Two years ago Meriwest Credit Union decided to make its community a priority by developing a financial education program that has flourished over this past year.
The Financial Education for All program was created in July 2007, and in its first year, 1,186 people attended the educational events. Over this past year, attendance grew 46% and 1,692 people attended 83 workshops.
Greg Meyer, community relations manager at Meriwest, helped create the curriculum for the financial education program when he came to Meriwest in 2007 from a large bank.
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