenzie Petty,
CMN - University of Iowa Children's
Hospital.
|
|
_________________________________________________________ |
National
CU Foundation Approves 19 Financial Education
Grants for
2012
The
National Credit Union Foundation's board of
directors recently approved 19 new grants for
2012, totaling $287,387. All of the grant
projects have a financial education component.
Ascentra Credit Union,
Bettendorf, received one of these
grants.
The grant projects
range from youth financial education to a
variety of different types of financial
counseling and coaching. Read
More.
|
|
_________________________________________________________ |
|
For
more information on any of the information
listed above, please contact Marybeth Foster,
ICUF Executive Director, at marybethf@iowacreditunions.com or
800.860.6180
x3001. | |
| |
Join us on
Tuesday, October 25 at
11:30 a.m. as 