New Mexico’s credit unions celebrate Financial Literacy Month

The Credit score Union Affiliation of New Mexico and New Mexico’s credit score unions introduced New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared April as Monetary Literacy Month. 

The proclamation states, “Whereas, being community-based, not-for-profit, monetary cooperatives, Credit score Unions perceive the limitations to monetary well-being inside their communities and take motion to make sure that New Mexicans have reasonably priced monetary providers together with entry to high quality monetary literacy schooling to assist members construct credit score, to save lots of for deliberate and unplanned occasions, and for different monetary priorities; and…”

Credit score unions throughout the state demonstrated this dedication by taking part in New Mexico Credit score Unions READ to Assist Monetary Literacy.

On April 18, 89 volunteers from 13 New Mexico credit score unions learn to 208 lecture rooms and 4,317 elementary youngsters. CUANM’s Basis offered the guide, “A Chair for My Mom” by Vera B. Williams in both English or Spanish, together with curriculum in each languages, to be left with lecturers to encourage extra monetary literacy classes of their lecture rooms.

 “We’re proud to help the monetary literacy work of the credit score unions in our state,” stated CUANM President/CEO Juan Fernandez. “The NM CUs READ Marketing campaign is a testomony to credit score unions’ dedication to monetary literacy and monetary well-being for all.”